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Middle English
Verb
sægen
- Alternative form of seien
Old English
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”); compare Old Norse sǫgn.
Pronunciation
Noun
sæġen f
- saying
- statement, claim
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Fiaminius sē consul forsēah þā sæġene þe þā hlyttan him sædon...- The consul Flaminius rejected the predictions that the diviners had told him...
- tradition, something generally said
- a narration
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
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