wiþsecgan

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From wiþ- (“with-, against”) +‎ seċġan (“say”). Cognate with Old Saxon witharseggian (“to object”), Low German wedderseggen (“to renounce”), German widersagen (“to renounce”).

Pronunciation

Verb

wiþseċġan

  1. (rare) to renounce, to give up
    • c. 960, Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, published 1840, section 34:
      Terrena desideria respuentes, eardlico lvsto wiðsæcgende.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiþseċġan (weak class 3)
infinitive wiþseċġan wiþseċġenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular wiþseċġe wiþsæġde
second person singular wiþsæġst wiþsæġdest
third person singular wiþsæġþ wiþsæġde
plural wiþseċġaþ wiþsæġdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular wiþseċġe wiþsæġde
plural wiþseċġen wiþsæġden
imperative
singular wiþsæġe
plural wiþseċġaþ
participle present past
wiþseċġende wiþsæġd

Descendants

  • Middle English: withseien, withseyen, etc.
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