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a-secgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-secgan, -sæcgan; p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd [a out, secgan to say]
To speak out, declare, express, tell, say, relate, explain, announce, proclaim; edicere, effari, exprimere, referre, enarrare, annunciare
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  • Ic him mín ǽrende asecgan wille

    I will relate to him my errand,

    • Beo. Th. 693
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    • B. 344
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  • Heofonas asecgaþ wuldor Godes

    cæli enarrant gloriam Dei,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 18, 1
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  • Wundor asecgan

    miraculum enarrare,

    • Bd. 3, 2 ; S. 524, 39
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  • Gif seó gemyndelíc wíse asǽd biþ

    if that memorable thing be told,

    • 4, 22; S. 590, 32
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    • Bt. 34, 8 ; Fox 144, 22 : 35,1
    • ;
    • Fox 154, 18
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  • Hím engel Godes eall asægde

    God's angel told him all,

    • Cd. 179; Th. 225, 19
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    • Dan. 156
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  • Ðá asǽdon his geféran

    then said his companions,

    • Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 33
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  • Óþ ðæt ic asecge

    donec annunciem,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 17
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v.  a-sæcgan a-sǽd a-sǽdon.
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