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á-cweþan

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to say, utter, declare
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  • Hé ácwæð hine fram his hyldo

    he proclaimed him out of his favour,

      Gen. 304.
  • Hí hogodon hú hí fácen and unriht ácwǽdon

    cogitaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam,

      Ps. Th. 72, 6.
  • Hé ne mihte word ácweþan

    neque ulla verba edere valebat,

      Gr. D. 183, 27.
  • Ácueden is dicitur, Mt. L. 10, 2:

    dictum est,

      5, 21.
  • Ácueden wæs,

      21, 4.
  • Ácueðen bið

    dicitur,

      Mk. p. 1, 19.
  • Ácuoeden wéron

    dicta erant,

      Lk. L. 2, 18.
  • Ácwoedoni

    dicto,

      Mt. L. 26, 30.
to respond. v. on-cweþan
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  • Wé lǽrað ðæt ǽnig mæssepreóst ána ne mæssige, ðæt hé næbbe þone þe him ácweðe,

      Ll. Th. ii. 250, 32.
Etymology
[Hornes aqueðen, Lay. 27444. Goth. uskwiþan þata waurd diffamare sermonem.]
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