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Wright's OE grammar
§651;
Take here forms under ge-sagian, and add:
with acc.
where the object denotes a collection of words, to say words, tell a tale,
give a list, account, &c.
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  • Herenisse hiora gisæcge ðió cirica

    laudem eorum pronunciet ecclesia,

      Rtl. 61, 26.

  • Gesǽd

    prolatum (quod cum calumniae gannitura prolatum ],

      An. Ox. 4505.

  • Ondetnis lofes hǽlendes gesægd is (v. Mt. II, 25) confessio laudis Iesu refertur. Mt. p. 16, ll. Gesægd is foresægdnisse

    explicit praefatio,

      12, 6.

  • Cynnresuu feórtig tuá endebrednise gesaegd is (v. Mt. l, 1-17)

    generationum quadraginta duarum ordo narratur,

      13, 15.

  • Gesaegd aron heáfudwearda ðára réda

    exbliciunt cabitula lectionum,

      20, 9.
where the object denotes what is spoken about,
to give an account of, speak of, tell, narrate
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  • Ic nú his dǽda gesugian scyle, oþ ic Rómána gesecge,

      Ors. 3, 17; S. 120, 18.

  • Ðá ðing ðá gehérde æfter lufu wundara gesaegde ea quae audierat juxta fidem gestorum narravit, Mt. p. 8, 12. . Nǽnigum menn ðú gecuoeðe ðis ł gesæge

    (dixeris),

      Mk. L. 8, 26.

  • Sanctus Ióhannes lífes weorþunga gesecgan,

      Bl. H. 163, 36.

  • Úneáðe mæg mon tó geleáfsuman gesecgan swá monigfeald yfel

    in tanta malorum multitudine difficillima dictis fides.

      Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 128, 20.

  • Þ mǽste wæl on hǽðene here þe wé ǽfre gesecgan hérdon,

      Chr. 851; P. 65, 16.

  • Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah þæs engles mægen tó gesecgenne,

      Bl. H. 165, 6.

  • Tó gesecganne,

      Angl. ix. 265, 4.

  • Bið gesægd ꝥti ðiós dyde,

      Mt. L. 26, 13.

  • Hwí wæs þǽra engla synne forsuwod on þǽre béc Genesis, and þæs mannes wæs gesǽd

    (patefactum)

    ?,
      Angl. vii. 4, 27.
to give notice of, make known, announce
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  • Hé gesægeð (cýð, W. S.) alle

    adnuntiabit omnia,

      Jn. L. R. 4, 25 : Jn. L. 16, 14.

  • Ðá ðe tówearde aron hé gesæges iúh,

      16, 13.

  • Ðá hiorda gesæigdon

    (nuntiaverunt)

    alle,
      Mt. L. 8, 33.

  • Gisægi

    (annuncia)

    folce mínum héhsynna hiara,
      Rtl. 5, 16.

  • Hé hine monnum gecýþan and gesecgan teolode,

      Bl. H. 165, 31.
  • Ðá hérde Ægelríc þet gesecgon. Chr. 1070; P. 207, 26.
to speak of, expound, discuss
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  • Bisen gesægde ł getrahtade

    parabolam exponit,

      Mt. p. 17, 3.

  • Syndriga stówa gewutta ðú mæht and mid sóððe gesæcca

    propria loca scire possis ac vere disserere,

    ii. 2.
  • Ic gehére hwæt þú woldest witan, ac ic hyt ne mæg myd feáwum wordum gesecgan. Solil. H. 64, 23.
the subject a pronoun referring to a clause
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  • Þæt is gesægd, ꝥ hé wǽre gewis his sylfes forðfóre,

      Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 491, 19.
where the verb is of incomplete predication
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  • Hé þone Hǽlend on þysne middangeard cumendne gesecgean wolde,

      Bl. H. 165, 35.

  • Wéron gesægd sum óðero ofslægeno

    nuntiatis quibusdam occisis,

      Lk. p. 8, I.
where the object is a clause,
to say, tell, declare
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  • Stefn þte hé wére clioppendes in uoestern gesaegeð

    vocem esse clamantis in deserto enuntiat,

      Jn. p. 3, 6.

  • Gesege hwæþer þé betere þince, hwæþer þe . . . , þe . . . ,

      Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 10.

  • Gesecge hé his móde, ꝥ hit mæg findan . . . ,

      35, I; F. 154, 23.

  • Ic ðé mæg mid feáum wordum gesecgan hú manegra yfela ðá welan sint gefylde,

      32, l ; F. 114, 6.

  • Mé ðincð þæt þú hæbbe genóh sweotole gesǽd, þæt ǽlces mannes sáwl nú sí and á beó,

      Solil. H. 63, 29.

  • Him wæs gesǽd, ꝥ Willelm eorll wolde hider cuman, Chr. 1066 ; P. 196, 4. II a. in the passive with an infinitive complementary to the subject :-- Hé is gesǽd memoratur (hoc fecisse), An. Ox. 3873: 1514 Heó wæs gesǽd

    narretur (superstitionis coniemptrix extitisse),

    4432.

  • Gesǽde

    memorantur, i. dicuntur,

    1610.
used absolutely
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  • Lóca ꝥ ðú ǽnigum menn gesæcga

    vide nemini dixeris,

      Mt. L. 8, 4.

  • Bebeád þte ne ǽnigum men hiá ne gesægde,

      Mk. L. R. 7, 36.

  • Miððý uæs ongeten geháten is ðegnum gesaeccanne qua cognito iubetur discipulis nuntiare, Jn. p. 8, 4. III a. with prep.

    to speak, tell

    about :-- Hió ne cúðon gesecggan be þám sigebeácne,
      El. 165.

  • Scortlíce ic hæbbe nú gesǽd ymb þá þrié dǽlas þises middangeardes

    breviter tripartiti orbis divisiones dedi,

      Ors. l, l ; S. 10, 3.

  • Hwæðer ðé nú sí genóh sweotole geséd be þám wísdóme,

      Solil. H. 66, 2.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-seggian : O.H.Ger. ge-sagén, -segen dicere, de-, pro-, re-ferre, exponere, digerere, memorare.]
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v. fore-gesægd.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-secgan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/49613.

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