cweþan

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *kweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkwe.θɑn/, [ˈkwe.ðɑn]

Verb

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cweþan (West Saxon)

  1. to say
    Hēo cwæþ þæt hēo wǣre lācnestre.
    She said she was a doctor.
    Cwæþ sē hræfn, "Nǣfre mā."
    The raven said, "Never again."
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 9:12
      Þā cwǣdon hīe tō him, "Hwǣr is hē?" Þā cwæþ hē, "Iċ nāt."
      Then they said to him, "Where is he?" And he said, "I don't know."
  2. to speak
  3. to mention
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "For Palm Sunday"
      Þam folce wearð cūð þæt se Hælend arærde lytle ær Lazarum of deaðe, seðe læg stincende feower niht on byrgene: þa comon þa togeanes Criste þe geleaffulle wæron, mid þam wurðmynte, swa we ǣr cwædon.
      It was known to the people that Christ a little before had raised Lazarus from death, who had lain stinking four nights in the grave: then those, who were believing, came to meet Christ with the honours which we have already mentioned.

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