gecweþan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġecweðan — edh spelling
• ġecƿeþan — wynn spelling

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ cweþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈkwe.θɑn/, [jeˈkwe.ðɑn]

Verb

ġecweþan

1. to speak
2. (transitive or intransitive or with clause) to say
3. to tell
4. to declare, announce
5. to settle

   (a) to agree upon or arrange a time or course of action

   (b) to settle a regulation, law, or ordinance

6. to offer, propose
7. to order; to give orders for
8. to call, name

   (a) to call a person or place

   (b) to call a name

   (c) to call an object by some identity

   (d) to name, mention, or speak of

   (e) to describe an object

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġecweþan (strong class 5)

infinitive	ġecweþan	ġecweþenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġecweþe	ġecwæþ
second person singular	ġecwist	ġecwǣde
third person singular	ġecwiþþ, ġecwiþ	ġecwæþ
plural	ġecweþaþ	ġecwǣdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġecweþe	ġecwǣde
plural	ġecweþen	ġecwǣden
imperative
singular	ġecweþ
plural	ġecweþaþ
participle	present	past
	ġecweþende	ġecweden

Related terms

• ġecwide m (“condition, agreement, will”)
• ġecwidrǣden f (“an agreement, contract, statute”)
• ġecwiss m (“conspiracy, consent”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠECWEÐAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠECWEÞAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.