sægen

See also: sägen and Sägen

Middle English

Verb

sægen

1. Alternative form of seien

Old English

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”); compare Old Norse sǫgn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæ.jen/

Noun

sæġen f

1. saying
2. statement, claim
3. tradition, something generally said
4. a narration

Declension

Declension of sæġen (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sæġen	sæġena, sæġene
accusative	sæġene	sæġena, sæġene
genitive	sæġene	sæġena
dative	sæġene	sæġenum

References

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