wiþsecgan

Old English

Alternative forms

• wiðsæċġan
• ƿiþseċġan — wynn spelling

Etymology

From wiþ- (“with-, against”) +‎ seċġan (“say”). Cognate with Old Saxon witharseggian (“to object”), Low German wedderseggen (“to renounce”), German widersagen (“to renounce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiθˈsej.jɑn/, [wiθˈsed.d͡ʒɑn]

Verb

wiþseċġan

1. (rare) to renounce, to give up
   • c. 960 Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (1840), 34:

     Terrena desideria respuentes, eardlico lvsto wiðsæcgende.

2. to gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing)
   • c. 1200 Trinity College Homilies, 139:

     Bi þo daȝes luuede herodes...his broðer wif, and binam hire him, and Seint Iohan hit wið seide.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiþseċġan (weak class 3)

infinitive	wiþseċġan	wiþseċġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wiþseċġe	wiþsæġde
second person singular	wiþsæġst	wiþsæġdest
third person singular	wiþsæġþ	wiþsæġde
plural	wiþseċġaþ	wiþsæġdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wiþseċġe	wiþsæġde
plural	wiþseċġen	wiþsæġden
imperative
singular	wiþsæġe
plural	wiþseċġaþ
participle	present	past
	wiþseċġende	wiþsæġd

Descendants

• Middle English: withseien, withseyen, etc.
  • English: withsay