gecweþan

gecweþan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġecweðan, ġecƿeþan

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ cweþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈkweðɑn/

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	tō ġecweþanne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ġecweþe	ġecwæþ
2nd-person singular	ġecweþest, ġecwiþst	ġecwǣde
3rd-person singular	ġecweþeþ, ġecwiþ	ġecwæþ
plural	ġecweþaþ	ġecwǣdon
subjunctive	present	past
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

• ĠECWEÐAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• ĠECWEÞAN supplemental input in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary