wiþsecgan

Old English

Alternative forms

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): /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)

Conjugation
Conjugation of wiþseċġan (weak class 3)
infinitive wiþseċġan tō wiþseċġenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular wiþseċġe wiþsæġde, wiþsǣde
2nd-person singular wiþsæġst, wiþseġest wiþsæġdest, wiþsǣdest
3rd-person singular wiþsæġþ, wiþseġeþ wiþsæġde, wiþsǣde
plural wiþseċġaþ wiþsæġdon, wiþsǣdon
subjunctive present past
singular wiþseċġe wiþsæġde, wiþsǣde
plural wiþseċġen wiþsæġden, wiþsǣden
imperative
singular wiþsaga, wiþseġe
plural wiþseċġaþ
participle present past
wiþseċġende wiþsæġd

Descendants
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