gecweþan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ġecweðan — edh spelling === Etymology === Equivalent to ġe- +‎ cweþan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jeˈkwe.θɑn/, [jeˈkwe.ðɑn] === Verb === ġecweþan to speak (transitive or intransitive or with clause) to say late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot" to tell to declare, announce to settle (a) to agree upon or arrange a time or course of action 10-11th c., Beowulf, lines 1074-1081 (b) to settle a regulation, law, or ordinance to offer, propose to order; to give orders for 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== ġecwide m (“condition, agreement, will”) ġecwidrǣden f (“an agreement, contract, statute”) ġecwiss m (“conspiracy, consent”) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĠECWEÐAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĠECWEÞAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.