wiþsecgan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === wiðsæċġan === 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 (rare) to renounce, to give up to gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing) c. 1200, Trinity College Homilies, 139: ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: withseien, withseyen, etc. English: withsay