acweþan

Meaning

1. to say

2. to utter, declare

   ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð, frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:

   Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place and this dark life with wise thought, shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:

   Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte

3. to reply, answer

Conjugation