cweþan

Meaning

1. to say

   Hēo cwæþ þæt hēo wǣre lācnestre.

   She said she was a doctor.

2. to speak

   ...he næfre ær naht cweðan ne mihte...

   ...he had never before been able to speak,...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Swithhun, Bishop"

3. to mention

   Þam folce wearð cūð þæt se Hælend arærde lytle ær Lazarum of deaðe, seðe læg stincende feower niht on byrgene: þa comon þa togeanes Criste þe geleaffulle wæron, mid þam wurðmynte, swa we ǣr cwædon.

   It was known to the people that Christ a little before had raised Lazarus from death, who had lain stinking four nights in the grave: then those, who were believing, came to meet Christ with the honours which we have already mentioned.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "For Palm Sunday"

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