gecweþan

Meaning

1. to speak

2. to say

   Þā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...

   Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

3. to tell

4. to declare, announce

5. to settle

   (a) to agree upon or arrange a time or course of action

6. to offer, propose

7. to order; to give orders for

8. to call, name

   (a) to call a person or place

Conjugation