eldertongue

Old English · noun

gesegen

Normalised ġeseġen

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/jeˈse.jen/
Syllables
je · ˈse · jen (3 syllables)
Modern English
legendconversationreport

Meaning

  1. conversation

    Þæt iċ bē ðām hālgan fæder Cūðbyrhte wrāt oððe on þysse bēċ oððe on ōðre, þā dǣda his līfes, sume iċ ǣrest nōm of þām ġewrītum ðe iċ āwriten ġemette mid þām broðrum þǣre ċyriċean æt Lindesfearona ēa sumu ðā þe iċ sylf onġitan mihte þurh swīðe ġetrēowa manna ġesæġene iċ tōycte.

    That which I wrote about the holy father Cuthbert, either in this book or another, about his life's deeds, some I took first from what I found among the brethren of the church at Lindisfarne, and I have added on the particulars which I could glean through conversations with very trustworthy people.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  2. speech

  3. statement, report, story, legend

Declension

Declension of gesegen
SingularPlural
Nominative ġeseġenġeseġenaġeseġene
Accusative ġeseġeneġeseġenaġeseġene
Genitive ġeseġeneġeseġena
Dative ġeseġeneġeseġenum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Akin to seċġan (“to say”).

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