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Old English · noun

sægen

Normalised sæġen

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈsæ.jen/
Syllables
ˈsæ · jen (2 syllables)
Modern English
claimsaidnarrationtraditionsayinggenerally

Meaning

  1. saying

  2. statement, claim

    Fiaminius sē consul forsēah þā sæġene þe þā hlyttan him sædon...

    The consul Flaminius rejected the predictions that the diviners had told him...

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

  3. tradition, something generally said

  4. a narration

Declension

Declension of sægen
SingularPlural
Nominative sæġensæġenasæġene
Accusative sæġenesæġenasæġene
Genitive sæġenesæġena
Dative sæġenesæġenum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”); compare Old Norse sǫgn.

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