gecweþan

Etymology
Equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1) to speak
 * 2)  to say
 * 3) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
 * "ang"

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


 * 1) to tell
 * 2) to declare, announce
 * 3) to settle
 * (a) to agree upon or arrange a time or course of action
 * 1) * 10-11th c., Beowulf, lines 1074-1081
 * "ang"

- Wit þæt ġecwǣdon, cniht wesende, and ġebēotedon, wǣron beġen þā ġit on ġeogoðfeore, þæt wit on gārsecg ūt aldrum nēðdon, and þæt ġeæfndon swā.


 * (b) to settle a regulation, law, or ordinance
 * 1) to offer, propose
 * 2) to order; to give orders for
 * 3) to call, name
 * (a) to call a person or place
 * (b) to call a name
 * (c) to call an object by some identity
 * (d) to name, mention, or speak of
 * (e) to describe an object