Old English

Alternative forms

• wiðsæcgan

Verb

wiþseċġan

1. (rare) to renounce, to give up
   • c. 960, Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (1840), 34:

     Terrena desideria respuentes, eardlico lvsto wiðsæcgende.

2. to gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing)
   • c. 1200, Trinity College Homilies, 139:

     Bi þo daȝes luuede herodes...his broðer wif, and binam hire him, and Seint Iohan hit wið seide.

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle English: withseien, withseyen, etc.
  • English: withsay