wiþsecgan

Alternative forms

• wiðsæċġan

Etymology

From wiþ- (“with-, against”) +‎ seċġan (“say”). Cognate with Old Saxon witharseggian (“to object”), Low German wedderseggen (“to renounce”), German widersagen (“to renounce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiθˈsed.d͡ʒɑn/

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.