secgan

Men ne cunnon secgan tō sōðe, sele-rǣdende hæleð under heofenum, hwā þǣm hlæste onfēng.

The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919

So he had a hoard of words, you see: and he must have needed them, for he goes on: —For [char1] on ic maeg singan and secgan spell,

III. On the Difference between Verse and Prose 1916

-- Causal with verbs of saying and hearing, _of, about, concerning_: sägdest from his sîðe, 532; nô ic wiht fram þe swylcra searo-nîða secgan hýrde, 581; þät he fram Sigemunde secgan hyrde, 876.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Healfdenes ... mîn ærende, 344. ge-secgan, _to say, relate_: imper. sg.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Men ne cunnon secgan tô soðe sele-rædende, häleð under heofenum, hwâ þäm hläste onfêng.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Men ne cunnon secgan tō soðe sele-rǣdende, hæleð under heofenum, hwā þǣm hlæste onfēng.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

-- Causal with verbs of saying and hearing, _of, about, concerning_: sægdest from his sīðe, 532; nō ic wiht fram þē swylcra searo-nīða secgan hȳrde, 581; þæt hē fram Sigemunde secgan hyrde, 876.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Healfdenes ... mīn ǣrende, 344. ge-secgan, _to say, relate_: imper. sg.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879