acweþan

• ācweðan — edh spelling

Equivalent to ā- +‎ cweþan.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈkwe.θɑn/, [ɑːˈkwe.ðɑn]

ācweþan

1. to say
2. to utter, declare
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
     ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
     frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
     wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:

     Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
     and this dark life with wise thought,
     shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
     swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:

3. to reply, answer

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀCWEÐAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀCWEÞAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.