soþsægen

Old English

Etymology

From sōþ (“true”) +‎ sæġen (“saying”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoːθˌsæ.jen/

Noun

sōþsæġen f

1. a true statement
2. a statement of the facts of a case

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sōþsæġen	sōþsæġena, sōþsæġene
accusative	sōþsæġene	sōþsæġena, sōþsæġene
genitive	sōþsæġene	sōþsæġena
dative	sōþsæġene	sōþsæġenum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sóþ-sægen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.