seien - Middle English Compendium\nsay, v.1 and int.\nForms seien v.(1) Also sei(e, sein(e, seiʒ(e(n, seiʒn, seigh, (SEM) seigen, (WM) seih & seg(e(n, seʒe, se, si(en, sai(e(n, sain(e, (N) sā(n, (early) seʒʒ(e(n, (early SEM) sæin & seǧǧe(n, sigge(n, sig(e(n, (K) zigge(ne, (chiefly WM) sugge(n & (early) seggane, seggon, segcean, secge(n(e, secgan, secgæn, secgon, sæggen(e, sæggæn, sæcge(n(e, sæcgan, sæcgæn, sægen, (early SWM) seuggen, sucge(n, suge(n, (early infl.) secgenne, secʒende, sæcgenne & (?error) seiʒc, (errors) seynt, fery, seme. Forms: sg.1 seie, etc. & seih, (early SEM) saiʒe, (early SWM) seuge & (error) saine; sg.2 seiest, seist(e, seies, saiste, sais(se, (NWM) saitz, (K) zaist & (early) seis, sæʒ(e)st, (Orm.) seʒst, seǧǧesst; sg.3 seieth(e, etc. & seit, seight, seiʒt, sē̆th(e, sait, sāthe, (K) zaith, zait, (chiefly NWM) sātz, saitz & (early) seiet, seǧǧað, sehʒ, saʒð, sæʒ(e)ð, sæigð, sǣð, (Orm.) seʒ(ʒ)th & (errors) seye, say, sed; impv. sei, sai, etc. & (chiefly N & NWM) sais(e, saies, (K) zai & (early SWM) seien, sæi(e, sæiʒe; pl. seien, etc. & sain(e, sāne, (chiefly N & NEM) sais(e & (early) seit, seǧǧet, secgæð, sæǧǧæð, sæcgæð & (error) singgen; impv. seith, etc. & seiʒt, siǧǧez, (early) seǧǧet, seǧǧed; p.sg.1 & 3 seid(e, etc. & seidh, seit, sēde, sāde, side, (K) zē̆de, zaide, zeaide, & (early) sǣde, sæide(n, sægde, sæʒde, (early SWM) seaide, (Orm.) seʒʒde & (errors) sey, say(e, sadin, saydy; sg.2 seidest, etc. & seides, sē̆des, said(e; pl. seid(e(n, etc. & saidon, (early) seidon, sæidon, sægdon, sǣdan, sǣdon; ppl. seid(e, etc. & seit, sē̆d, sead, (K) zaide, (early) sǣd, (Orm.) seʒʒd & seien, sein, sēn, sain(e, sēden, saiden, sādin & (errors) sai, seedy & pl. seides, saides, saiden. Contractions: sait, suget (ich seie hit); seistou(e, seisthou, saistoue, (early) seistu (seiest thou); seit (sei hit); sawe (seien we); seidestou, saidestou (seidest thou).\nEtymology OE secgan, sæcgan; sg.3 (WS) sægð, (WS, Nhb.) sægeð, (Merc., LWS) segeð, (LWS) segð; p. sægde, (WS) sǣde, (Merc.) segde; ppl. sægd, (Merc.) segd, (Nhb.) sæged.\nNote: Cp. iseien v.\nWith direct quotation: (a) to say (certain specified words), utter; (b) to say (certain specified words to sb., to oneself, among a group, etc.); ~ aye, say (certain specified words) in reply (to sb.); (c) ~ thus, ~ (in) this wise, ~ in (on) this manere, etc., to say as follows (certain specified words); -- also with indirect obj.; also, ~ thus (so), say (certain words) as just indicated; (d) ~ hit (this, that), ~ saue (saues, sentence), ~ word(es, to say it (this, words, etc.), referring to certain specified words; (e) ~ and singen, answeren (carpen, melen, singen, speken) and ~, answeren and ~ ayen, to answer (speak, sing, etc.) (certain specified words) [see also answeren v.1.(a)].\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 : Ða seide se kyning, 'Ealle þa þing þe min broðer Peada, [etc.].'\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)14/34 : Ʒyf hwa sæʒeð on eornost..'Fare ðu on Godes nome feor ut on sæ, [etc.].'\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)34/19 : Þenne sæʒest ðu, 'alle.'\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1512 : Þu..seggesst, 'swillc & swillc wass þu.'\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12967 : Nollde he nawihht seʒʒenn, 'Whamm seke ʒitt?'\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7151,7152 : Freond sæiðe to freonde..'Leofue freond, wæs hail!' Þe oðer sæið, 'Drinc hail!'\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)127/16 : Clepe to him and seih mid ðe prophete: 'Illumina oculos meos, domine.'\na1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)29/21 : Ic sede, 'ic wille healde mine wegas.'\nc1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)10/8 : He bigon to segen: '[M]eiden, haue merci..of þe seoluen.'\nc1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)1/13 : He sæiþ on his bedde, 'Wo me þet ic libbe.'\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)71/18 : Ha mahe seggen [Nero: sigen] wið þe psalmwruhte, 'fortitudinem meam ad te custodiam.'\na1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)113 : Þan sait [vr. seiz] þe gast: 'wailauai'; and a tenende [read: at þen ende]: 'allas.'\nc1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)42/772 : He..seyt [Cmb: sede], 'knict so trewe, Kep Mi leue wiue.'\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1103 : Ðo angeles seiden, 'we sulen it fren.'\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)137/13 : Saynt Iob..zayde of him-zelue, 'Huet am ich bote esssse?'\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.126 : Ich herd þe aungel of watres seie [vr. seynge], 'Lorde, riʒtful þou art.'\nc1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)4.6 : Mani singgen [read: siggen; vr. seyn; L dicunt], 'Who schal shew vs gode þynges?'\na1375 Al oþer loue (Eton 36)26 : Seye y may..'vndo y am by manne dome.'\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.12.6 : Þei askedyn hym, 'sei [WB(2): Seie] þanne ''sebolech'',' þat is to meenyn, an er.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.9.28 : Jhesus saith to hem, 'What wole ʒe that I do to ʒou?'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3638,3639 : 'Now Pater noster clum,' seyde Nicholay, And 'clum,' quod Iohn, and 'clum,' seyde Alisoun.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.554 : Thurgh thy dronke nose semeth the soun As thogh thou seydest ay [vr. þou ay said], 'Sampsoun, Sampsoun.'\na1400 Cursor (Phys-E)1590/19252 : 'Woman..salde gie sua Guir lande?' Þe womman sadin, 'gia.'\n(1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.55 : Thomas Cuddemour openly seide..that 'y have be with the forseid Erl of Huntyngdon.'\nc1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)313 : Ʒet I say [read: sayde] as I seet in þe se boþem, 'Care-ful am I.'\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)501 : 'My regne,' he saytz, 'is lyk..To a lorde þat hade a uyne.'\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)784 : 'Makelez quene' þenne sade I not.\n(c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)103 : Afterward he shall saye lowde, 'Sa say cy auaunt.'\na1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)54/9 : Bot of þees two liues, 'Marye haþ chosen,' he seyde [vr. sathe] 'þe best partye.'\n(1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1146 : 'Thou pilgrime of Fraunce,' he seit, 'what dost þou here?'\n1448 Rich.(Arms)109/6 : 'Ye,' they seiden, 'parmafay.'\na1450(?1409) Vision Staunton (Roy 17.B.43)67 : Tho saing the moder, 'my faire child, y bare and norshid the.'\nc1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)40/8 : Of these god seyz in the gospel, 'ʒeue thyn almes.'\na1456 Hit is no right (Add 16165)p.38 : Yit might I seyne, 'cryst seeyne,' as whan men sneese.\n?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.17.11a : Bute now seyes þou, 'how mai þis be?'\nc1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)705 : Myscheff..'I wyll,' say ʒe. Mankynde: 'I wyll, ser.'\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)43 : 'Ʒe, for god,' sey [read: seyde] Rouland.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.243 : Seyyth, 'Ʒa trewly, Nay trewly', or 'sykirly' or 'sothly'.\na1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)82/23 : The Cristen man..dressyng vp his hede vnto heven, sed, 'My God, [etc.].'\na1500 GRom.(Glo 42)772/1 : He seydh hymselfe..'my fader hath dysposyd to me þe kyngdome.'\n1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Þe aseh dune se biscop of Lincolne & seide to þam kyng, 'Laferd kyng, ic swelte.'\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)124/6 : Sæʒ to þe sylfum, 'Hwæt! þæs mon..wunsumlice lyfede.'\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10318 : Teʒʒ þa seʒʒdenn till Johan, 'Whi fullhtnesst tu þiss leode?'\na1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)91 : Þet folc..seden to þan apostlan, 'Leofemen, hwet is us to donne?'\nc1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)3/2 : Ʒet sæiþ þeo sowle soriliche to þen licame..'þu scalt nu ruglunge ridæn to þære eorþe.'\nc1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)215/20 : Herodes..hem seide, 'Goþ..into bethleem.'\n?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)88 : Hi siggeþ hem bitwene, 'Her comeþ þe metere.'\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3445 : Sei ðis folc..'If ge listen lefful to me, Ic wile min folc owen be.'\na1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)12 : Þe commun of bruges..seiden amonges hem: 'gedere we vs to-gedere hardilyche at ene.'\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)89/14 : Me him zede, 'sire, þi moder and þi cosyn þe akseþ.'\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2505 : William..& meliors..seide eiþer til oþer, 'now sertes, for soþe, [etc.].'\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.7.21 : Nat eche man that saith to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shal entre in to the kyngdam of heuenes.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2603 : Euery syde to ouþer [vr. men seyde to oþer sone], 'sere, lo, þere þe cursed vsurere.'\na1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.12 : Crist..seide to Symoun, 'Lede þe boot into þe hey see.'\n?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)171 : Aske of him..'how dost þou fare?' and if he seide ay [read: aye] to þe, 'wel,' he shal leue.\nc1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)28/2 : Ther-for seys Criste to Petyr thrys, 'Fed my schepe.'\nc1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)187/9 : The fadir seith [CQ(2): sayth] to the sonne and oon neyghbour to anothir, 'Freendes, the ceason is right merueilous.'\na1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)6017 : The kyng his hors he turnyd..And to his knyghtes all thanne he saye [rime: way, delay], 'Serys, now is tyme, [etc.].'\nc1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Nicod.(Bod 343)2/21 : Ðe Hælend him andswærde eft, ðus him sæcgende, 'Ðu eart æþele lareow!'\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10289 : He þa seʒʒde þuss till hemm: 'Naʒʒ, namm I nohht profete.'\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7785 : Þa cnihtes..þus him to sæiden..'We buð her-rihtes Uortigernes cnihtes.'\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)43 : Clupe we to ure louerd ihesu crist, þus seggende: 'De profundis, [etc.].'\nc1225 Sanctus beda (Wor F.174)20 : Nu sæiþ [ure] drihten þus: 'Sicut aquila prouocat pullos suos ad uolandum & super eo[s uolitat].'\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)505 : He com to pilates and sayde to him þus: 'Yef me þes prophetes body.'\nc1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)56 : 'Þou art a man & ʒhe is a maide,' þous þe wif to Florice saide.\nc1330 Orfeo (Auch)46/556 : King Orfeo..stont vp & seyt þus: 'Lo, Steward, herkne now þis þing.'\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)96/25 : He..ham þus zeayde, 'Yblissed byeþ þe poure of goste.'\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)490 : Sche seide, sikinde to here-self, in þis selue wise, 'now witterly ich am vn-wis.'\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1625 : He seyde in this manere: 'Now Mabely, myn owene moder dere, [etc.].'\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1002 : 'A ful greet fool is he that on yow leueth,' Thus seyden sadde folk in that citee.\na1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)8 : Þe King..seyde to him on þis manere..'Feire son,' she [read: he] seide, [etc.].\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)522 : 'Gos into my vyne, dotz þat ʒe conne,' So sayde þe lorde, and made hit toʒt.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2987 : To whom sche spake, seying as ʒe schal here: 'Myn owne Iason, [etc.].'\na1425 Ordin.Nuns(1) (Lnsd 378)144/14 : In þe mene time sall þe Nouice make hir profession..saiand on þis maner..'Promitto tibi obedienciam, [etc.].'\n(1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)104 : Þus he to hir sayde: 'Be mery & glad, woman.'\na1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)339 : 'Fader, abbot,' þus we say.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.317 : At þe day of dom he schal..seyn to hem in þis wise..'Comyth with me, ʒe blyssyd childryn.'\na1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)148/22 : She..reprevid them..seing to them aftir the maner followynge [CQ(1): saying in this wyse], 'O ye men, [etc.].'\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)47 : Somme casten clothes yn the wey, seyeng thys wyse: 'Hayle be thou that arte on hygh.'\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)225 : Þat wriht he him sende & þeos word seaide: 'For þan weorldes scome, [etc.].'\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)115/22 : Ðat sede Rihtwis-nesse: 'Mid michel riht ðoleð Adam ðat he ðoleð.'\na1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)69 : Þe sergaunz ayein eden ant seiden here sawe: 'of alle þine miste ne yeued ho word an hawe.'\nc1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)5698 : He stod vp a-non-riht and þeos word saide: 'Hercne me, min louerd.'\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)736 : God seide wurd to abram, 'Abram, ðu fare ut of lond and kin To a lond ic ðe sal bringin hin.'\na1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2188 : Þo seide seint Ion..þis sawe, 'Peter, þat is oure lord.'\nc1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)276 : Seint Austin..seiþ wordes reuliche: 'Habent mortem sine morte.'\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)1/1 : Aye þe uondi[n]gges of þe dyeule, zay þis þet uolʒeþ: 'Zuete iesu, [etc.].'\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.791 : He..hath seyd hire this sentence: 'Certes, Grisilde, [etc.].'\nc1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.257 : Certes, ho so þurste [read: durste] hit segge, 'Symon quasi dormit.'\na1425 By a forest (Bod 596)161 : Thanne seide þis kyng thise wordes..'Al thing be, lord, at thi powste.'\nc1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)126 : Over the gate..There were vers iwriten..Of which I shal now seyn the pleyn sentence: 'Thorgh me men gon into that blysful place, [etc.].'\na1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)13/20 : 'In sudore vultus tui..' Þese wordis weren seyd to Adam.\na1475 PPl.A(1) (Hrl 875)8.102 : Siþþe he seide to hem þese semely sawis: 'Si ambulauero in medio umbre mortis, [etc.].'\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : Ða andswerade se arcebiscop Dunstan of Cantwarbyrig & sæide, 'Ic tyðe þet ealle þa þing þe her is gifen & sprecon..þa wille ic þet hit stande.'\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)23/22 : Ðe werewede gastes..spaken hie hem betwienen and seiden: 'Wuten we fare te ðessere idele saule.'\na1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)222 : Þo spec olibrius..ant saide to is sergaunz: 'wouder [read: wonder] wou ho goet.'\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1092 : This Palamon answerde and seide agayn, 'Cosyn..Thou hast a veyn ymaginacioun.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.3024 : To which Melibe answerde and seyde, 'Certes,' quod he, 'I thynke..to disherite hem.'\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)589 : Then more I meled and sayde apert, 'Me þynk þy tale vnresounable.'\nc1425 Found.St.Barth.19/20 : Bartholomew spake to hym and seyid..'Rayer, what is that, [etc.].'\na1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)15/9 : Þei answeride & seyde, 'we may.'\na1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)196 : He..loude criande on Crist, carped & saide, 'Worþy, wemlese God..Sende me hele of my hurt.'\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)64/7 : Angelis..seyde and song, 'In terra pax hominibus bone voluntatis.'\nc1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)55/32 : The Iuwes..song and seid in despite, 'Him becometh wele to reigne.'\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)49 : They onswerde to Pylate and seyde: 'We be paynymes and seruaunte[s] to the ydoles.'\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)60 : Than spake Nychodemus and seyde, 'Y haue spoken to the provostes.'\nIn phrases: ~ alas (alas, to lament, express grief [see also alas interj.2.(a)]; ~ chek (mat), exercise power, bring about defeat [see also chek interj. & n.1.(b) & mat interj. & n.(b)]; ~ chek-mat, exercise authority [see also chek-mat adj. & n.2.(a)]; ~ chek-mat to, curb (sb.), put a stop to (sth.); ~ cravant, give in, yield; ~ departinge from jesu, declare separation from Jesus, reject Jesus; -- mistransl. of L dicere anathema iesu; ~ fi of (on), condemn (tales of incest); ~ helthe to, greet (sb.); ~ ho, cease, decide to stop, put a stop to an action [see also ho interj. 1.(b)]; ~ inough inough, be satisfied; as who seieth trei-as, suddenly, before a word could be uttered.\n1372 He is wys ʒat kan (Adv 18.7.21)p.61 : He is wis þat hat inou and þanne seit [vr. kan seyn] 'Hö'\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.1.1 : To bretheren that ben by Egipt, Jewis, 'helthe' sayen bretheren that ben in Jerusalem.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.12.3 : No man spekinge in the spirit of God seith 'departynge fro Jhesu' [L dicit anathema Iesu].\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1073 : And to hymself compleynyng of his wo, That he was born ful ofte he seyde 'allas.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.80 : Of [vr. On] swiche cursed stories I sey, 'fy.'\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2963 : Al sodeinliche as who seith 'treis'..He tok him fro the mennes sihte.\na1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)126/11 : Ne drawe non vnlust vpe þe as þing þat were amased and liþe adoun..& seiþ 'crauant.'\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3086 : Dooþ nouʒth by Dalmadas, So þat ʒee siggen after 'allas!'\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.754 : Shal noon housbonde seyn to me 'chek mat!'\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1348 : After that thise dees torned on chaunces, So was he outher glad or seyde 'allas!'\na1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)33/4 : Nede may sone be riche jnow, but couetise seyʒeth neuer 'hoo.'\nc1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8917 : A man schuld not so sone say 'trayse' As he fel ded & held his payse.\na1450(?1418) The herrere degre (Dgb 102)54 : Er drede and repref þy berd shaue, Asese of Couetys and say 'hoö'\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3115 : For þou seydyst neuere 'inow, inow,' Þus lacche I þe þus lowe.\na1450 Myne awen dere sone (Vsp D.13)421 : Þat man is mykell to commende Þat haldes hym payed..And hase ynogh and can saye 'ho.'\na1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)5609 : He..taketh the way Ouer the See styreght to Bloys; Thether he come as who sayth [vr. seyethe] 'tryes'.\nc1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)659 : Therwith Fortune seyde, 'Chek her!' And 'Mat!' in myd poynt of the chekker, With a poun errant, allas!\n(a1470) Stonor1.111 : Y have comynet with my wyfe, and sche sayes, 'with good wel.'\na1500(c1435) ?Lydg.DM(2) (Lnsd 699)13/77 : What is worth hih porte o[r] strangenesse? Deth seith 'chek-mat' to al sich veyn noblesse.\na1500 Fasc.Mor.(Cai 71/38)Tag 36 5 : Syn..Robbyng & rewyng is holden purchas..Englond may say & syng 'Allas! Allas!'\na1500 Fortune alas (Hrl 7333)110 : When men be meriest, alday deth seith 'chek mate.'\na1500 Wast bryngyth (Cmb Ff.2.38)st.73 : I see full fewe that saumple lere Who haþe so moche þat can sey 'hoo.'\n(a) To say (sth., sth. to sb.), state, declare; not to ~, not to be said; (b) to say (that sth. is so), state; also fig.; (c) to say (sth. is so, what one wishes), state; declare (sb. to be of a certain opinion); ~ as to berken, say (sth.) seems to bark; ~ on, go on and say (what one wishes), say unhesitatingly; (d) to say so; thei seien, so they say; (e) heren seid, to hear (sth., that sth. will happen); hear (sb.) say (sth., that sth. is so); (f) to state (sth.) in song or verse; ~ and singen, say in verse (sth., that sth. is so); (g) ~ afore, state a prognosis in advance; ~ biforen, to prophesy; prophesy (sth.), foretell; also, preach (sth.).\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)118/31 : Hwæt secgæ we, leofæ men?\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)259 : Forr Godess Gast itt haffde seʒʒd Þurrh hiss profetess tunge.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)137 : Al folc..wenden þat hit were self crist and seden hit.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)36/3 : Wittnesse..mahe iseon hweat ha don & heren hwet ha segen.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)96/12 : Þet nis nawt to seggen.\na1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)52 : Þau þu uuepe nit & dai, ne sai [vr. sege ich] þe na mare.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1296 : Heo was hoþful & erede Hwat heo þar after hire sede.\na1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)71 : Of al þat we saiden, al ir þunchet plawe.\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)350 : Vre louerd him onswerede..'Hweþer seystu hit þi seolf oþer oþre hit seyde by me?'\na1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)43 : Hwanne ich ihurde of gode speke ne hedd ich hwat me sede; hwan ich hier-of rekeni schal, wel sore me mei drede.\nc1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)374 : Bi trewe loue siggen ich it may.\nc1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)69/1482 : What helpez hit ani more seid?\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)59/26 : [They] al þet oþre doþ and ziggeþ..blamyeþ ase riʒt naʒt.\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.14 : Þat I seie to on, I seie to alle.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)551 : What..were semlyest to seye to saue my worchep?\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1125 : Wheither seistow [vr. seiste] this in ernest or in pley?\nc1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)420 : For Riht ne spareþ for to iugge Whatsoeuere Soþ wol sugge.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.601 : Whan he hath al wel seyd [vr. sayn], thanne hath he doon.\na1400 Cursor (Frf 14)12813 : Quat sulde we þan til ham sayne?\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)1.41 : Þe fende and þi flesch..seest [read: sueth] þi soule, and seith [C: setth] it in þin herte.\nc1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)20.5 : That ich seye [vrr. seiʒ, seih] is soþe.\nc1400 Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210:Everett)19/25 : Þei forsaken Crist in here dedes..whatsoeuere þey seie with her mouth.\na1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)57/28 : He nuste neuere what he myʒth sugge.\na1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2533-4 : If thou..woldist seyn thre thingis or mo, Thou shalt full scarsly seyn the two.\nc1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)6/8 : If thou hire me ought telle, seie, or write Any thing, [etc.].\na1450(?c1350) Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)220 : Ʒilpe, sire? Ney, so mot I the; I sigge hit noʒt qwherfore [read: therfore].\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2081 : Modyr, what seyste þerto?\na1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)3357 : I herde the ravens telle; I tolde ʒou..What thay sayeden in hyr gavlyng.\n?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.227 : Alle thynges be to vs bare and open that thow seyes.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)60/73 : All þat my progenitouris hath be-for me seyn [rime: serteyn], Feythfully be-leve.\na1500(c1370) Chaucer Comp.L.(Benson-Robinson)60 : What have I doon that greveth yow, or sayd, But for I serve and love yow and no mo?\na1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)5/123 : Therfor, felow, hold thi peasse, and vmbithynke the what thou saysse.\na1500 All that I may (BodPoet e.1)p.272 : And I sey ovght, she wyl me bete.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Hi..sægdon þet hi hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe.\n1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Ða biscopas..sæden þæt hi næfre mare ne wolden hafen munec hades man to erce biscop.\na1126 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1124 : Ealle þas eorles..sæidon þet se king heold his broðer Rotbert mid wrange on heftnunge.\na1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Ealle þa ærcebiscopes & biscopes seidon þæt hit wæs to geanes riht.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)20/32 : Ful soð heo sæden be þam soðan Hælende þæt he alle ðing wat.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)60/23 : Þes mon is eower sunæ, þe þe ʒe secgæð þæt wære soðlice blind accenned.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)98/6 : He sæʒde þæt hine hingrede.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)114/28 : Hwæt sæcge we þæt his claþæs tacnoden?\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)134/28 : Þenne secge we þæt þæt is god, þe þurh nan unlimpe ne mæʒ beon forloren.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5188 : Þu seʒʒst tatt tu lufesst Godd.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Segged þet þe lauerd haued þar-of neode, and redliche heo eou leted fere þer-mid.\na1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)237 : Of þe folce we siggeð þat hit cumþ fastlice fram middenardes anginn.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)113/21 : Ðu sadest ðat he deað scolde þoliʒen.\na1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)94/207 : Þanne sait þe mon..þad þe þine wise wel þe likit.\nc1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)216/53 : We mowe sigge þet stor signefieth þe herte.\n?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)218 : I sulde sugen..Þat art þou crist.\n?a1300 Thrush & N.(Dgb 86)184 : I suge þat icham ouercome.\nc1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.6 : Ech man mai sugge wel that ther was Godes grace.\nc1400(1389) Wycl.25 Art.(Dc 273)455 : Þei seyne þat þo pope may not make canons.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.278 : Thow seyst that droppyng houses and eek smoke And chidyng wyues maken men to flee Out of hir owene houses.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)135 : He..þenkeþ siggen amonges men Þat he is an astromyen.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3724 : Þei seiden..Þat he disserued haþ..þe most orrible deth.\na1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)129/631 : Thou seidest with wordes and with þouʒt..þat þou knewe him nouʒt.\na1425 Shrewsbury Frag.(Shrw 6)5/36 : Þai saw angellus stondyng on þe ston, And sayn how he was farne hom fro.\n?c1430(c1383) Wycl.Leaven Pharisees (Corp-C 296)3 : Seiynge in word or dede þat crist tauʒte not..þe beste..religioun.\nc1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)11/33 : He wold sey..that he had wrong.\na1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)96b : Wey [read: We] sey [vr. syggyþ] not þat he is borne of fornycacoun.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)27/26 : All the three kynges..seyde how Merlion devised passynge well.\n(1470) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.61 : Davy and Elizabeth seyn that..Alesandre never stale the Inventory.\na1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)1 : Remembre ye not how the prophetes seiden how that god shulde come in-to erthe?\na1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)199 : Som peple..sei how paynyms may this sciens haue.\n?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)130.127/1 : Þisse wyrte..omerus sehʒ his wyrte beohtust.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)92/9 : Þu seist [Tit: seis] þe nis neod na medecine.\na1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)577 : Wo so seit he sundren ovt..he legeð.\n?a1300 Fiftene toknen (Dgb 86)28 : Þat folk..suggeþ þis tokne nout ne likeþ.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3609 : Ebrus seigen it was michael Engel ðe siðen ledde hem wel.\na1350 Ne mai no lewed (Hrl 2253)47 : Nou wol vch fol clerc..suggen he haþ priuilegie proud of þe pope.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)488 : Sche..seide sadly..sche wold seche amendis.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3652 : Þou sal sai þou ert esau.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15661 : Þou said [Frf: saide] for me..to ded thole suld þou fight.\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)315 : Þou saytz þou schal won in þis bayly.\na1425 Ordin.Nuns(1) (Lnsd 378)142/23 : Sais now her be-fore þe cuuent what is þi wille.\n?c1425(c1390) Chaucer Fort.(Benson-Robinson)27 : Why seystow [vrr. seysthow, saystowe] thanne I am to thee so kene?\n(1433) ?Phillip Serm.GF (BodLTh d.1)255 : Myn childe cryse and sayse his fadir has for sakyn hym.\na1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1713 : Þe lordus..saydon Etheldrede oʒte not to be kynge.\na1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)365 : Sayþ [vr. Seyʒt] vnbuxum we beþ.\nc1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)122 : Þe kyng spekis þan the Sarazene till: 'Say one, felawe, whatte thou will.'\nc1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.54 : Seith on..what þat euer ʒow lest.\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)3/14 : I seide also þou must haue meknes in mowthe.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)157/22 : Sey on..what ye woll.\n?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.315 : Wherefore thei seyne that thynge as to berke.\nc1475(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)21 : He seiþ Lincoln to be of þe same sentence.\nc1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)997 : Thus seth Gode mankynde tyll The nyne poyntys ples hym all other before.\na1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)178/29 : He saydy [read: sayd] God wold not þat scho schulde be dede ʒet.\na1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)3556 : Thay died noght Al cold, I may fery [glossary: sery; ?read: sey].\nc1500 ME Verse in Anglia 92p.72 : This synfull man saide yn his thoʒt his synne was lititill and God he dred noʒt.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 15.2 : 'Art thou kyng of Jewis?'..'Thou seyst [WB(2): seist].'\na1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)936 : And þey onswerede euerychon Þat neuer child was born of mayde Bote Ihesu Crist, alle þey saiden.\nc1475 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cli : Antecristis meyne senden a somer wiþ a belle, þei seyne, to warne þe puple to conferme here children.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.3153 : I have ofte herd you seid, That ye such trust have on me leid.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1623 : Thei..maden othre goddes newe, As thou hast herd me seid tofore.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.278 : She hadde herd seyd that thilke day The markys sholde wedde.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1547 : Hom vn to hir housbond is she fare And tolde hym al as ye han herd me sayd.\n(1448) Paston1.223 : He wyl say lyche as he hath herd here seyd.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)30/37 : As ʒe haue me oftyn herd seyd sothly.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)285/393 : Serys, Alle þese materys I haue herd sayd.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)36 : Nv seið mid loft-songe þe wes on leoden preost al swa þe boc spekeð.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)55/24 : Ðe hali wordes ðe ic habbe iwriten on magnificat..bieð of ðe hali goddspelle, ðe sainte Marie sæde hire self mannen to helpe.\na1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)72 : Al englene were..Siggeð & singeð þet tu ert liues wel-sprung.\n?a1300 Thrush & N.(Dgb 86)122 : Þrestelkok, þou hauest wrong, Al so I sugge one mi song.\n(c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)338 : Sawe nou forth in hure spelle: In þat time, so it bifelle, [etc.].\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1174 : I wol..Seye [vr. Syng] yow a song to glade yow.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11261 : Louand godd wit suilkin sagh, 'On hei be ioi, and pes on lagh'; Quen þai had sai [Göt: sayd] þat þai wald sai, þir angels wited þam ewai.\nc1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)152 : What his compleynt was..I wol hit seyn and synge.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.13.2 : I seide bifore, and seye bifore [L Prædixi, et prædico]..to hem that bifore han synned..I schal not spare.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Gal.5.21 : Lyche thingis to thes, the whiche I preche [vr. bifore seie; L prædico] to ʒou, as I bifore seide.\n?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)185/12 : But be þere saide [*Ch.(1): be..sette; L premittatur] afore gode pronosticacioun.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)148/61 : This prophecye is now spad..þerfore mankend may be glad, As prophetys be-forn han seyd.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)108 : Whan y [David] was quykke, than seyde y befor the myserycorde of oure Lorde..and of hys merveyles that he schuld do.\nIn selected phrases: (a) ~ and holden (leren, presenten, sweren, tellen), affermen (answeren, arguen, sweren, wenen) and ~, to maintain (teach, charge, swear, state, affirm, answer, etc.) (that sth. is so); ~ and counseilen, say (what one wishes); nombren and ~, categorize and say (that sth. is so); tellen and ~, report (sth.); (b) ~ saue(s, to make a speech; say something, say anything; give an opinion; ~ speche, give a report; ~ tale, make a statement; ~ word, say something; use a word, utter a word; ~ wordes, say something; (c) ~ avis (devis), to give an opinion; ~ bodeword (erende, message), deliver a message; ~ counseil; ~ dom; ~ entente, say what one intends; also, give an opinion; ~ iwille, say what one wishes; ~ lofword of, praise (sb.); ~ ouen talent, declare (one's) own wish, vote for oneself; ~ sentence, utter a platitude; ~ sermoun, preach; ~ (on) wille, say what one wishes; also, impose a penance [quot.: Cursor (Frf)]; ~ witnesse (witnessinge), bear witness; (d) ~ nai, to refuse, resist, object, contradict, deny; answer in the negative; refuse (sb., to do sth.); deny (that sth. is so); disobey (a command); also, disregard (physic); also, restrain oneself [quot.: a1500(a1460)]; ~ nai of, refuse (sth.), refuse (sb. sth.); ~ nai to, refuse (sb.), deny (sth.); ~ nai unto, disobey (a command); ~ nai with, refuse (sth.); ~ nich ne nai to, deny (sth.); ~ no, refuse; ~ ye or nai, acquiesce or object; (e) ~ the same, to agree; also, repeat something; also, say the same thing; ~ (the) contrary, contradict something; (f) ~ no (never a) word, ~ no-more (no-thing, nought); (g) ~ cause, to bring a charge, make out a case; seid causes, accusations brought.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)86/26 : Alle þa leafulle fæderæs..sædon & ʒehwær lærdon..þæt God sceawæþ ælces monnes sawlæ.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2892 : Seieth and conseileth me as yow liketh.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1267 : She and euery wight sholde wene and seye That of Britayne the rokkes were aweye.\na1400 SMChron.(Add 19677)576 : Many hit sworen & sede..Þat with þat sper smert Oure lord was istonge to þe hert.\n(1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.55 : We sein and presente that Sire William Cokessale was..redi with alle his power to have be with the forseid Erl of Huntyngdon.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2943 : And ʒit o þing I dar afferme and seyne, Þat þe menyng of þis ilke tweyne Ne was nat on.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.58 : Have I nat nombrid and seid..that suffisaunce is in blisfulnesse?\n?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)37b/a : Phisiciens arguen and seien þat þe herte is hote & drye.\n(c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)172 : Who euer wole seie and holde that forto haue and vse ymagis..is not a point of Goddis lawe, [etc.].\na1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)23/18 : I answere & seye þat he haþ oþer name.\nc1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2333 : Men of þat cuntre seyn and telle That it is accountid a parcelle of hell.\nc1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)78/12 : Whan thei had alle told and seid, Vaspasian had therof gret despite.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)53 : They on-swerde ageyn and seyde that they were sones of paynymys.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)136/24 : Þe ðe tallice word sæð onʒean ðone Haliʒ Gast..næf[ð] he næfre þærof forʒyfenesse.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12946 : Efne þissen worden þa þat wif seide, Beduer heo gon hirten.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13149 : Heore ærnde heo him cudde; ælc his saʒe sæide.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)20/10 : Ne wraðþe þu þe, mi wunne, for sahe þet ich segge.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2365 : Whan þat sawe was seid..þe prouost bad bold burnes þe beres go take.\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.738 : He moot as wel seye o word as another.\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)21 : Þen com a vois to Ioseph and seide him þise wordes, Biddes him and his wyf..Gon out of Ierusalem.\nc1390 Susan.(Vrn)287 : What signefyes..þese sawus þat þou seis [vrr. sayes, seyth].\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)226 : I hope no tong moʒt endure No sauerly saghe say of þat syʒt.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.41 : In som lond were al the game shent, If that they ferde in love as men don here..In visityng, in forme, or seyde hire sawes; Forthi men seyn, ecch contree hath his lawes.\na1450(?c1350) Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)360 : Paraventur men halt me a fol To sig þat fot [read: sot] tal.\na1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)531 : When þai al þer sawes hafe saide, Als scho assentes þai sal be paide.\nc1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)217/38 : Þese wordes þat I haue seide in Latyne, þei are wrytten in þe pistell of Seynt Poule.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)408/33 : Yett shall I never yelde me nother sey the lothe worde.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)160/269 : Go we a pace and sey owr spech.\na1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)985 : Thus men the teche schall To sygge wycked sawe.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)50 : Whan he had seyde these wordys, he comaunded þat, [etc.].\na1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)9709 : Þou maist somtime a worde seie Þat may haste þe forto deie.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9170 : Þe king..bad Gorlois suggen his iwille.\n?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)49 : Þou mait saien al þine wille.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2494 : Vre fader..or he was dead, Vs he ðis bodewurd seigen bead.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7350 : What conseil seistow, gode ami?\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)10/4 : Þou ne sselt zigge none ualse wytnesse aye þine emcristen.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)164/33 : Salomon..zayde his dom ine zuiche manere: 'ydelnesse, ydelnesse, ydelnesse.'\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.15.15 : We han seyd witnessynge aʒens God..if deed men rysen not aʒen.\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1868 : Sey [vr. Seiþe] youre auys and holdeth yow apayd.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.1139 : I ne seye but for this ende this sentence.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.99 : He with a manly voys seide his message.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12287 : Þai on [Frf: of] him said þair will.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12903 : Sli wittnesing he-self said.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13090 : On mild maner sais your errand.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19121 : Hu es þis..þat yee dar Suilkin loueword of him sai?\na1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)29/352 : When þe parlement plenour is, Eueryman seide þer avis [vr. seyth þanne his devis].\na1400 Cursor (Frf 14)26255 : Þe man þat mengis wiþ vnkindeli best..of him þe bisshop mote say his wil.\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)7/23 : Þan ilkain hauis said þair auis, Þat es best, halde þar-to.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)7/18 : Hir confessowr..gan scharply to vndyrnemyn hir er þan sche had fully seyd hir entent.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)149/1 : He seyd a sermown in a chapel of Seynt Iamys.\na1450(c1405) Purvey Determ.(Trin-C B.14.50)178/292 : Þe bischope of Caunturbiri, Thomas Arrundel þat nowe is, seide a sermon in Westminster.\na1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3307 : Say on..alle þy wylle, Alle þat is plesyng to þe.\n(1463) Will Bury in Camd.4917 : I wyll that Maister Thomas Harlowe sey the sermon at my interment.\n(a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)121/18 : All þe prechouris whech schuld sey sermones schuld excite þe puple onto þis holy viage.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)186/6 : Myne herte wolde nat serve for to sey my message.\na1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)175/420 : O non wyse it may not be That it be at our Juggement, ffor ilkone seyth his owne talent.\n(a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)137 : Thai that see but ffew thynges woll sone say thair advyses.\na1500 Truth it (Cnt Add 68)p.71 : Alle principalle prestys he dede present..to say here intent Ryghth as here bookes dede hem lere.\n-?-(1469) Will in Som.RS 16201 : That they wulle..goo to euery parisshe chirch..and to say a sermon in euery chirche in towne.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)129 : 'Artu helias?' 'nai,' he seide.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)266 : Þarto ne segge ich nich ne nai.\n?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)179 : Ich haue I-loued hire moni dai, And of hire loue hoe seiz me nai.\n(c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2886 : Þe erl ne wolde..of þe spusing seyen nay, But spusede [hire] þat ilke day.\na1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)160 : So foul he him wiste, nede waron truste forto segge nay.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.407 : They eteþ hote samoun alway, They phisik seie nay [Higd.(2): eitenge salmon hoote ageyne the precepte of phisike; L contra jussum physicum Edunt salmonem calidum].\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1793 : She frayneth..To euery Iew..To telle hire if hir child wente oght forby; They seyde nay.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2749 : Bot rathere I am ofte adrad For sorwe that sche seith me nay.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.355 : Whan I sey ye, ne sey nat nay.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1373 : Ʒif any seide noo, Þe name he wolde wyte of þoo.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3553 : What hem [women] list, be it wrong or riʒt, Þei ay acheue, who seyth ʒe or nay.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4071 : It wil nat helpe þauʒ I seide nay.\na1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1401 : Merlyn..Made hire al to beon yknowe, Wherfore heo neo couþe nouʒt say nay.\n(1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)286 : Doctouris of Ytaile and eke þei of Fraunce And Englisch men eke sey nay thertoo.\n(c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)163 : Noman may seye nay, but that Crist ordeyned in the newe lawe visible sacramentis.\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3141 : God grauntyd þat remission..To no man schuld be seyd nay.\na1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2928 : Þe Jaylardes..wolden þat theffe ouʒt fache For onymone þat wold say nay.\n?a1450 Ion Clerke of (Stan 3)p.233 : What he commandeth, in good fay, They dar nowght ones say nay.\nc1450(c1400) ?Clanvowe Cuckoo & N.(Frf 16)17 : Shortely, al that euere he wol, he may, Ayenst him ther dar no wight say nay.\nc1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13551 : He bad þei suld com certan day to Ierusalem at make offerand; vnto hys sand durst non say nay, for he was byschop of þat land.\n?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)195 : When I wold thy mercy craue, Thow seydest to me nat ones nay.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)48/162 : The wyll of god must nedys be done; to werke his wyll I seyd nevyr nay.\nc1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)201/24 : God biddiþ to be..kept al þe lawe..as no man wole seie nai þerto.\nc1475 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxxxvi : Crist bad þe pule to kenne his lawe, & þei seyne naye.\n1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)18/5 : Therfor I preve hym he is no bastard; And, who saith nay, he shal be kyng.\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1504 : And thy self be so bold to seye nay þere with, þu schalt ben honged.\na1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)133/524 : He lernyd tymely to steyll that couth not say nay.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1047 : William seide þe same.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.289 : Þe same I segge for sothe by alle suche prestes.\nc1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)109/7 : As ofte as þou axest, þe same I wol seie.\n?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)327/16 : Þis is so cleer and so opin þat þei cunne not sey þe contrarye.\nc1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)57/9 : The trouthe seith the contrarye.\n(1448) Shillingford56 : Hit appereth hit is noght oure defaute, trustynge to God that oure party advers woll seye the same.\na1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)21a/20 : Thowe þat þe oderyke and many othir say contrary, it is good and nedefull to sewe the synewe with a nedyll.\n(c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3280 : Of Sampson now wol I namoore sayn.\n(c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.494 : Thow seydest [vr. seydestow] no word syn thow spak to me That I ne knew ther with thy nycetee.\nc1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)3.166 : Excuse þe, ʒif þou const; I con no more seye [Trin-C: seiʒe; vrr. sayne, siggyn].\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.241 : The white crowe that heng ay in the cage Biheld hir werk and seyde neuer a word.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.314 : Ther is namoore to seyne.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3487 : Ʒyf þou grucchedest and seydyst noght..hyt ys grete pryde.\nc1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)1.210 : Þauh it costned me catel, by-knowe ich ne wolde, Bote soffren and sigge nouht.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1196 : I saye no more; I take of ʒow my leue.\na1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1402 : Euer heo preyʒed him nouʒt to say.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)4557 : They to hym Seiden neuer a word.\nc1450(c1370) Chaucer Pity (Benson-Robinson)77 : Yf ye wanten in these tweyne The world is lore; ther is no more to seyne.\nc1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)326/6 : If þou be wed, þou may..suffer many grete wurd & say nothyng agayn.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)25/7 : Than was there no more to sey, but to horsebak wente all the oste.\nc1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1319 : Lybeauus noþyng ne sede.\na1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)341 : Wyt this cessyd his sowne, sayd he no more.\na1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)911 : In this worlde there is no more to seyne But þat euery ioye is medlide with grete peyne.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 25.18 : Whanne the accuseris stooden nyʒ, thei seyden no cause [L nullam causam deferebant] of whiche thingis I hadde suspicioun of yuel.\na1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)202 : I was committid and made a mayster-mon here To sytte vpon sayd causes.\nWith as, thus, so, etc.: (a) ~ so (thus), to say so (thus); say as follows (that sth. is so); ~ in this manere, say as follows (that sth. is so); (b) ~ (lik) as, to say as (one sees, hears, knows, wishes); (c) with as, so-sum, etc. in adv. clause of manner; (d) with as, so, so-sum, etc. in parenthetic or analogous clause; also in relative clause [quot.: PPl.C]; (e) as who seith (seie), as if to say (sth., that sth. is so), that is to say; also, one might say (sth.).\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : To þam Pentecosten wæs ge sewen..blod weallan of eorþan, swa swa mænige sædan þe hit ge seon sceoldan.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7045 : Þus suggeð [Otho: seggeþ] þine men þer heo somned sitteð.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)147/10 : Art tu þet swa seist ut of þe seoluen?\na1350 Harrow.H.(Hrl 2253)17 : So wes seyd to habraham.\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2950 : Wel, whi seistow so?\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)14/31 : Sanyn Ion..zuo zayþ, þet he yzeʒ a best þet com out of the ze.\n(c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.334 : Ne seydestow [vr. sedest thow] right now in this manere, Ther nys but o god?\nc1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)423 : Soþ and Riht lo þus heo suggeþ.\nc1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1113 : Woldestou þi fynger ʒeue, þauʒ þou so sugge..so vyl chaffare to bugge?\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.302 : Thus seistow, olde barel ful of lyes.\na1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)134 : Þey þat þe hous haue sey seyn ryʒt so.\nc1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)200 : He loked as layt so lyʒt; So sayd al þat hym syʒe.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.576 : Nought list myn auctour fully to declare What that she thoughte whan he seyde so, That Troilus was out of towne yfare.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.194 : Thus sygge [vrr. siggen, seggen] we, That al oure vois is to forgon Criseyde.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.481 : Whi gabbestow, that seydest thus to me That hym is wors that is fro wele ythrowe?\n?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)341 : Þai to hym so sayd and sware..They suld hym hald durand hys yeirs Honorable wyth fourty feres.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)13.141 : Thus me sente to seine my soster þe qweene.\n?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)2351 : Iesus, saidestow so As þese men sayn by þee?\nc1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)714 : A, goode sir..say not soö\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)69/5 : So seyde þe angelis in cristes birthe.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)57 : 'Art thou a kynge?' Jhesu onswerde: 'Thou seyst so.'\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)62 : Þou seyst thus for because that thou art hys dyssyple.\nc1390 Treat.Mass (Vrn)352 : I wol sigge as I seʒe.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.22 : I shal seiʒe [vr. seygh; B vr. seyʒn] as I saiʒ, so me god helpe, How consience..cumside to preche.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)2.67 : Thei assented for siluer to sei as bothe wolde.\na1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)258 : Þai say als þai wate.\n(c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)12/67 : I send þe, broder Salamon, to say as I here.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)87 : For paraventure..the dyssyples of Jhesu hath yeuen hem money that they schulde sey lyke as ye haue herde.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8660 : Do swa summ þu seʒʒdesst.\nc1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)31/538 : Ef þu art trewe of dedes, Do nu ase þu sedes [vr. seydes].\n?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)168 : As i sigge, so hit sal be.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2419 : To do holli as ʒe han seide i hope be þe best.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17467 : [The soldiers] said als þam was bidden sai, Iesu cors was stoln awai.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.214 : Miʒte I synneles do as þou seist [vr. saiste]?\nc1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)368 : If it so be, And þou þenke as þou seyst, God ʒelde it þe!\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)11/6-7 : Say als þe prophete saide, when he spac til ure lauerd with muþe.\n(?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.871 : Folis..Yf they be goode, as myche is forto se As is biforn wel seid of their parentis.\nc1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.53 : Thow shall do as þe preste says, but not as þe preste doos.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)357/62 : Halde ye not this beste as is sayde?\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)54 : But and yt be not so as we sey, let vs be delyuered to the dethe.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)63 : As ye haue seyde, God graunt me.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)34/32 : Lucas tealde þanon, swa swa we sædon ær, upweard to Adame seofen & hundseofentiʒ mæʒða.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)96/19 : Crist þolede..þene awariʒede deofel hine fandiæn, swa we nu heræfter secgæn wullæð.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6802 : Þurrh hemm, swa summ icc habbe seʒʒd, Wass Crisstenndom bigunnenn.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)103 : Ðus sit man on his sinne, swo ich seid haue, and þus lið swo ich nu seie wile.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)128/906 : Þe munt of Synai..from þeonne as ha deide twenti dahene ʒong ant ʒette ma, as pilegrimes..seggeð [Tit: seggen].\nc1300 SLeg.Aug.Cant.(LdMisc 108)62 : Ʒe þus i-trauailede beoth fram so ferre londe..for ore guode, ase ʒe seggeth.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8657 : Þis water tirel..Wolde ssete an oþer hert þat, as he sede, he sey.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2317 : As che had seide..þei herd an huge route of horse.\nc1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)393 : His dom he mot habbe, as Soþ con sugge.\na1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)16705 : Heil, þou temple caster doun..And reiser vp, as þou seidest wiþ inne þe þridde day.\nc1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)7.290 : Myn herte hit wiste, Þat þow were such as þow seist [B vr. tellest].\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1455 : We schal lete liʒtly ouerslyde So þat ʒe beningly prouide To sende hir hom, lik as I haue seyd.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3324 : Dried was þe lusty, large pleyn With Phebus bemys, as ʒe han herd me seyn.\n(1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)234 : Blynd pryde is þis world, as I seid aboue.\nc1450(c1370) Chaucer Pity (Benson-Robinson)51 : Then leve I al these vertues sauf Pite, Kepynge the corps, as ye have herd me seyn.\nc1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1055 : Bi the Porte David in Iherusaleme, There lieth the waie vnto Bethleme, And v leukes is ham bitwene, As men sain þat there haue bene.\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)240 : Letyth vs nowe se ʒyf thay ben, as ʒe sayn, of so grete pouste.\na1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)209 : Ihesus sede þis, 'Þis voys ne comeþ nouʒt ffor me..' As who seiþ, 'nouʒt ffor me þat wot al how hit is, Ak ffor ʒow, þat ʒe yseo and by-leoue nouʒt amys.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2274 : Ye seyn that the ianglerye of wommen kan hide thynges that they woot nat, as who seith that a womman kan nat hide that she woot.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1381 : Ayein fortune compleignende I am, as who seith, everemo.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2794 : To his lawes, As who seith, alle in thilke dawes Were obeissant.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2779 : Fallace ys, as who seye gyle.\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)693 : He [read: ho]..scheued hym þe rengne of God awhyle, As quo says, 'Lo, ʒon louely yle!'\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.7.112 : For it is set in your hand (as who seith, it lyth in your power) what fortune yow is levest.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.3.26 : Woot it [human thought] aught thilke thing that it angwisshous desireth to knowe? (As who seith, nay; for no man ne travaileth for to witen thingis that he wot.)\nc1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)559 : With that he loked on me asyde, As who sayth, 'Nay, that wol not be.'\nc1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)14/10 : Ieronimus: What seynte es crouned wyth-outyn trauelos victorye? As who seythe, 'noon.'\n?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.13.8b : O þing, as hoo seiþ, is best to me for to coueiten.\na1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)214/21 : Notwithstondyng the grette doubtis and trowblis that thei stond in, as who seith, in the myddle of their feeres and aventures.\n(a) To express (a common belief), repeat (gossip); opine (that sth. is so); ben seid, be a common belief (that sth. is so); heren seid, hear (a common belief) said; man (mani man, on) seieth, mani (commune peple, men, some, some men, thei, etc.) seien; (b) as a formula introducing a proverb or an old saw: man (me) seieth, men (the wise) seien, hit) is seid, I have herd ~ (seid).\n?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)81.25/3 : Man saʒð þat drias to hyra crafte hira brucon.\n?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)104.71/2 : Eas ys sæd be þisse wyrt þat heo on ʒeare twigea boge [read: blowe].\n?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)123.108/1 : Eac ys sæd þat heo þus ʒefunde ware.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Hi sæden openlice ðæt Xpist slep & his halechen.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)60/4 : Sume men þa sædon þæt hit ðe ylcæ were, & sume sædon þæt hit wære sum oðer him ilic.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)15 : Monimon seið þet þa weren strotige [?read: stronge] laʒe.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)903 : Wiste noman..Quat kinde he was kumen fro, Oc summe seiden ðat it was sem.\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2012 : For mani man seyt ay whare Þat tristrem bi me lay.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.56 : Men sein it [world] is now lassed, In worse plit than it was tho.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.925-7 : Somme seyden wommen louen best richesse, Somme seyde honour, somme seyde iolynesse, Somme riche array, somme seyden lust abedde.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.985 : Amonges hem they seye That Walter was no fool thogh that hym leste To chaunge his wyf.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)942 : Mattok is a pykeys, Or a pyke, as sum men seys.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3501 : What sey men of þese loseniours?\n?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.255 : Men sais in þe courte of France..he leses his chance..þat not apers.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2855 : Al þe contreye Þat weren of þe kynges feye..seiden..Al Grece was of hem envenyme.\n(a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)45/26 : So doþ, as one seiþ comynliche, confessours of freres.\na1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)31/27 : Meche folk..ʒif a man wante richesses þei seiʒe he hath no good.\n?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)186a/a : Ʒif a man brake þis drinke oute aʒeine, þer is none hope of hele, as þe comune puple seien.\n?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)373/22 : Manye wolde seye þat pore Lazar stood in greet myserie.\nc1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1167 : She waketh, walweth, maketh many a breyd, As don these lovers, as I have herd seyd.\n(1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)908 : This man was vsed to grete fasting, þei sayn.\n(?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)10.45 : Throwe Thy seed therynne..And, as they seyn, the better wole hit growe.\na1450(?1404) As þe see (Dgb 102)56 : Who is fals and who is trewe, After þey lyue, all folk wole say.\na1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)109/324 : Þe whiche oile, þey sey..is good for al-manere schabbe.\nc1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)95/20 : Some sayne it was he that founde firste the square of the sercle.\na1500 Bod.EMisc.Lapid.(BodEMisc e.558)34/316 : The Colonytes..is goode for the fysyke; And somme sayn he comyth oute of Perse.\na1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)63/1 : Some sayne [Dub: syggen] that the kynge lette to-draw the traytoures that hym betrayed.\na1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1130 : Man seið to biworde, hæge sitteð þa aceres dæleth.\nc1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)16/230 : Me seið þet eise makeð þeof.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)32/11 : Þus ofte, as me seið [Tit: mon seis; Pep: men..seien], of lutel muchel waxeð.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)176 : Wel fiʒt þat wel fliʒt, seiþ þe wise.\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)62 : Me seyþ his hwile he vor-leost þat doþ for þe quede.\nc1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)339 : Men seiþ soþ..'Whoso loueþ me, he loueþ myne.'\n(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1521 : Sooth is seyd, gon sithen many yeres, That feeld hath eyen and the wode hath eres.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4357 : 'Sooth pley, quade pley,' as the Flemyng seith.\n(c1391) Gower CA Suppl.(Bod 294)prol.86* : But in proverbe I have herd seye That who that wel his werk bygynneþ, The rather a good ende he wynneth.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.335 : Bot it is seid and evere schal, 'Betwen tuo Stoles lyþ the fal.'\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4507 : For lang was said, and yeit sua bes, 'Hert sun for-gettes þat ne ei seis.'\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)161 : Men seiþ by north and south Wymmen beeþ euere selcouþ.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1584 : Men seyn the suffrant overcomith.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.97 : I have herd seyd ek tymes twyes twelve, 'He is a fool that wole foryete hymselve.'\nc1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)6/31 : Men sayn in scorn that as mytch is a mylne worthe that gryndyth not as an oven that baketh not.\na1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2158 : Men seyeth in old sawe That ten men in a lytel thrawe Mowe be brouʒt to grownd.\nIn emphatic statements: (a) to assert, affirm; assert (sth., that sth. is so, etc.); (b) to assure (sb.); assure (sb. that sth. is so), assert (sth. to sb.) strongly; (c) in the negative, freq. with litotes; (d) to repeat (a word, phrase) for emphasis; (e) durren ~, to assert confidently (sth., that sth. is so) [see also durren v.1b.(a)].\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)103/16 : VVelle, ðu earme saule, ðe, ic segge, ðe none ʒieme ne nemst of ðe seluen!\na1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)56 : I sait al for soþe, þat dure i sal be bot.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)835 : Al so ich segge bi mi solue, Betere is min on þan þine twelue.\na1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)557 : After him prophetes alle migte her non him [Adam] maken on stalle, on stalle, iseie, ðer he er stod.\na1350 Middelerd for mon (Hrl 2253)38 : By body ant soule y sugge al so, þat some beoþ founden vnder felde þat haþ to fere is mete fo.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1650 : Þat he fleiʒe into þe valaye And recouerd miʒt, y say, Bitokneþ þe air þe se biʒounde.\n1372 In bedlem is (Adv 18.7.21)60 : To egipte sche þider went, Hire sone to sauen, i seyʒe.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.14.7 : Y, defraudid of glorie of fader and moder -- sothely, Y saye, of heeʒist presthod -- came hidir.\nc1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)1.123 : For I sigge sikerli..Whon alle tresor is I-triʒet, Treuþe is þe beste.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.107 : Al be that I kan nat sowne his style..Yet seye I this..Thus muche amounteth al that euere he mente.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)4.120 : I seiʒe it be myself [vr. I sigge hit for my soule], & it so were Þat I were king..Shulde neuere wrong..Be vnpunisshit.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)6.36 : Þere is no labourer in his lordsshipe þat he louiþ beter, For, þeiʒ I sey it myself, I serue hym to pay.\nc1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)868 : I haf..my fayre deʒter..þaʒ I hit say, non semloker burdes.\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)214 : Pryde, Wretthe, and Enuye, I sey in my sawe..Þese louely lordys han lernyd hem my lawe.\na1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)272/45 : Ther is no lorde..þat hath a frendlyar feere..My-selffe yof I saye itt.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)159/226 : A derke devyll with falsnese, I saye, Shall cast a myst in þe kynggys eye.\na1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)20a/13 : I say than þat if the wounde be made with þe poynte of A wepyn, that is sonest holyd.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)18297 : Ne maʒʒ nan mann onnfon nan þing -- Þatt segge icc ʒuw to soþe -- But iff þatt itt be ʒifenn himm Þurrh Drihhtin Godd.\na1275 Nu þis fules (Trin-C B.14.39)12 : Þu sal go wit chi[l]de, for sout ic suget þe.\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)68 : Ne he nedde stede ne no palefray Ac rod vppe on asse, as ich eu segge may.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6092 : Priam..Hath his espies among ʒou preuily -- I wote it wel, I saie ʒou feithfully -- To knowe þe fyn of ʒoure gouernance.\na1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1756 : As y þe seyʒe wiþowten oþ, Þow schalt hit fynde siker and soþ.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)50/227 : All men on erthe, as I þe seye, thei xal be blyssed in þi sede.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)52/32 : Ful holy is þat place..þer þou dost stonde, I sey to the.\na1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2134 : The secunde ward ser Amelok beganne With meche pepill, to say yow certenly.\na1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)134/670 : Hic ne sige nout bi-þan, þat moni ne be gentile man.\nc1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)217/104 : Ine sigge nacht þet hi ne hedden þer before ine him beliaue.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.431 : Men sen the Merel al mysdrawe, I wol noght seie in general, For ther ben somme in special In whom that alle vertu duelleth.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2750 : I wol noght say That I nam glad.\nc1400(?c1280) SLeg.OTHist.(LdMisc 622)203 : Riʒth to heuen ne segge ich nouʒth þat he euer come.\n(1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)97/25 : I say not, gretynge is vnprofetabyll.\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)33/12 : I say not þat þou shuldist kepe a commune forme of livyng of voluptuous liverys.\n?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.22.15b : I sei nauʒt þat þis is nedful to sauacion, bute i hope hit is spedful.\nc1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)87/9 : That all olde men be wyse, I will not sey soo.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.585 : Auyseth yow right wel What was comaunded vn to Lamwel; Nat Samuel, but Lamwel, seye I.\n(c1392) EPlanets (Peterh 75)22/29 : Deuyde thanne the line..cleped..the midnyht line, I seye deuyde this midnyht lyne in 9 parties.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10723 : Tiss meocnesse..iss mare þann inoh, Ʒiff icc itt durrste seggenn.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)208/4 : Ʒet ich dear segge mare.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5198 : Forto sai sche is unkinde, That dar I noght.\nc1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1991 : Ʒif he ne slepe soundyly, say ne dar I, For he hade muche on þe morn to mynne.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6578 : Ʒif her enmyte Was vn-to vs gret & moche a-fore, I dar seie now it is in double more.\nc1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.5 : Of hym-self it is, I dar wel say, Þat Paule writeth þus.\nc1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)14/384 : In this world was neuyr wight y-wrouʒt That euyr loue more grevid, dar y sayne.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1054/18 : I dare sey for good love she bade us to dyner and nat for no male engyne.\nc1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)129 : To hys gerdell henge þe plex, J dar well say yn certe.\n(a) To recite a prayer, say mass; say (a prayer, part of a prayer), say (mass, a service, etc.); recite (the office, part of the office, a psalm); ~ nother (or) singen, say nor (or) sing (mass); ~ oute messe, finish saying mass; don seid messe, have a mass said; singen and ~, sing (a prayer); (b) to recite Latin responses; recite the formula for a sacrament; read aloud (a passage from Scripture); recite (the formula for a sacrament); (c) to sing a hymn; sing (a hymn, sacred song), chant; (d) to ask (a question), ask for (sth.); (e) to repeat (a proverb, saying); recite (a charm, an oath); ~ thus.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)11/7 : Ðine broðer, ðe..clepieð to me, ðe am ʒure fader, and seggeð: pater noster.\na1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)65/180 : To gode solf we us wreið hwenne we þos word [dimitte nobis, etc.] seggeð, hwenne we habbeð nið and onde.\na1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)21 : We habbeð..seid þarof [of the Creed] tweien uers and wile nu þe þridde.\na1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)43/17,21 : Hu fele sealmas synd to secʒende on nihtlicere tide..ærest beo ʒeredd þis fers..þonne..ist o [read: is to] seggenne..Domine, labia mea.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)15/2,19 : Euchan segge [Nero: sigge] hire ures as ha haueð iwriten ham..Ed þreo tiden seggeð [Nero: siggeð] Credo wið pater noster.\n?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)265 : Hit com to þe time Þat hoe [friars] shulden arisen Ine, For to suggen here houssong.\n?a1300 Þene latemeste dai (Dgb 86)p.99 : Wi noldest þou mid criste makien hous isaute, Massen leten sigen [Trin-C: singen] of þat he þe bitaute?\nc1300 SLeg.(Hrl 2277)469/180 : A clerk hadde..a wone..To sigge for alle Cristene soule De profundis ilome.\na1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)15/206 : Þe monkes..to segge hore sauter..woke al niʒt.\nc1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)5827 : In lasse while he hadde [him] y-slawe Þen men schold sigge a pater-noster.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)112/12 : Wel wilynde þet eche daye..ziggeþ his oures.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1441 : Hastily a masse was ther seyd.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.876 : Ther walketh now the lymytour hymself..And seith his matyns and his holy thynges.\na1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)27 : When þo preste saies..or if he singe, to him þou gyue gode herknynge.\na1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)487 : Whils he saies, hold þe stille.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17672 : I stod saiand mi bede.\nc1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)50/18 : Schrif þe to God as þou rockist þe cradil, and sing and sei: 'Loueli litel chil.'\n(a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)21/2 : Masses ʒe siggeþ nouʒt noþer syngiþ in chirche.\n?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)156/10 : All þase þat saise for me..ane Aue, þat Godd forgife me my synnez.\n?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)403/32 : He schulde seie his dyuyn seruise.\n(1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)261 : He saide oute his masse & made a fayre ende.\n(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)451 : Seyn or synge messe: Misso.\n(1444) Will Daubeney in Som.RS 19340 : Item, y wol yt in as short tyme as goodly may, be do saide for my sowle a m masses.\na1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)106/47 : Þan þe behoves syng þe psalmes, þat þou before sayde.\na1450(?a1390) Mirk Fest.Suppl.(Cld A.2)299/19 : Teche hem..whan þei comyn to þis worde, 'God is wyth þe,' þat þei sayne hyt deuowtely.\na1450(1424) Ordin.Whittington116 : We ordeyn that..every of hem..se for ye staat of alle ye soules aboveseid iij or ij Sauters of oure Lady.\n(1455) Lin.DDoc.77/25-6 : After Matyns said, oon of them incontynently say masse of the day.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)998/2 : They..made bete downe chapellis that oure Lordys servyse myght nat be seyde.\n?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)383 : Therfore seye I thys lessoun Of Parce michi, domine.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.59 : Holy cherche syngyʒt and seyʒt, 'Diuicias et paupertates ne dederis mihi.'\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.200 : Ʒif he saye to atret he may fallyn in gret distraccion.\na1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)168/29 : Þe sacrament..is made..by..þe holy wordys þat þe prest sayed þer.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)8/10 : Þær mon Godes lare sæʒð, þær swæʒð þæs Gastes stæfne.\nc1425 Wycl.Concord.in Spec.43 (Roy 17.B.1)270 : He can seie bi herte such an hool text.\nc1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)824 : Gud fadir..I ʒow praye, Late a preste a gospelle saye For fendis on þe flode.\na1450 LFMass Bk.(Corp-O 155)89 : If þou kan noghte rede ne saye, Þy pater-noster rehers alwaye.\nc1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)82 : Thei..witingliche passen the gospel that j haue herd seyd in oure toun..Ther it is defended to alle.\nc1475(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)332 : Summe prestis seyne symply, 'I assoyle þe of þi synnes'..Summe prestis seyne a more raunge.\nc1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)65.3 : Alle þerþe anoure þe, God, and synge to þe, and saie [L dicat] songe to þy name.\nc1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)67.4 : Syngeþ to God and says [L dicite] and [read: a] songe to hys name.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.14.3 : No man miʒte seie [L poterat dicere] the song, no but thei an hundrid and foure and fourty thousynd that ben bouʒt of the erthe.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.7 : Dauid..made..instrumentis of musik, in whiche þe dekenes schulde seie [L dicerent] ympnes and songes.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.397 : No þing hem lette þat þey nolde every day sey [L cantarent] þe sawter.\na1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)185/37 : A grete multitude of angeles were saiynge and louynge, worschepyng God with an hympne.\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1752 : I sey, What tydyngys? Telle me þe sothe.\na1450 Dux Moraud (BodPoet f.2)205 : Heuene-flowr..geue me gras þis o[u]re A prest to auyn, I say.\nc1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)504 : I sey, New Gyse, wethere art þou avysyde to go?\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9499 : Heo miʒte, wanne heo come hom, segge, 'si haut si bas.'\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.39 : In preisynge of this ilond, Walsche men beeþ i-woned to seie a prouerbe and an olde sawe..'Mon moder of Wales.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4319 : This prouerbe is seyd ful sooth, 'Hym thar nat wene wel that yuele dooth.'\na1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)67/292 : Þan to þe body he made him boun And sayd þore his coniurisoun And did deuils craft.\na1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.12.23 : Y shal make this prouerbe for to reste; nether opynli or euery where it shal be seide ouer [WB(2): be seid comynli] in Israel.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.769 : A by-word here I seye, That rooteles moot grene soone deye.\na1450 Eagle Magic in Tul.SE 22 (Add 34111)6 : Sege in his ere: O þow Egle, [etc.].\na1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)99/195 : A charme for þe same..'Seynt Iob had ix wormes, & o worme had non hed.' Sey þus aboute þe hors.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)289 : Therfore I wol seye a proverbe, That he that fully knoweth th'erbe May saufly leye hyt to his ye.\nc1460 Oseney Reg.59/27 : And þe saide Abbot of Oseney and prior of Seynte ffrideswith..seyng the holy þynges, that..this composicion þey shall kepe in all thynges.\nc1475 *Bk.Marchalsi (Trin-C R.14.51)62a : Þou schalte sey thys charme: 'Lord, Sir Ihesu Criste, [etc.].'\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)124,126 : To chambyr he come, hys wycchecraft to sayn..he put in hys honde; the charme was sayde.\n(a) To speak, discourse, make a speech, say something; also, murmur, grumble [quot.: c1425, ?mistaking L dissecabantur for disserebant]; law plead; ~ o, speak of (sb.); ~ of, speak of (sb.); also, speak about (sth.), discuss; ~ of bokes, quote from books; ~ on other, speak differently, dissimulate; haven seid, have finished speaking; speken other ~, speak; (b) with abstract noun as obj.: ~ despit (folie, god, honour, harm, hosp, ivel, resoun, right, shame, tole, unthank, vileini, wisdom, worshipe), to speak insultingly (wickedly, well, honorably or creditably, offensively, blasphemously, etc.), say something insulting (wicked, good, etc.); ~ bismeres (scornes), speak scornfully; ~ blame on, attribute evil to (sb.); ~ cursing, curse (a time); ~ felonies (sclaundres), make slanderous statements; ~ felonie to, accuse (sb.) falsely; ~ harm of, speak ill of (sb.); ~ nother ille ne god, say nothing; ~ wrong, make an accusation; accuse (sb.); ?also, threaten (sb.); ben dol to ~, be sad to say; shame to ~, shame to say; (c) with certain adverbs: ~ amis, to speak ill, say something slanderous; also, misspeak, say something offensive; ~ best, argue most rightly; ~ bet, speak more sincerely; ~ faire, speak pleasantly (to sb.); ~ fokel, speak treacherously (of sb.); ~ ille, say something offensive; ~ mis, say something offensive, something evil; offend (sb.) in speech; ~ wel, say something of value, something true; also, say something to someone's credit; also, speak well (of sb.); ~ wrong (no right), speak mistakenly, say something erroneous; (d) ~ forth (on), to speak without hesitation, go on and speak; (e) to accuse (sb. of sth.); ~ oute, inform on (sb.), tell on; ~ unto, reproach (sb.); ~ upon, bring (an accusation) against (sb.); (f) to speak (a language); also, say (sth. in Latin).\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)10/4 : Embe eorðlice þing he sæde þam Iudeisce.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)23/5 : Hu andswereð Ratio and syeð to þare saule.\nc1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)10/27 : Nis hit non sellic, þauh ic segge of boken..For ic was ilered of mine leoue fæder.\na1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)101 : Þis set ure louerd and seit to seinte marie.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)671 : Þe man mot on oþer segge.\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)826 : Rohand bi gan to sayn.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1281 : Ac hadde þe day last lenger, lelli to seye, no wiʒt a-wei hadde schaped.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.8.20 : If þei seyn not after þis woord, þer shal not ben to hem morewetid liʒt.\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.468 : Gat tothed was she, soothly for to seye.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1522 : Be pacient, I preye, Syn ye han seyd.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9602 : Sli selcut haue i herd..i mai not forber to sai O [Göt: sy Of] mi sister suete, þat es, Merci.\na1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)14781 : Who herde euer mon seye so [Vsp: spec sua]?\n(1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.49 : Jak, thou seist ful serpentli.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1325 : This Troyan knyʒt..Nat to hasty nor rakel for to seyn, [etc.].\nc1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 7.54 : Whanne þei harden þis, þei saiden in þer hertes [L dissecabantur cordibus suis] ande gnaisted vpon hym wiþ þer teþe.\nc1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)716 : This Ferly by-felle, fulle sothely to sayne, In Yggillwode Foreste.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)37.872 : Let vs..leven that Mater that we of seye.\nc1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)80/17 : He excused hym to sey, bot the kyng commaunded hym to sey.\na1450 Ying men I warne (Sln 2593)p.271 : I dar not seyn quan che seyght, 'Pes!'\nc1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)853 : Haue hym in þe Marschalsi seyn aryght, Than to þe Amralte.\na1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)104.29 : He sayd [L Dixit] & hundfle come and mydge.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.192 : Y haue seyd, as me þinkyth, be good conscience & be sentence of doctouris.\na1500 Counsels Isidor (Hrl 1706)373 : Loue more to here þan to seye.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1135 : Wua sua bare his byrthen gold & sylure, durste nan man sei to him naht bute god.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)136/28 : Ðeah ðe hwa sæcge bi me tal oðer hosp, hit him bið forʒyfen.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)138/26 : Þe mon sæð hosp & tal toʒean þone Haliʒe Gast, þe þe næfre ne swicæð synne to wurcean.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12790 : Ælc bi his witte wisdom sæiden, þis sweuen aræhten.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)20/126 : Ah ʒet ne þuncheð ow nawt inoh to forleosen ow þus i þulli misbileaue, ah gað ʒet ant seggeð scheome bi ure undeaddeliche godes.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)179/19 : Preise him, laste him, do him scheome, sei him scheome -- al him is iliche leof.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)50 : Þu..seist me boþe tone & schame.\na1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)347 : Wo so seieð oðer god & ðenkeð iuel on his mod, fox he is & fend, iwis.\n?a1300 Sirith (Dgb 86)198 : Þou seruest affter godes grome Wen þou seist on me silk blame.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)6/33-4 : Þe ilke..zuereþ hidousliche be god..and zayþ him sclondres [F blaspheme] þet ne byeþ naʒt to zigge.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)58/26 : Efterward byeþ þe bisemeres and þe scornes þet hi ziggeþ ope þe guode men.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)66/9 : Efter þan comeþ þe myssigginges; þet is huanne þe on peyneþ þannoþren and ziggeþ þe greate felonyes.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)69/15 : Hy..zyggeþ ofte onþank þan.\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.70 : He neuere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf vn to no maner wight.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1357 : A wyf ne shal nat seyn of hir housbonde But al honour.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2483 : Do wel to hym that dooth thee harm and blesse hym that seith to thee harm.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1281 : Of a somnour may no good be sayd.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1281 : Þe fende þat was here with-ynne Made here seye hym so moche shame Þat alle men wundred on hys blame.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6831 : Mysdo hym nat..Ne seye hym noun oþer vyleynye.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9423 : For þou dedyst boþe euyl and seyd, Þy kyngdom ys yn balaunce leyd.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2035 : 'Þi fader'..said þat toiþer, 'Liggus..Nackend'..'Broiþer,' he said, 'þou sais foli.'\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12293 : He said noiþer ill ne god.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17537 : God men, for goddes luue tas yeme..and sais bot right.\na1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)17471 : Men seide hem aftir muchel shame And of her treuþe loste þe name.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.801 : How bisy, if I love, ek most I be To..coye hem, that they seye noon harm of me!\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)7/22 : Scho sall..loke whilke sais best resun.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)13.302 : Mochel worschepe men Of him sayes.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)29.425-6 : Thow purposist & seist fals felonye to thy brothir, & seist al trechorye.\na1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)25/25 : Many aren of neddir kynde, þof doel it be to seyen, þat of goodes þat God hem ʒyueþ bicome al þe wors.\na1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)568 : Here martis bene feble, shame to saye.\nc1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1031 : Sir, be now ryght war That I may of yow here seyn Worshyp.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)392/28 : Yf there be ony man that woll proffir me wronge other sey me wronge..here is my body to make hit good.\na1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)190/1148 : Or thou shalt sey, or þou dye, Cursyng the tyme þat euer þou here [Helen] sey.\nc1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)180/26 : It longeth not to a subiect to seye shame of his lorde.\nc1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)245 : I woll putte my body to better and to worse, To fyʒte for þe Qwene with whome þat wronge seythe.\nc1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)787 : Þou seyst greet despyte, Þat woman half so whyt As þy lemman be ne myʒt.\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)315 : Ʒe segge vylonye, that y am a coward.\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)889 : Y ne haue mysdo ne seyd no felonye.\na1500 Holver and Heivy (BodPoet e.1)p.xcix : I prey the..sey me no veleny.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)72/9 : Ðe ihælede mon cwæð þæt God nele ihyran þa synfulle men, ac he ne sæde na riht.\na1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)106/321 : Þer mon him faire bihait, Seiet [Mdst: seʒeþ] him faire biforen, fokel at-henden.\na1300 Trin-C.Prov.(Trin-C O.2.45)8 : Ho wle wel segge, he mot hine wel bi-þenche.\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.239 : Oon..seide to his felawe, 'Þe sonne is derked wiþ þe arwes'..'Þou seist wel,' quod þat oþer..'we schul fiʒte better in schadewe.'\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)352 : Þat al þi reume schal seo þat þou wrong siggest.\n(c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)351 : Hym þouʒte þat scho seyde best.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3139 : I am dronke, I knowe it by my soun; And therfore, if that I mysspeke or seye, Wite it the ale of Southwerk, I preye.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3112 : She is big in armes, by my feith; That shal he fynde, that hire mysdooth or seith.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.835 : Cheste can no conseil hide, For Wraththe seide nevere wel.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.780 : In this world..ther no wight is That he ne dooth or seith som tyme amys.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3491 : Ʒyf a man haue mysdo or seyde..Þat cumþ of mysprout herte and hy.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)965 : 'Tell me..Howgat..I sal couer þi saghteling?'..'adam, now wel sais þou.'\na1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3802 : Wikkid tunge seith neuer well.\n(1445) Claudian CS (Add 11814)269/132 : Easyly with the thus thi men live; thou seith of hem evir wele; Thy rewardys calle hem to noble maners.\na1450(a1449) Lydg.WTongue (Hnt EL 26.A.13)7 : A wicked tunge wille alwei sey a-mys.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)27.57 : Neuere with his Mowth he seide Amys, Ne Grochched Aʒens his Creatour.\na1450 Bot witt pas (Add 37049)104 : Wrethe says alway ylle.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)313/16 : Syn hit lykyth you to sey thus fayre unto me, wote ye well hit gladdyth myne herte gretly.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)363/235 : That is wel seyd, poule.\n(1487) Paston2.453 : Wrathe seyd neuer well.\na1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)147 : Þou seist þerof right well.\na1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)209/16 : He that hyryth the reysones of many men may lightyr well sayne than he that erste Spake.\nc1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)49/1093 : 'Sei on, dame!' and ssche bigan To tellen als a fals wimman.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2003 : Þer-fore seie on sone.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.932 : Say ye now forth, for I am stille.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)55.123 : 'Now seith Onne,' quod the kyng thanne, 'and I it schal don.'\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.226 : Sey forth, Y preye þe.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)60 : 'Yeue me leue to speke a fewe wordes.' 'Sey on,' quod Pylat.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)115/1019 : Porfirie iseh feole þet me seide hit uppon gultelese leaden..to deaðe.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)309 : Ʒet þu me seist of oþer þinge & telst þat ich ne can noʒt singe.\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)32/4 : Yef sho hydes it [a fault], and a-noþir sais hir owte, Greuer correccion sal man take of hir.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1194/29 : The Bysshop had of the kynge hys grete seale and hys assuraunce..that the quene shulde nat be seyde unto of the kynge..for nothynge done of tyme paste.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1045 : Whase doþ hiss are o þe Tibi propitiatur, Affterr þatt itt maʒʒ wel inoh Ben seʒʒd o Latin spæche.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)26 : Mani noble ich haue yseiʒe Þat no Freynsche couþe seye.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.279 : 'Ergo saluabitur,' quod he, and seyde namore latyne.\na1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)131 : Englysch or latyn, whether me seyþ, Hyt suffyseth to the feyth.\n(a) Impv. Respond, answer; reply to (sb.), answer; reply (sth., sth. to sb.), answer (sb. sth.); (b) ~ to, to reply to (an argument).\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)28/24 : Sæcgð me nu an ðing: wæs Iohannis fulluht of heofenum oððe of mannum?\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10292 : Seʒʒ uss, arrt tu profete?\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10345 : Sæie me, lauerd Childric, soðere worden, for whulches cunnes þinge ligge we þus here?\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)113/13 : Sei me, Soð, hwat is ðin rad of ðe forgilte Adame?\nc1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)116/808 : Sei, þu sathanesse sune..hwet const tu to þeos men þet tu þus leadest?\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)556 : Seie me nu, þu wrecche wiʒt, Is in þe eni oþer note?\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)573 : Hauestu hyne awey ibore? seye me, gode mon.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)576 : Seie..wat þencstow vor to do?\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1740 : Sei me, loueli lemman, how likes þe me nowþe?\n(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.303 : Sey me, ʒonge man, was þy moder ever in Rome?\nc1390(?a1350) Trental St.Greg.(1) (Vrn(1))87 : Sey me, modur, wiþ-outen feyne, Whi art þou put to al þis peyne?\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5168 : Sais [Göt: Seys] me..Quar [read: Quat] ar yee mas minning now?\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)255 : Saye..Who drouʒ þee so heiʒe aboue, Swiche maistrie þee to tache?\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2812 : But seye, Priam, allas! where was þi witte..Þi trust to sette on dremys?\na1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)35/25 : Say now, sir Iohn of France, how saltou fare?\nc1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.54 : Say me..how is þis world demened?\n(a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)152 : To this sane suche lordes..that thai and all thair seruantes shall alwey serue þe kynge.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.320 : Sey to my sckyllys.\n(a) To call (sth. a name), call (sb. sth.), designate (sth.) as (sth.); define (sth. as sth.), categorize (sth. as sth.); seid of, called (sth.); (b) to call (sb., oneself, a people, sth. happy, fruitful, etc.); describe (sb. or sth. as sth.); call oneself (fortunate); also, use (a certain adjective) [quot.: c1460]; (c) to allege (sth. to be sth., that sb. does sth.); (d) to decide (sth., that sth. is so), judge, determine.\n(a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Is.(Bod 959)12 : Not more he is to ben seid a prophete þan euangelist.\n(a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Kings (Bod 959)33 : Þe firste booc anentys þem is callid bresith, whiche wee genesis seyn.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.150 : Mathematique..stant upon diverse aprise, The ferste of whiche is Arsmetique, And the secounde is seid Musique.\na1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)204/16 : Apostym is seid swellyng in lymes.\nc1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)154/2,4 : I schal not seie ʒou seruantis..ʒou, forsoþe, I seide my frendis.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7203 : Þe whiche kyngdam..Is seide Messana.\na1425 Methodius(1) (Hrl 1900)109/5 : Þanne schal appere þe sone of perdicioun, þat is seide Anticrist.\n?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)8a/b : Calid & humid membrez be seid blode, namely materialy, spiritez, & flesh.\n?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)15b/a : Þe stomac..in grec translacioun is seid [Ch.(2): is cleped; L dicitur] mery or ysophagus.\na1450(a1397) WBible(2) GProl.(Hrl 1666)p.5 : Whanne lattere thingis ben sett bifore, it is seid anticipacioun.\n(a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)32/3 : In his tyme he mad certeyn couentes of religious men whech wer seyd prophetis.\nc1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)141/30 : This litle tretys..is seid 'Inuectyf' inasmiche as is [read: it] procedith by..the fourme of repreef.\na1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)201/25 : Hit is to witte that Prayer othyrwhyle is sadyn a good worke.\na1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)80/5 : Whenne it [wine] ys stalworth and of a strong tast, þanne ys hit sayd þe firste blood.\n?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)60 : In the forest seyd of Aragon.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)95/27 : Þe mei þenne edstearten þet ilke grisliche wa..seliliche mei ha seggen.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)107/9 : Þe teil..stingeð her wið atter of bitter bireowsunge & of deadbote, ant seliliche mahen ha seggen þe þe teil swuch ifindeð.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 32.2 : He is wroth aʒen Job for þi þat he shulde seyn hymself to ben riʒtwis befor god.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Wisd.7.8 : I putte it [spirit of wisdom] beforn to rewmes & setis, & richesses no thing I seide to ben in comparisoun of it.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.1.22 : Thei, seyinge hem selue for to be wyse men, ben maad foolis.\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)200 : Þe kyng nuste wel..wheþer þat he seʒe was on forte sigge, oþer two, or þreo.\nc1400 WBible(2) Gloss.Deeds (Hrl 5017)4.25 : A thouʒt is seid veyne whanne the purpos is not had, but more the contrarie.\na1450(c1395) WBible(2) Pref.Jer.(NC 66)p.65 : Perauenture we seien Petre to be lewide and Joon to be lewide.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)355 : I..shal be seyd, allas, Yshamed be thourgh Eneas.\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)111/18 : Sum scharp wordis..shuld make þe vnmylde of hert, but þou were ware afore; I sey not 'vnpacient', þough it be almest like.\n?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.337 : Thauʒhe that..Bede seye that londe not to be experte of vynes, [etc.].\nc1475(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)43 : Þe clerk..schuld interpret þe calling of his nam, and enforce to be þat he is seid.\na1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)52/6 : Olde men louyn swylk a kynge, and he ys sayd vertuous, large, and attempre.\na1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)20 : Nat all tho whiche is saide sapient is sapient; but he that lierneth wisdam and can reteyne it.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.5.20 : Wo þat seyn euel good & good euel, puttinge derknessis liʒt & liʒt derknesses.\n(a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)9.6 : Bacbyters..syggen me to forge new þingez for old, into þe stranglyng of þe seuenty interpretours.\nc1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)148/1 : Wo to ʒou that seis gud thynges to ben euyl thynges!\na1500 St.Brendan Conf.(Lamb 541)15/254 : I haue..lackide men and wommen and oþere þingis of þis world, seiynge hem to be yuele whanne þei weren gode.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)28/31 : Nute we na to sæcgenne hwanon Iohannis fulluht beo.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6697 : Til hir husband men aght to giue Mendes þat men sais es right.\n(1449) RParl.5.148b : The Juges..sayen and declareyn..that it is mater of Parlement longyng to the Kynges Highnesse..to be decided.\na1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)189/1121i : Non man cowde þe sothe sayne Wheder myght þe better bene.\n(a) To tell (sb. sth.), tell (sth. to sb.), make known, reveal; -- also without objects [quot.: HRood 26/32]; also, tell (sth. to sth.) [quot.: a1275(?c1150), 205]; ~ oute, make clear (sth. to sb.); (b) to tell (sb. that sth. is so, that sth. occurred, etc.); inform; ~ to, tell to (sb. that sth. is so); -- also without that; (c) to tell (sb. what is the case, how sth. occurred, if sth. is so, etc.); -- also with grammatical subject hit [quot.: a1382]; ~ as, inform (sb.) as (instructed); ~ til; (d) with obj. or obj. clause not expressed: to inform (sb.); tell (sb. how, why, in what way); (e) ~ bi (of), to tell (sb.) about (sb. or sth.); ~ so (thus), tell (sb.) so, inform (sb.) to this effect; (f) ~ answer (avis, dom, entente, lore, rath, red, saue, sermoun, tidinge, wille, wit), to tell (sb.) one's answer (opinion, judgment, etc.).\nShow 130 Quotations Hide 130 Quotations\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : La, leof Sæxulf, ic haue ge seond æfter þe for mine saule þurfe; & ic hit wile þe wæl secgon for hwi.\n1123 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1123 : Swa mycel hearm þær wæs gedon swa nan man hit cuðe oþer secgen.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/16 : We al swa hit sæcgæð on Engliscere sprece eow.\nc1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)8/17 : Ic..for godes eʒe ne dear, ne for ðine arwurðnysse, þet ic it þe ne sceawiʒe & secge.\nc1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/31-2 : Ne sæcge ic eow ʒyt na mare þonne ic ær sæde.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3091 : Þatt [Isaiah's prophecy] wass inoh all an wiþþ þatt Þatt Godess enngell seʒʒde Till Sannte Marʒe.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1488 : Þis ich sucge þe to seoðe.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6930 : Ich ileue þe, cniht, þat þu me sugge soð-riht.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12765 : Sæi [Otho: saie] us þi sweuen.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)29/32 : All ðat hire suster, ðe rihte ʒeleaue, hire seiʒeð, all hie hit fastliche hopeð.\nc1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)10/55 : Hire sonde..seide hire þet soðe.\na1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(*Glb A.19-James)116/414 : Sicer ic it te seʒʒe [Trin-C: saiʒe]: lef it if þe liceð.\na1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)94/204-5 : Ʒif þu hauist sorwe, ne say þu hit þin areʒe; seit þin sadilbowe & ridþe singende.\na1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)128/540 : Hich þe wile sigen soþe cweþes.\n?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)171 : Adam, nou i sege hit þe, To-day þou salt alesed be.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6381 : Þin owe mouþ þe aþ ydemd bi þat þou seist me.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)593 : Seiʒth me al ʒour seknesse.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.4.15 : Alle the wijse men of my rewme mown not saye out [L edicere] to me the solucioun.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.5.15 : Thei miʒten not saye out to me the wit of this word.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.15.51 : I seye to ʒou mysterie, or priuyte, of hooly thingis.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20250 : If i haf anithing mis-wroght, Yee sai [Trin-C: Sayeþ] it me and hels noght.\n(1417) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.427 : I trust..that this that ye shal sey hym shal be secret.\nc1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)35 : Of his sentence I wol yow seyn the greete.\na1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)216 : Thys mote ben hem sayde.\nc1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)49/16 : Prophetis..taught the peple..and seid hem and shewid hem þe þingis that were to come.\nc1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)114 : Say me yowr namys, I know yow not.\na1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)10387 : Lightly þei [women] trowen þat men hem saye.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : He..ferde sona ær dæg to þone abbot Turolde & sægde him þet he sohte his griðe.\nc1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)44/13 : To soþan ic eow sæcge, ofer alle his god he heom set.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)74/10 : Ic eow secge, Gif..corn..on eorðen ne bið..beæʒdðæd, hit wunæð him sylf anæ.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6691 : Þeʒʒ seʒʒdenn uss wiþþ dede Þatt Godess word wass wurrþenn mann To þolenn dæþ onn eorþe.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1491 : Ich þe, Gornoille, seuge..god scal beon þi meda.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1589 : Of alle mine leode..ich þe sucge [Otho: segge] soð-riht, na scal heo habbe nawiht.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5306 : He..seide him forð-rihtes þat wið him he wolde fehte.\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)585 : Saye heom þat ich astye to mynes vader riche.\n?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)485 : Ne seidich ʒou inouʒ, To sungen on þat child þat ʒe hadden wouʒ.\nc1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)7496 : Þo hehte ʒeo..seg to Vortigerne þat his sone hine wolde bi-ligge.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3003 : Sei him, if min folc ne mote gon, Fleges kin sal hin ouer-gon.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1044 : Me sede him þat it was brutaine.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2398 : To his folk seþþen he sade Þat he was digne to dye anon Þat swiche despite hadde ydon.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)557 : What ʒif i saide him sadly þat i sek were?\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1442 : Þe gode emperour..sendes you to seie he has a sone dere.\nc1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1836 : Charlys, kyng & Emperour, sente þe to sayne þat þou scholdet..ʒelde vp til him aʒeyne þe ryche relyqes.\nc1390 St.Alex.(1) (Vrn)59/383 : I sigge ou, lordingus, sikerliche, of such ne wot i non.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1431 : I sey yow pleynly..I wol noon old wyf han.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18426 : If þe yate-ward þe witstand, Sa him þou has ful gode warand.\n(1415) Doc.Conspir.Hen.V in D.K.R.43590 : Y saide hym that y wolde telle hym.\n?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)189/32 : Men seyden vs þat in an yle beʒonde þat weren Geantes of grettere stature.\nc1430 Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Cmb Gg.4.27)F.1526 : Madame, sythe [vrr. syhtthe, seyeth] to ʒoure lord Arueragus That, sithe I se his grete gentillesse To ʒow, [etc.].\nc1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1267 : Saise to syr Lucius to vnlordly he wyrkez.\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1357 : Sey Slawthe I preyd hym þat he wold Fynd a charter of þi lyue.\nc1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)12093 : I say yow sothfastly þat for his luf alone ʒe sall haue þe vyctory.\na1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)109a : Syde [vr. Seide] I not to yowe..ded men shal aryse?\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)318/19 : Say hym I thanke hym of his curtesy.\nc1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)76/13 : Sey hem that I am comen hidir for to avenge þe deth of Iesu Crist.\na1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)82/137 : Say hym I com.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)28/32 : Ne ic eac eow ne sæcge on hwylcere mihte ic makiʒe þas wundræ.\nc1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/29 : Sæʒ us hwæt ðæt word bihealde oððe hwa ðe þerto wissode.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10295 : Seʒʒ us ʒiff þatt iss þatt tu arrt Helysew þe profete.\na1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)219 : For wan hi beoð þuss icweðe me scel sigge an oðre stowe.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2303 : Ʒe wullen us seuggen..whonene ʒe beð icumene.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12867 : Seien [Otho: seiʒe] me..what þu i-seʒen habbe.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15114 : Sæiʒe me biliue hu þe beon on siðe.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)113,116 : Segget [Jes-O: Seggeþ] me wo hauet þis ido..Segge me ʒif ʒe hit wiste.\na1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)189 : Sai me nouþe wat tou art, þou foule, loþe þing.\na1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)306 : Say vs nuþe if þu ert crist þat we habbeþ isouht.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9693 : Þe wardeins..Þe king sede..wat he adde misdo.\nc1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3106 : Say me who haþ þus wounded þe.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)70/32 : Yef þou me zayst hou me hit ssel lyerny, ich hit wyle þe zigge anhaste.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)890 : Swete william, seie me now what seknes þe greues.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.23.23 : In his tymys hit shal be seide to Iacob & to Irael what þe lord haþ wrouʒt.\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)631 : I schal seiʒe þe, Ioseph, for certeyn soþe, hou I tok cristendom.\na1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.126 : Crist bad him that he suld..sai noht qua gaf him his hele.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)4.15 : Þe frek..rouniþ in his ere; Seide hym as þe king sente & siþþe tok his leue.\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)391 : Ʒe wolde me say..What lyf ʒe lede.\na1425 Wycl.MCh.(Bod 788)393 : Seie to us whanne þes þingis shulen be.\n?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)43 : My doughter, say me nowe Me in hert howe mykyll loffys þowe.\nc1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)629 : I sall wete þe at saye How þat I hafe spedde.\na1450(1410) This holy tyme make (Dgb 102)177 : Y haue ʒow sayd What is salue to ʒoure store [read: sore].\nc1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)189/5636 : Then mowe ye saine Me wherto y shal trusten at þe lest.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)32/111 : What were god þe bettyr, þou sey me tyll, to ʒevyn hym awey my best sheff?\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1467 : Lordynges, seyeth me nowe wat ys best to done.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)62/3 : 'Ant hu ihælde he ðe?'..'Hwene ær ic eow sæde; hwæt sceal hit eow eft iheræd!'\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)41 : Gif hwa wule witen hwa erest bi-won reste þam wrecche saule, to soþe ic eow segge.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)9 : Sainte powel munegeð us to rihtlechen ur liflode..and seið hwu, þus queðende, [etc.].\n?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)361 : Whennes be ʒe, ʒunge men? Ich bidde þat ʒe me sigge.\na1325(?a1300) Interl.CG (Add 23986)41 : Yu hel me noth, yu say me sone.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2000 : Whi so..saie me nouʒ bliue!\n(a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)4.6 : Aske þi fadre & he schall tellen þe, þin preestis & þey schall sey to þe.\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)348 : Nou þe greteþ, sir Euelak, God of israel þorw his seruantes mouþ, and seye þe I wile.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2418 : If thow Art on of hem, tell and sei how.\nc1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1552 : He bede his burnes..To wayte þe wryt þat hit wolde, and wyter hym to say.\n?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)126/23 : Ʒif ʒou lyke to here how the mele cometh out of the trees, I schall seye ʒou.\nc1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)466 : When þay had dyned, als I ʒow sayne, Þe kyng gan at þe knyghte frayne Of whate land þat he was.\na1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)21/6 : Allas, what sory þing þus haueþ vs blent? take now kepe & I þe schal say.\na1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)389 : He dipartede hem [in] þree -- In what maner y chulle ʒow say.\nc1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.46 : Oure lord the king hase send vs hethir To wete ʒoure comyng alle to-gethir, And ʒe wold vs sayn.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)67/24 : Now shall I sey you..thys same damesell..I shall telle you the cause of hir commynge.\n1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)20/3 : 'I shall say you,' said Merlyn, 'I warne yow al, your enemyes are passyng strong for yow.'\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)96/5 : We wullæð eow sæggæn bi þare halʒæ tide þe nu toweard is.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)41 : We eow wulleð suteliche seggen of þa fredome þe limpeð to þan deie þe is clepeð..sunedei.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6722 : Ich wulle suggen [Otho: telle] eow uorð-rihtes of mire muchele sorʒen.\na1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)69/249 : Þet ðridde is þes monnes wil, and swa us seið ure skil.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.577 : Hellican..seide him thus..Hou that..Antiochus Awaiteth if he mihte him spille.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1136 : Go furthe þi waye & seie hym þus.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1480 : I with hym haue no þing a-do..and loke þou seye hym so.\n?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)218 : He was enamoryd of þe maiden, ffor her fayrhed þai hym of saydyn.\nc1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)28/829 : They naue tyme nor metyng To say ther ladies of ther aduersite.\na1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)26/13 : Now of the lady y shal yow sey, in whych maner..she lyuyd in goddys seruise.\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1468 : Lordynges..Off thys ilke message segge me sone.\na1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)279 : Say me of þi soule in sele quere ho wonnes.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9299-9300 : Lef maʒʒstre, seʒʒ uss nu þin raþ & seʒʒ uss nu þin lare.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)435 : Suggeð me to runun ræd þat eou þunche.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)738 : Fluʒen his i-feren..to þon kinge Goffar & saiden hine tiðende sære.\na1300 Ancr.(Cai 234/120)36/11 : 'Me leoue sire,' seið sum, '& is hit nu wisdom to don se wa him seoluen?' And þu seist me onswere.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1718 : Y sigge þe an hard tiding.\nc1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)28.280/11 : He wolde him say his onswere on a noþer day.\nc1390 NHom.Theoph.(Vrn)580 : From þe auter he com doun to sigge þe ffolk a sarmoun [vr. to mak sarmoune].\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4582 : O þis, ioseph, sai me þi dome, And giue me þar-of god consail.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9068 : First þou sai [Frf: telle] vs þin awise.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13117 : He..bad þaim als to hald þam still Til þat he hadd þam said his will.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13494 : Quat sal i sai yow lang sermun?\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.173 : Whan that she hadde seyd hym hire entente, [etc.].\n?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)42 : He askyd hys douthter Gonoryll, Scho suld hym scheu and say hyr wyll.\n?c1450 Susan.(Mrg M 818)313 : Now sey me..þi sawe sothli in sight.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)356/49 : Sey me youre ententis.\na1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)7597 : Ʒit shal I seie þe anoþer sawe.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7574 : Now sais me your witte.\nIn phrases: (a) ~ (the) soth (treuth), to tell the truth, tell (sb.) the truth; ~ sothes, tell (sb.) truths or painful truths; heren ~ a soth, hear a true word spoken; (b) in parenthetical expressions, for emphasis or as a metrical filler: the) soth to ~, to ~ soth (treuth), forsoth to ~ [see also forsoth adv.1.], if I seie soth (treuth), etc.; (c) ~ fals (mis), to tell a lie; ~ lesinge, tell a lie, tell (sb.) a lie; ~ soth or mis.\na1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Ne þince man na sellice þet we soð seggen, for hit wæs ful cuð ofer eall land.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)28/34 : Heo nolden sæcgen soð be Iohanne.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19945 : He seʒʒde soþ þe king Off hise depe sinness.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1516 : Hire fader heo [Cordelia] wolde suge seoð, were him lef, were him lað.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2306 : We wullet soð sucgen.\na1250(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Tit D.18)10/111 : Hire sonde..seide hire þe soðe.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1407 : Sei mes soþ, ʒef þu hit wost, Hweþer deþ wurse; flesch þe gost.\n?a1300 Fiftene toknen (Dgb 86)17 : Þat folk sal suge suþ þe ilome, þis is tokning of dayes dome.\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.171 : Þai seiden þe soþe.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)969 : Þou sadli hast me said þe soþe of þi cunsaile.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1629 : Þei..saiden þe truþe.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2006 : I am hold to saie ʒou þe treuþe.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2367 : Thow shalt rather drede..swete wordes of flaterynge preiseres than..the egre wordes of thy freend that seith thee thy sothes.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3154 : Ful ofte in game a sooth I haue herd seye.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2125 : O noble Ouyde, sooth seistow [vrr. saist þou, saide thow], god woot.\nc1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3074 : Dalmadas was a god kniʒt, And had seide sooþ and riʒth.\nc1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1050 : Ʒe sayn bot þe trawþe.\na1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2086 : I ʒow requere..To saye trouth.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)23/15 : Seyth me trewth of ʒowr consciens.\nc1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2591 : I gyfe þe grace..Withthy thowe say me sothe.\nc1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)275 : To say þe truhe [read: truþe] Of al þe lore of our lif..for þin hendschipe have us exkused.\nc1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1552 : Al this companye Seyden sooth, and noght a lye.\na1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)136/15 : Þat þei be constreinid bi þe censure of þe churche..to sei þe trewthe.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.149 : Somtyme þey happen to seyn sweche sothis as the blynde men casteth his staf.\na1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)7 : Ye seyde me soth that my suster set but lytill prise of me.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)11/31 : Soþ to seggen, ic not ʒif ich auerʒete ani ðing dede ðat ic nolde habbe sumes kennes lean.\na1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)62 : Soht forte sugge, duere he shal abugge þat he bigon batayle.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)445 : Mani hors her guttes drouʒ -- Ich ʒou sigge riʒt treuþe, Non of oþer hadde reuþe.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7207 : Wawaines breþer, forsoþe to sain, In Camalahot misten Wawain.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)60 : So, forto seiʒ al þe soþe, so faire þe cherl glosed þat, [etc.].\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2024 : To seie þe treuþe, sche told me a-noþer tale þat me tened sarre.\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.284 : He was a worthy man with alle, But, sooth to seyn [vr. telle], I noot how men hym calle.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.850 : Why the worschipe is aweie, If that a man the soþe seie, The cause hath ben divisioun.\nc1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)13.233 : Right so, for soþe, for to sygge treuthe, Ouer-plente pryde norssheþ þer pouerte destrueþ hit.\na1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)15/31 : Opon þe morn efter, if I suth say, [etc.].\na1450(?c1350) Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)358 : Þat is sen day and nit, Wosa wol sig sot.\nc1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)96 : For sooth to seyn, thou hast noon so gret lettinge.\n?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)308/31 : Betonye sothyn, þe soth to sayn, Is good for þe bolnynge of þe eyn.\na1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)122 : For to sey trouthe, on hys ryght syde he brought me vn-to paradyse.\na1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)9520 : If I the sothe shal seie, Þe soule was or þe body, me þinke.\n?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)11 : Þis play..in Aragon was doon, þe sothe to saye.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1483 : Gornoille..seide ane lesinge heore fædere þon king.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1514 : Cordoille iherde þa lasinge þe hire sustren seiden þon kinge.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11455 : Þis wes þat ilke bord þat Bruttes of ʒelpeð and sugeð [Otho: seggeþ] feole cunne lesinge bi Arðure þan kinge.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)634 : A lesyng ys whan þou wost þat þou seyst mys.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)270 : Ʒe seyn mys bothe two, For god hatede nevere creature.\na1450 I wole be mendid (Dgb 102)1 : I wole be mendid ʒif y say mys.\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)10/1 : Sumtyme it is lefful to hide a trewth, but it was neuer lefful to sey a fals.\na1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)10446 : No man woote..wheþer he seith sooth or mys.\n(a) To give an account, give a description; ~ of, tell about (sth.), give an account of; also, deal with (sth.); (b) to give an account of (sth.), describe; -- also without obj.; also, deal with (sth.) [quot.: c1449]; (c) to make mention; refer to (sb. or sth.), speak about, mention; ~ of, mention (sth.); ~ in manere of careine, speak of (sb.) as if of carrion; (d) ppl. seid as adj.: referred to, mentioned; -- also pl.; also, described [quot.: Amadace]; biforeseid, mentioned earlier; (e) to list (a series of people or things), enumerate; -- also without obj. [last quot.]; also, specify (sb.), indicate, point out; (f) i)heren ~ of, to hear (sb. or sth.) mentioned, hear about (sb. or sth.); heren seid of, hear about (sb.).\na1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Þis was his in gang; of his ut gang ne cunne we iett noht seggon.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)154/25 : Schrift haueð monie mihtes, ah nulle ich of alle seggen bute sixe.\nc1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3747 : Bote to sigge ssortliche, þer nas ver ne ner Of prowesse ne of corteisie in þe world is per.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)50/12 : Uerst zigge we of þe zenne of glotounye.\nc1350 Ayenb.App.(Arun 57)268/10 : Vor zoþe ich wylle zygge.\n(c1395) WBible(2) Prol.Is.(Roy 1.C.8)3.226 : Of these foure vndurstondyngis schal be seid pleynlier..on the bigynnyng of Genesis.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.10 : Þanne saw I..þe felde ful of folke þat I bifore of seyde.\na1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1050 : Of þe mare world yhit wil I mare say.\n?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)65/9 : Þere..is a chirche where the angel seyde to oure lady of hire deth.\n?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)52/7 : Now laste it is to say of þe bones of þe grete hand.\n?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1362 : Bosyl..to him say [read: sayd] Of cuthbert purpose and his will.\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)16/11 : I seyde also of þe fourthe propirte wich longeth to a tree.\na1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)273 : Ʒea, bot sayes þou of þi saule..Quere is ho stablid?\na1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)19/19 : Ryght as þou saydes, hit ys fallen!\na1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)207/18 : [O]f the vertu of Iustice afor in this boke Is largely Saydyn.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Suilc & mare þanne we cunnen sæin we þolenden xix wintre.\nc1175(OE) Bod.Aelfric OT (Bod 343)18/61 : Ðe ælmihtigæ Scyppend..englæs isceop..swa wlitiges cyndes, swa we secgan ne magon.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)110/10 : Þeo murhðe..wæs mare þenne æniʒ mennisc mon sæcgen maʒe.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)114/16 : Ac þa synfulle men sceolen iseon..nænne dæl þæs blisses, þe ic ær sæde.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)27 : Forgiue us ure gultes þe we hauen don..muchele mo siðe þanne we segen mugen.\na1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)549 : Tus [he] atbrested ðis huntes breid oðe wise ðat ic haue gu seid.\nc1390 RSicily (Vrn)264 : Heore richesse con seye no wiht.\na1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)p.565 head. : Of swete iesu þe prophecye, listeneþ & I shal saye on hye.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.305 : Baldest of beggeres..in tauernes tales to telle, And segge þinge þat he neuere seigh.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1561 : Hath me excused þouʒ I liʒtly passe, Þouʒ I can not al in ordre seyn.\na1425 Methodius(1) (Hrl 1900)96/15 : Myche malice bigan to wexe, wors þan þe raþere vppon erþe, which of vs is to be dispised & not to be seide.\nc1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)37/16 : The blissid Virgin Marie..of whom the grete bounteis may not be ymagyned ne hoolly seide.\n(c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)23 : Thei bidden..tho deedis to be doon..and who euer so dooth presupposith the same deedis to be bifore knowen..as it is bifore seid in the iiije argument.\nc1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)54/19 : Þat is so gret Joye þat it may not be seyde.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)947/33 : He shall returne to Camelot oute of thys contrey, and he shall sey a party such thyngis as he hath founde.\nc1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.124 : Sepe probat natus de qua sit stirpe creatus: Sygge fader, sygge sonne; Sepe probat fructus de qua fit harborum ductus: Sygge tre, sygge frytte.\n?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)71.11/5 : Hi habbeð on ælcum þinga ʒelice mihta onʒean þa þinga ðe ʒe [read: we] her beforan sæden.\na1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)191 : Ge forleteð ðis oðer seð ðat ic er seide.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 9.17 : Lo, þe man þat I seide to þee, þis schal lordschipyn to þe puple.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4003 : Poure scolers two..dwelten in the halle of which I seye.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14767 : Nu a gret selcut sais þou [Göt: farli sais þu; Trin-C: wondir seistow], Do fell it [temple] dun and siþen þou sal In thrin dais rais vp hal.\nc1400 Wycl.LAChurch (Dub 244)p.xxxii : Men of holy Chirche schal be seyd in a manere of careyne; þei schal be cast out as dogge in myddis placis.\n(1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.72 : The secte that thou seggist of..is Jhesu Cristis.\na1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)525 : Þe whilk es a foul thyng to say And fouler to here..And aldir-foules on to loke.\n?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)149/22 : Þe vertu of þis herbe is seyd abowyn at þe fyrste.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)246 : Þare enhabetis, in þat erd þat þou..sayd, Þe wisest wees in þis werd.\nc1475(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)340 : Þis witt þat here is seid telliþ þat a man shulde shriue hym to god.\nc1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)186/28 : In so seiyng I seie and I affeerme and I bihete dedis being goddis lawis.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5204 : The same yle I said you, Cicill is calt.\n(c1392) EPlanets (Peterh 75)20/3 : This laste seid cercle wole I calle the closere of the signes.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14978 : Son þar went disciplis tua Vnto þe said castel.\n(1414) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.1287 : Ferme and stable we..sall hald what ever the said our soverayn bailʒe..ledes to be done.\n(1421) Indent.Catterick in Archaeol.J.757 : Saides Nich', William, John, And Roger schall fynd cariage of all manere of free stane..And ye forsaid Nich' And his felaws schall gette lefe and free entre And issue to ye saides masons.\na1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)9/24 : Neþer Paule hadde his askyng wanne he preiʒede for remocion of siknes before seid.\n(1427) Proc.Privy C.3.241 : Certaine answeres..declared by my said lordes of þe counsail unto hym.\n(1430) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.80 : Yat my saydys feffis graunt a nanuell rent of fourty schilyng..with ye profettys of ye saydys landys and my gudes.\n(?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1043 : Vitellius..Smet of the hed of seide Fabius.\n(1440) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.24 : To ye saydez William ffencotez and jsabell.\n(1448) Doc.in Sundby Dial.Wor.(Eg Charter 608)255 : They..shul lett hit..vn to the seit Thomas Corbet.\n(1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 29 : Thies covenauntez..be..done by the seides John and Thomas.\nc1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.28 : Bettur sayd soro thenne sene.\nc1450 Add.19046 Treat.Syntax (Add 19046)206/615 : What case ys Londonijs in the Latyn byfore sayd? The ablatyfe case.\n(1457) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1296 : Thay wold noght pay the sayden xl s., [etc.].\n(1471) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.137 : Therewith passe out of this sead Reawme.\n(1473-5) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.2.p.lx : John Saunder seith that the matter comprised in the side replicacion is new mater variaunt from her bill.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)61/128 : Amon kynge..Al thynge be-forn seyd ffor trowth do testyfie.\na1486 Ordin.Lists in RS 55.1 (Lnsd 285)325 : The seide [vr. seedy] conestable and merchall shall lede them to the oone partie of the listes.\na1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)131/10 : Suche is callid a folle-large, or a wastoure..Of the Seden thynge be wel avisid.\na1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)24 : My good angell..began to vanysch fro me sed sowle.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)126/12 : Alle ic heom eft iseah last on eowre gode weorcum, swa ic heom ær sæde.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)176/13 : Efterward me ssel zigge and yerne by þe lemes huermide me heþ y-zeneʒed.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 28.8 : Deuyne to me in a charmynge spirit & rere to me whom I schal sei to þee.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.105.34 : Þei destroʒeden not þe jentilis þat þe lord seide to þem.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)549 : Of þir thinges i [Frf.: þat I] haf her said was adam cors to-gedir graid.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.291 : I shulde nouʒt þis seuene dayes seggen hem alle, Þat lyueden þus for owre lordes loue manye longe ʒeres.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.22 : Iosue and Iudith and Iudas Macabeus, Ʒe, and sexty þousande bisyde forth þat ben nouʒt seyen here [C: ich can nat telle here names].\nc1450 Form Excom.(3) (Dc 60)107/67 : We..dampne into þe peyn of helle Al þo that haue don thes articles that we haue seid bifore.\n?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.5.4b : With swilk many sterynges mo þan I can ore mai seyen.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1116 : Þis gear wæs swa gæsne on mæstene swa þæt on eallon þison lande, ne eac on Wealon, ne gehyrde me of nanan segcean.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2217 : Belin ihærde sugge..of his broðer wifðinge.\n?c1300 Songs Langtoft (Frf 24)p.394 : Ne herd I nevere seien of prestere pages.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1446 : He haþ oft herde sayd of ʒoure semly douʒter, how fair, how fetis sche is.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1237 : Of whos rivaille whan he herd seyn, In his herte he hadde hiʒe disdeyn.\nc1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)80/18 : King Leomedon herde seie of þeire comyng.\n(1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)102/16 : Whan our fader herd sey of þis chaunce, with grete merthe he sent a cow to þe woman, praying hir to norche wel his child.\n(a) To narrate a historical episode, tell a story or romance; narrate (sth., a tale, parable, etc.); ben to ~, be narrated or told; (b) to make a report, tell; report (sth., that sth. occurred, what happened), tell; ~ tale, give account; ~ tales, tell the news; (c) to reveal (sth., that sth. is so); reveal the identity of (sb.); proclaim (sth.), publish; -- also without obj.; also, prophesy (sth.); ~ pes, proclaim peace; ~ prophesie; ben to ~, be revealed or proclaimed; (d) to confess (sins, misdeeds), confess (sins to sb.); also, confess (oneself); (e) i)heren ~, to hear (sth.) reported, hear tell (sth., that sth. is so); -- also without obj. in as clause; heren ~ of, hear tell of (sb.).\nc1175(OE) Bod.Aelfric OT (Bod 343)44/657 : His boc is swiðe mycel on monige tacnunge, langsum her to secgenne.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)18/18 : On bocum is ʒewunelic biʒspel to sæcgene.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)47/24 : Nu me cumþ on iþanke an forbisne þe sanctus Gregorius us seid.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)127 : Her bi men segget abi spel.\nc1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1501 : Al þus, in gest as we sain, Sir Amis was ful glad & fain.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)191/18 : Þer wes a poure man, ase me zayþ, þet hedde ane cou.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 12.41 : Seist thou this parable to vs ether to alle?\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.46,49,51-2 : I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn That Chaucer..Hath seyd hem in swich Englissh as he kan..And if he haue nat seyd hem, leeue brother, In o book, he hath seyd hem in another.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.706 : Me list nat of the chaf..Maken so long a tale..The fruyt of euery tale is for to seye.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1625 : 'Wel seyd, by corpus dominus!' quod oure hoost.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.1881 : Whan seyd [vrr. seen, tolde] was al this myracle, euery man As sobre was that wonder was to se.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.1895 : Sey now som what, syn oother folk han sayd; Telle vs a tale of myrthe and that anon.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.2,4 : 'Squyer..sey som what of loue'..'Nay sire..but I wol seye as I kan.'\na1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)61 : The pylgrimes..fro suthwerk, shortly forto seye, To Canterbury ridyng on her weie.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.7.42 : Hercules, as it is seyd, hath put an unmeke lord foddre to his crwel hors.\nc1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1850 : They..seyden hir ensamples many oon.\na1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)14779 : What þey wroughte couþe non sey how But þat seynt Bede of þem alle seys.\n?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)584 : Storys of yrelande..seme agayne þis processe; Þai er to say, neuer þe lesse.\nc1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)8 : I shall sigge..ensaumples ynow Of one þe boldest beurn.\na1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)15/2 : Se godspellere Lucas sæigð on þyssen godspelle þæt se Hælend com in-to sumen cæstele.\n?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Nu we willen sægen sumdel wat belamp on Stephnes kinges time.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)16/6 : Hit soðlice iwearð..swa we hær sæcgæð.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)116/9 : Lucas þe godspellere hit sæʒð ʒyt cyðlicor.\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)672 : Tristrem to mark it seyd, His auentours, as it were.\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1339 : Gret merþe to þe messangeres meliors þan made, for þe tidy tidinges þat tiʒtly were seide.\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)70 : I am not worþi to seyn moni of his werkes.\nc1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)271 : Siggen I may in þis stude Þerof þat ich er dude.\na1400 Cursor (Frf 14)16117 : His wife..grette him wele & tiþandis saide.\na1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1210 : Merlyn forþ his tale said.\nc1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1680 : Now mot I seyn the exilynge of kynges Of Rome.\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1754 : Teneful talys I may þe sey.\na1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)864 : Þay tourned alle to Titus & hym þe tale scheweþ, Of þe cite & þe sege to seyn for hem alle.\n(1450) Paston2.35 : I..am right sory of that I shalle sey.\nc1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)101 : Wherfore that I spak..That shal I seyn whanne that I see my tyme.\na1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)35 : More I can sey and reherse of this my vision.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 : Nu wille ic hit segge mid worde þet hwa swa halt þis write & þis bode, þa wurðe he efre wuniende mid God Ælmihti on heuenrice.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/26 : Ʒif he hi[m] ne ʒehyrð..sæʒe ðenne openlice on alle ʒelaðunge.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)116/15 : Þa haliʒ witegæn..alle imænelice mycel ær biforen Cristes þrowungæ sæden.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)122/10 : Þenne wæs hit eac for oðre þinge þæt heo þa sihðe sæcgan ne mosten.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)122/16 : Þa wolde he forþan þæt heo abiden þæs sæles hwænne hit ware monnum nytlicost to cuþænne & to sæggene.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1501 : Seie þu bi-fore mire duʒden heo dure ich am þe an herten.\na1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)15/23 : Þine rihtwisnysse..þine sodfæstnesse, & þine halwendnysse ic sæde.\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.3 : Seint poule was rauisht in to þe þrid heuene & seiʒ þe priuetes of god þat it falleþ to noman to seien [vr. tell].\na1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)267 : Seidestow i was here?\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.787 : [We] bad hym seye his voirdit as hym leste.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6877 : O sum o þam [prophets] þat said mast Of his birth thoru þe hali gast, I sal yow sceu al how it was.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.355 : Many selcouthes I seygh ben nought to seye nouthe.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5455 : Trouþes alle be nat for to seyn.\na1450 Of alle þe ioyus (Cmb Dd.11.89)282 : Tho was fulfeld the prophesie That Symeon seyde Oure Lady to, That the swerd of sorwe..Thorwʒ out here herte scholde go.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5551 : Oþir sellis he saʒe at sai wald he neuir.\nc1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)49/18 : Many oþir prophetis seiden and shewden the comyng of oure Lord.\na1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2872 : Pees shall ther neuer be sayne Or thy sydes be throw sought.\n1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)32/57 : Al sothes be nat to sayne.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)71 : Prestes we shewed us, þanne seien hem ure ateliche sinnes þe we hauen don.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)105/23 : Si nosmeð [read: nosmet] ipsos iudicaremus: Ʒif we seiʒeð us seluen on scrifte mid soðe birewnesse, and we demen us seluen mid rihte deadbote, ne sculen we næure mo eft bien idemd.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)123/2 : Dic tu iniquitates tuas, ut iustificeris: Sei ðu þine unrihtwisnesses, ʒif ðu wilt bien irihtwised.\nc1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)7/42 : Þonne sculen þeo [so]ule seggen hore deden Wisliche þurh wisdome, for drihten hit wot.\nc1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)8/7 : Nold[est þu] mid þine muþe bimænen þine neode..Noldest þu ham siggen biforen none preosten.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)176/22 : Lihte gultes beteð þus anan bi ow seoluen, & þah seggeð ham i schrift.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)132/25 : Þer byeþ eftsone some þet wel..ueleþ and ziggeþ here defautes.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11768 : Sey ryʒt as þou dedyst þy synne.\nc1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)176/29 : Þe synful man or womman scholde schryue hym holliche..for þei schulle seye alle here synnes.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1066 : Þa þe cyng Willelm ge herde þet secgen, þa wearð he swiðe wrað.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Hi herdon sæcgen þet se cyng heafde gifen þet abbot rice an Frencisce abbot, Turolde wæs gehaten.\na1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1114 : Ða þe munecas of Burch hit herdon sægen, þe wæron hi swa sari swa hi næfre ær ne wæron.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)110/7 : He walde þurh þæt heoræ bileafe festniæn, & ealre þare monnæ þe hit iher[d]en sæggen.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)112/7 : Ðe Hælend wolde..strengæn..bileafe..þare þe hit ihyrden secgæn.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11428 : Ich iherde suggen bi-ʒeonde sæ neowe tidende.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15836 : Oswi iherden suggen þat Penda hine sohte.\nc1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)748 : Ʒif þi fader herd it sain..Of lond he wald me driue.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2760 : Whanne I may hiere sain Tidinges of my ladi hele..am I wonder glad of that.\na1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Pilgr.(Phys-E)p.53 : It was a man, als ic herd say, That til sain Iamis hit the way.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19539 : Þe apostels þan hard sai [Göt: herd sua say] Samaritans had tan þair wai.\nc1400 PPl.B (Trin-C B.15.17)16.249 : I herde seyn late Of a barn þat baptised hym; Iohan Baptist was his name.\n(1415) Doc.Conspir.Hen.V in D.K.R.43591 : Y harde say swilche men os bifor is writin..had spokyn to hym.\na1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)3/65 : Shame þai haue, als I here say.\n(a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)26/9 : Damsel, I her seyn God spekyth on-to þe.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)51 : Þoʒe he þa sawis herd say..Ne ost ordand he nane.\n(1465) Paston1.529 : Debnam herd sey how þat I began to gadyr syluyr.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1080/11 : I never herde sey..that ever he bare ony tokyn of none erthely woman.\nc1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)597 : I herde sey he brake hys neke ab [read: as] he rode in Fraunce.\nc1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)213 : 'Vpon a hors..as i haue herde seye.'\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.276 : Ʒif þey woldyn þus leyn her ere to þe yhs, þey..schuldyn heryn seyn þat þer deyyth a pope..þer a sqweer.\n(a) To mean (sth.), be understood as (sth.); ben ~, ben at (to) ~, mean (sth.), signify, imply; also, be interpreted as (sth.); also, be translated as (sth.); ben as muche to ~ as, ben thus muchel to ~, ben no-more to ~ than, ben not elles to ~ but; (b) that (this) is to ~, in other words, that is, namely; to be specific; (c) ben seid, to be signified by (sb.); ben seid bi, mean (sb.), refer to; (d) of a word: ben seid, to be used (in different senses); ben seid ab, be derived from (sth.); ben seid of, be derived from (sth.), come from; also, be used with respect to (bodies) [quot.: Chaucer].\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10085 : He shollde itt hæwenn..att te treowwess rote; Þatt iss to seggenn..Rihht att tatt follkess ende.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)123 : Quia si principes mundi huius Christum cognouissent..Ðet is to seggane, Gif þa hefdmen of þissere worlde hefden icnawen crist, [etc.].\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)131 : Þe ðe saweð on blescunge, he scal mawen of blescunge; þet is to suggen, Ðe mon þe wel deð, he wel ifehð.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)3 : Þesse þre wuken..ben cleped aduent, þat is seggen on englis, ure louerd ihesu cristes tocume.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)154/17 : Te burh is arud þet ha hefden biset; þet is to seggen, þe sunfule is delifret.\nc1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)218/123 : Nu loke euerich man..yef he is win: þet is to siggen, yef..he is an heet of þo luue of gode.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)218/32 : Þo..habbeþ hare lompen uol of oyle..þet is to zigge, þet habbeþ hare herten uol of pite.\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.2 : Þis book..is cleped þapocalips, þat is to seie, sheweynges in gost.\n(c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.106 : For leos 'peple' in Englissh is to seye.\nc1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)8/27 : Ambrum is to seye fadur of liht.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3605 : His wyf..knew it bet than he, What al this queynte cast was for to seye [vr. meene].\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1018 : Thorisonte hath reft the sonne his light; This is as muche to seye as it was nyght.\na1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Pilgr.(Phys-E)p.58 : Yef he find us out of stret, He bindes us..That es at say, ef he us find In dedeli sin, he may us bind.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2735 : Fals sweryng ys nat ellys to say But forsakyng of god and alle hys lay.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3013 : Isaac wel es for to sai A man þat takens ioy and plai.\na1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)337/27 : Concussioun is as miche to seie as smiten wiþ a staf.\nc1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)194/10 : Heroud is as muche to seie as 'ioynge in skinnes', or 'gloriouse skinny'.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.587 : Þe feerse lyon he byrafte his hous; Þis to seyen, whan þat he was slawe, Out of his skyn he hath hym stripte & flawe.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5430 : Delos is in Greke no more to seyne Þan a schewyng or an apparence.\na1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4139 : Anticrist es þos mykel at say, Als he þat es ogayn Crist ay.\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)15/28 : Þat es hele of þa þat ere in sekenes, þat es at say, in sinne.\n?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)38a/b : Þe þrid fleische is musculous oþer lacertous, þat is to seien, brawny.\n?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.13.8b : Þus mikil is þis for to seyen.\nc1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)58 : Corn seruit bredibus, chaffe horsibus, straw fyrybusque: Thys ys as moche to say, to yowr leude wndyrstondynge, As þe corn xall serue to brede at þe nexte bakynge.\na1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)4.1 : In tribulacioun thou made brad til me..that is at say, fra anguys..thou has broght me in til brede of gastly ioy.\na1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)508/491 : 'Rybaldes, rweled out of raye! What ys the Trenyte to saye?' 'Thre persons, as thowe leve may, in on godhead in fere.'\na1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)51.40/1 : When a mete is to muche isalt, þat is to suggen, potagee, to maken remedie in god stat, [etc.].\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)134/21 : Hi nolleþ yleue god wyþ-oute guod wed, þet is to ziggene, bote-yef hi y-zy kuik scele.\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.797 : Which of yow that bereth hym best of alle, That is to seyn, that telleth..Tales of best sentence and moost solaas, Shal, [etc.].\n(c1392) EPlanets (Peterh 75)22/18 : Shaltow se þat the lyne of the aux..departith this litel cercle in 2 arkes equals, this is to seye, þat the lyne kerueth this litel cercle euene amidde.\n(1395) EEWills4/15 : I bequethe to the same Thomas the stoffe longyng therto, that is to seye, my beste fetherbed, [etc.].\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.175 : Of tribulacioun in mariage..I am expert in al myn age; This is to seye, my self hath been the whippe.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27026 : To-night þai sal cum þe to fett, þe findes, þat es for to say.\nc1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)55/11 : The v kyng hade Estangle, þat now is callede Northfolc, Southfolc, Merchemeriche, þat is to seynt [read: seyn] þe Erldome of Nichol.\n?c1400 Treat.Geom.(Sln 213)58 : Come toward and go froward til þe perpendicle, þat es to say, þe threde whereon þe plumbe henges, falle vpon þe mydel lyne of þe quadrant.\n(1423) Pet.Sutton in Fenland NQ 7308 : Thai have sued writtes of errour..that is to say, from the first yere of oure Sovereigne lorde..untill this tyme.\n?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)58/11 : He loueþ þat he schulde not, þat is to seye, synne.\n(1429) Will York in Sur.Soc.4420 : The tothir ij marcz sall he garr be songen for me in messes at grete Rome, yt is to say, apud le veuernakyll in ecclesia Sancti Petri apud Romam.\n(1433) RParl.4.451b : Paying the awnage and subsidie, and othere duetes after the rate, that is to seme [read: seine], of every Clothe and ych pece of Cloth after the rate.\n(1442) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.15 : Divers Scocheons, that is to sa..the Armes of Seint George.\n1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)23 : The fynal cause declaryth..the cause why, That is to seyne, what was the entent Of the auctour.\n(c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)271 : What a man mai not haue..immediatli, he wole..haue it mediatli, that is to seie..arombe and bi a meene.\na1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)1.10.3 : Folewith the cercle of..the monthes, that is to say, Januarius, Februarius, [etc.].\na1450 Methodius(2) (Add 37049)109/22 : Þan sal apere þe son of perdicion, þat is to say, Antecrist.\na1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)220/17 : Kepe my doctryne..videlicet, þat is to seye, spare þe blode of man-kynde to shedde.\n(1456) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1293 : Every of tham to fall in a grevous peyn, that ys to seyn, in xx s.\n(1472) Grant Arms in Antiq.49289 : I..have devysed for them & theire successours thise Armes folowing, that is to sey, A feld of Sablys, [etc.].\nc1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)193/23 : Þu schalt a-none fynde in hym þat þu sekyst, þat is to sey, wysdam.\na1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)11163 : Oþere prophetis..weren hidre aʒein sent, Þat is to seie, her teching.\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.38 : Þere was non in heuene forto vndone it; þat is seide by aungel.\nc1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 174)225/5 : Þise syke folk forseyde lyen in þe x entrees of þis pytt..þat is, in v bodyly wyttes & in v wyttes of þe soule, wherfore þei mowe be seyd þe x leprys in þe gospel.\nc1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)8/16 : Ambros Is seid of ambra and syos.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.6.216 : May he thanne knowen and seen thilke innereste atempraunce of corages as it hath ben wont to ben seyd of bodyes?\n?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)35b/b : Þis word anothomia is seide of þis worde ano..and of þis worde thomas.\n?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)172a/b : A corrosiue medicine is seide in two maneres..largelie & streitlye.\n?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)87/5,6-7 : Flegmon is saide twofolde [*Ch.(1): is seid on 2 maners; L dicitur dupliciter]..in oo manere, it is saide communely for al swellynge of þe membres; in anoþer manere, it is saide propirly for an aposteme gendred of trewe and clene blood.\n?a1450 Sel.Rosarium Theol.(Cai 354/581)55/1 : Absolucion or asoylyng is seide in þre maneres.\nc1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)26/1 : Aman sleer is seide in many maners [SC(1): Multipliciter dicitur quis homicida], bothe bodyly and gostly, as be ensaumple..be handes, [etc.].\na1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)57,58 : Eques ab equo is seid..And cheualer is saide of cheualrye.\n(a) To teach; teach (sth., that sth. is so), state authoritatively; state authoritatively (certain specified words); ~ thus (so); as (so so)..seieth, as seieth.., etc.; (b) to explain (sth., sth. to sb.), interpret, explicate; -- also without obj.; (c) i)heren ~, to hear stated authoritatively (that sth. is so); -- also without obj. in as clause; i)heren seid, hear (sth., certain words) stated authoritatively; -- also without obj.\n?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)29/20 : Ypocras seggeþ þæt seo untrunyss cymþ of þringum [read: þrim þingum].\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)86/30 : Uðwiten, þæt beoð wisæ lareowæs, secgæð þæt ðare sawle ʒecunde is þreofeald.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)134/10 : Ðeo grædiʒnesse is, swa swa þe apostolus Paulus sæde, rotæ of ylc ufel.\na1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)21 : We habbeð bigunnen to sege ou on englis hwat bitocneð þe crede.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)99/23 : For þi seið sein iame..'Alle blisse haldeð hit to fallen i misliche of þeose fondunges.'\nc1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)172 : Seint Austin halt þer-mide noht And seiþ it shal ben dere bouht.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)122/3 : Ine heuene heþ þri stages of uolke, ase zayt saynt denys.\nc1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)279 : Seint Austin seiþ [vr. saise] þat þe lyf of vche good cristene mon is a continuel desyr to god.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.657 : Seint Ierome seith thus of debonairetee, that it dooth noon harm to no wight.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1756 : Crist restoreth thilke lost..As seint Gregoire it wrot and sayde, Al was behovely to the man.\n(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)51b/b : The fyngres..hauen..a welfair ordre; so seiþ Isider.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4857 : Better were þe chylde vnbore Þan fayle chastysyng..Þus seyth þe wys kyng Salamonn.\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)457 : Of courtaysye, as saytz Saynt Poule, Al arn we membrez of Jesu Kryst.\nc1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)1.118 : For-þei ich seʒe, ʒe preestes..ʒe sholde..techen hem betere.\nc1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 Thes.4.14 : For þis we seggeþ in þe word of God, þat we þat lyfeþ, [etc.].\na1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)39/37 : Crisostom seyʒt þat as it is inpossible fire to bren in water, so it may not be þat contricioun þrife a mong delices.\n?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)21a/a : 'Euery aposteme, or it is hote or it is noʒt hote, in spekyng of hote proprely..' seid Auicen.\n(c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)18/214 : Take knoulache at ʒoure consians fore þer hit is y-knyt: Þus sayþ Marke soþely, Mathou, Louke, and Ion.\na1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)4 : Whoso wil be perfiʒt and lyue aftir þis chapitil, do as Catoun seiþ: 'Cum recte uiuas, ne cures verba malorum.'\n?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)139/9 : It wele stroyen a mannys talent, as ypocras seyʒth.\nc1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)798 : Ʒoure docturus sain..Þat an addre is in helle þat yydra is called.\nc1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)75a/b : Þu schalt notifien þe wordis of albucasym, seiynge þus, 'Jf it is so þat an arowe is not obedient to be drawen out, [etc.].'\nc1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)11/19 : Eche of þese han to hem her..propre cellis or placis, as philosophris seyn.\na1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)359 : Nothing multiplieth, as auctours says, But bi one of these two waies.\na1500 GRom.(Glo 42)726/12 : Seynt ambrose saytz teres wasche away all þe trespas of syn.\na1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)24a/14 : If suche apostume be rn [read: in] sted full of senewys, the cure is saide [L iam dicta est cura].\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)4/2 : Ðis haliʒ godspel..hæfð mycele tacnunge, ac we moten eow sæcgan bi eowre andʒite.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)10/26,27 : Ðis andʒit we sædon on twam oðre spellum..ac we wullæð swa ðeah sceortlice secgan eow þas endunge.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)62/28 : We willæð eow sæcgen þæt gastlice anʒit.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)76/2 : Þæt is on twa wise witolice to secgene.\na1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)11 : Cursed be þe man þe leueð upen hwate; Ach ich wile segen..hwat makeð swilch letten.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.278 : 'In englisch,' quod pacyence, 'it is wel harde wel to expounen; Ac somdel I shal seyne it, by so þow vnderstonde.'\na1275 Wolle ye i-heren (Trin-C B.14.39)39/19 : Þre kinges for ho it herden quidden þat iesus wolde ibore ben; þe time com, ase ho herdden siggen; a briste sterre ho gunen isen.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1139 : Ðo meidenes herden quilum seien Ðat fier sulde al ðis werld for-sweðen.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)191/19 : A poure man..yhyerde zigge of his preste..þet god wolde yelde an hondreduald al þet me yeaue uor him.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1637 : I haue..herd seyd ful yoore ago, Ther may no man han parfite blisses two.\na1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)549 : Of þese þinges, I haue herde seide, Was adames body to gider leide.\nc1400 St.Alex.(3) (LdMisc 622)19/31 : Ʒee haue yherd saide wel ofte, Man may nouʒth lede lijf to softe And wonen in heuene boures.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.976 : For this have I herd seyd of wyse lered, Was nevere man or womman yet bigete, [etc.].\nc1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) (Benson-Robinson)8 : There ne is non..That eyther hath in helle or hevene ybe, Ne may of it..witen But as he hath herd seyd or founde it writen.\n(a) To give directions (to sb. to do sth., that sth. be done), command; (b) to give a command; give (a command) to (sb.), enjoin (sb.); ~ so; ~ to (unto), give (a certain command) to (sb.); as (than) I seie, so he seid, etc.; (c) to command (a certain action), order (sth. to be done); issue a command (to do sth., that sth. be done), give direction; -- also without obj. in as clause; (d) to propose (sth.), advise, urge; -- also without obj. in as clause; also, prescribe (a medicine).\na1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)15/9 : Sæge hire þæt heo me fylste.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2795 : Ðu salt seien to faraon Ðat he lete min folc ut-gon.\na1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4114 : Ðine hondes ley him on; Sey him on ðin stede to gon.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)103/10 : Guo in-to egipte and zay to þe kynge faraon..þet he..delyuri mi uolk.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.14.48 : Thei saiden hem for to putte [WB(2): ordeyneden for to put; L dixerunt ponere] this wrytyng in brasen tablis.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6063 : Says [Frf: Saise] to mi folk on þiskin wis, þat þai me mak a sacrifice.\nc1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)470 : Syþen he warnez þe west to waken ful softe And sayez vnte Zeferus þat he syfle warme.\na1425 Here begynnes a new (Roy 17.C.17)54 : The Magdalene..Sayt Peter & Jone to take hede If thai myght on any manere Of Ihesu outhere se or here.\na1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2367 : Also saye your emperour That he amende that dyshonour.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)890 : Caires hame..And sais ʒour maister, he make na ma sandis.\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)38/109 : Go sey to noe, as I bydde þe..in shyp to be.\nc1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)523 : Sey hym..Þat he come with me to iuste.\na1250 Mon may longe (Mdst A.13)23 : Do al so he þe tothte and sede, what þin endinch þe brinch to, Ne seltu neuere mis-do.\n?a1300 Sayings St.Bern.(Dgb 86)761/118 : Do nou also ich haue þe seid.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)33/29 : Huanne þe man nele do þet me him zayþ ine penonce.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.4.3 : Alle thing what euer he shal seyn to þem, þei don.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2615 : Or thou schalt worche as I thee seie.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1484 : Salomon This word seyde he vnto vs euerichon: 'Werk alle thyng by conseil.'\nc1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)30/4 : Þerfore, modur, to be siker fro þes fendis, do as I haue seid þe.\nc1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)87/2 : Þus do þou whateuere Crist seiþ to þe, and anon þe water is turned into wyn.\na1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gal.5.16 : Y seie ʒou in Crist [WB(1): I seie in Crist], walke ʒe in spirit.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)35.151 : Ʒif ʒe don oþer wise thanne I ʒow seye, ʒe scholen ben Alle dede ful certeynlye.\na1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3683 : Take hede..þat þou thenk vpon & do ryʒt as y þe say.\na1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)175/479 : Telle me now, I sey [Suth: commaunde] the; Wenest þou to spede better thanne he?\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)47/142 : With þis fyre bryght þou must be brent; An Aungelle seyd to me ryght so.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/29 : Ne sæcge ic na seofen siðum; ac ðu scealt forʒifan..hundseofentiʒ siðon.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.4.7 : If he seie to slen, þei slen, & if he seye to forʒyuyn, þei forʒyuen.\n(c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.3.13 : For these thingus that he hadde in maundementis of the kyng, he saide in al kynde hem for to be born to the kyng.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.243 : He sent me to seye I sholde do sacrifise.\n?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)94a/a : Henricus de Amonda villa & tederik seine þat þe wounde of þe flesche schal be sewed wiþouten touchinge oþere prickinge of þe senewe.\nc1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)61/14 : To kepe thi soule thus, the wise man counceilith the, seiyng, 'Cum custodia serua cor tuum.'\n?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)45/82 : To god þou offyr hym [Isaac] as I say.\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)299 : Syr nemes..and syr terry, we seyn ʒe schule kepe the brygge.\na1500 St.Brendan Conf.(Lamb 541)20/366 : Þou seist in þi lawe: be ʒe merciful as ʒoure Fadir of heuene is merciful.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.3218 : He gan to chese To do the conseil of this Maide, And tok the pourpos which sche saide.\na1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1485 : Þerfore do as we þe sayn: Let do take þy chaumburleyn, [etc.].\n?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)150/3 : Lamfrank saiþ anoþer drink þerto [*Ch.(1): to þis diteþ anoþer pocioun; L ad hoc dictat aliam potionem].\nc1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)224 : Will þou hir wyn als I the sayne..I sall þe gyff þe maydyn clere.\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)747 : Thou seist ous schame.\nOf a written or an oral source: to contain certain words, convey certain information; contain (certain quoted words); convey (certain information), convey information (that sth. is so, how sth. is so); inform (sb.); tell (sb. sth., that sth. is so); ~ thus (so); as seieth the bok (writinge), so so iwrite seieth, etc.: (a) of the Bible, a book of the Bible, a text from the Bible; (b) of a book, a passage from a book; (c) of a law, letter, an inscription; (d) of a history, romance, song, fable, etc.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)72/10 : Þa halʒa..boc..sæð hu þe manfulle..ðus ibed.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)136/2 : Us sæʒð þeo haliʒe Cristes boc þæt ure Hælend Crist arerde þreo men of deaþe to life.\nc1225 Nic.Creed (Jun 121)5 : He aros on þan þridde dæie, so so iwrite siggeð.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)255 : Þiss Goddspell seʒʒþ þatt Sannt Johan Wass her to manne streonedd Upponn Herode kingess daʒʒ.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Þis godspel sed [read: seð] hu þe helend nehlechede to-ward ierusalem.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/29 : Ðarof seið ðat godspell, 'Receperunt mercedem suam.'\nc1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)9/35 : Ic was þe se[oueþe] isceaft, so þeo bec seggeþ.\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)65/27 : Namare þen a schep, as þe hali writ seið, cwich ne cweð he neauer.\nc1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)222/274 : Al so seid þet holi writ þet non ne wot þane dai of his diaþe.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)248/16 : Sobrete is a traw wel precious..ase sayþ þe writinge.\nc1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)3.233 : Þerof seiþ þe psauter..'In quorum manibus iniquitates sunt.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.918 : This, as seith the book, is a ful greet sacrement.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14689 : Gas lokes þe bokes [Göt: laus; Trin-C: sawes] o your lai, And vnderstandes quat þai sai.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22168 : Þai sal be studiand..Queþer þat he be crist..þat þai of here þe scriptur sai.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.109 : Be þat þe sauter vs seiþ [vr. techith] so dede manye oþere.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.59 : Sapience, seith þe boke, swelleth a mannes soule.\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)677 : Þe Sauter hyt satz þus in a pace: 'Lorde, quo schal klymbe þy hyʒ hyllez?'\n(a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)6/22 : Þanne was þe prophecie fulfilled, seiþ, 'Douʒtres of Syon, lö þi kyng comeþ to þee.'\na1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)60 : Haly wrytt on þis wyse sayse: 'Þe houre es now.'\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3351 : On hye þou madyste a voys..þe gospel seys.\na1450 Dc.291 Lapid.(Dc 291)p.27 : The bible seith þat onicle was in þe fourth corner of the moce.\na1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)203/2 : This proueth the boke of exody, siggynge, 'Cum leuaret manus, Moyses, Vincebat Israel.'\na1500 Truth it (Cnt Add 68)p.71 : Thus seyd the prophecye in wrytyng swyr..That..of Israel he shulde be kyng.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)4/27 : Þa habbæð tacnunge, swa swa þes traht us sæʒð, þare gastlice acennednysse.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)6/30 : Heo wurðæþ..Godes bearn ihaten, swa swa us bæc sæggæð.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)116/19 : God heom unwreah..alle þa ðing þe us haliʒe bec nu ʒyt towearde secgæð.\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1182 : Forrþi seʒʒþ þatt Latin boc..Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist, [etc.].\nc1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19941 : Þatt kasstell, alls uss seʒþ soþ boc, Wass hatenn Macheronnte.\na1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)101 : Unimete festen..macað þene mon un-halne and on michelere sarinesse bringeð, swa swa us seggeð bec.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)41 : Eft þe boc seið, 'Ne scule ʒe neure god don unforgolden.'\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13716 : Swa al swa suggeð writen..þat wes þat þridde mæste uiht þe auere wes here idiht.\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4719 : Þre þousand, seyt our boke, Þat robberie went to loke.\n?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)32 : In grete hulles hy woneden her..Ase the boc hyt saiþ ant telles.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)185/31 : Ase zayþ þe boc..'no uoʒel ne eth of oþren yef he is of his kende.'\n(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.178 : He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith that hunters been nat holy men.\na1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6524 : Y shal ʒow telle þe same wyse Ryʒt as manuel pecches seyse.\nc1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)690 : Mony wylsum way he rode, Þe bok as I herde say.\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.919 : Whiche to declare now I may not dwelle From point to point, lyche as bokis seyn.\na1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)340 : Longe aftir, as croniclis seien, þe fend hadde envie herto.\n?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.m.3.28 : Therfore the texte seith thus.\n(1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)301 : It stant fro Coleyn Miles thre; alle þese bokes so seyn.\nc1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)192 : Þai..ane ymage gert make, Þe buke sais of blake stane.\nc1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)15336 : Ylke talent..weyd xx libras and two; Catholicon, yt so says.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1194/15 : The Freynshe boke seyth hit was the Bysshop of Rochester.\na1500 In the lende (BodHrn 42)3 : In whos tyme, As bokys seyne, Schal be treson in toure and towne.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10481 : As the trety sayes, Honerable Ecuba..moche dole hade.\na1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)63 : He..letteres bigon to rede, þus spek & þus sede, þat þar lay suete Blancheflur.\n1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.46 : Ʒoure lettres sent to vs, seyend on þis manere, þat we shuld sende ʒow a kopy of our statuz.\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)318 : On þe paleys..werdes of Ebreu weren I-writen of ʒore, And sein, 'daniel of Babiloyne..called þis paleis ''Auntres''.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4180 : Ther is a lawe that says thus.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2973 : The lawe seith Ther nys no thyng so good.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1032/26 : Sir, in thys bedde ye oughte to lyghe, for so seyth the lettirs.\na1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.320 : Þerfor seith þe lawe þat comoun lyf is nedful to al men.\na1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)118 : The letteres that were write on the swerde seide that the right name was cleped Escaliboure.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14381 : Þat was þe faireste mon..swa alse þe boc us suggeð [Otho: bokes segeþ].\nc1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8227 : Now seiþ þis romaunce hou Wawain Of þis letters asked Ywain.\n(c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.120 : This mayden bright, Cecilie, as hir lyf seith, Was come of Romayns and of noble kynde.\nc1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1511 : Sory & wroþ ynow a was; riʒt al so sayþ þe sawe.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.969 : This senatour..mette the ship dryuynge, as seith the storie, In which Custaunce sit ful pitously.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1176 : Herkneth my song, that seith in this manere.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8282 : Þar was..Tua cherubins, als sais [Göt: sas; Frf: saise] þe stori.\na1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)27/169 : Heres now how þe romance sais How sir Edward..Held his sege.\nc1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)39/2 : The fable seith that Theseus and Protheus went in-to helle.\na1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)716 : Þys slaughter..lasted two & twenty ʒer..Als þe stories wytnesses & seys.\na1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)12.336 : There Abod he fully vj dayes, As the Storie Of this book vs sayes.\nc1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)153/1 : Retorne we..and remembre, as seyn the auncient stories, how the Troiens..suffred the seege of the Greekes.\na1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2403 : Deþ [read: Ded] he fel; so sayd my tale.\nc1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)222 : Þe ferþde was Syr Agrafrayn; So seyþ [Lamb: telleth] þe Frenʒsch tale.\na1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2112 : Þar saw he selcouthez sere, as sayn me þe writtes.\nc1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3674 : Pollux..and his pere Castor, When hor sister was sesit, saies me the story..highit to þe se With a nauy full noble.\n(a) Of God, Wisdom, a voice: to utter (certain specified words); (b) of a saying, proverb: to run as follows; of purport, meaning: be as follows; (c) of an infant, a bird: to utter (an expressive sound); (d) of a personified abstraction: to tell (sb. that sth. is so); express (sth.); (e) to convey (certain information, a certain meaning) nonverbally; (f) impers. hit) seieth, there is certain information, etc. contained (in a written source); there is contained (certain information, etc. in a written source).\na1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)179/37 : Ʒet he [God] seið al dei..'biturn ðe and cum aʒean; wilkume schaltu beon me.'\nc1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.6 : A grete voice biside me..seide to me, 'write in þe book þat þou seest.'\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.1.21 : In the doris of the ʒatis of the cite he [Wisdom] bringeth forth his woordis, seiende, 'Hou longe, ʒee litle childer, [etc.].'\nc1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)209 : Þenne spekes a vois and on heiʒ sigges, 'king, haue þou no ferli of þat is heere formed.'\n?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)11/3 : A uoys come to her saieng, 'thou hast..kepte thin flesshe clene.'\na1500 GRom.(Glo 42)740/9 : Þe uoyce of gode..says to a synnar, 'turne a-gayne.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2244 : The prouerbe seith, 'he hasteth wel that wysly kan abide.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2454 : The prouerbe seith that for to do synne is mannyssh.\nc1450(c1370) Chaucer Pity (Benson-Robinson)56 : For to my foes my bille I dar not shewe, Th'effect of which seith thus, in wordes fewe, 'Humblest of herte,' [etc.].\nc1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)61/17 : Ther is a comon worde that renneth nowe in the contree for to sey, 'my lorde hathe right a good condicion with him, for he loueth no man that will [tell] him an evill tale of his servaunt.'\na1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)57/1 : At this day their remainnith a folische langage in courte seying the grette estates shult nat lerne lettur.\na1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)485 : If þe child a woman be, When it es born, it says, 'e, e.'\nc1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)594 : 'Ye quek!' yit seyde the doke.\nc1500(1342) The fals fox (Cmb Ee.1.12)36 : He toke a goose fast by the nek And made her to sey, 'wheccumquek.'\na1425 Hayle bote (Wht)15 : My synnes..saith me it is no bote Though I falle the [Mary] too foote.\nc1475(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)339 : Contricioun mut be groundid in sad loue of ihesu crist, so þat contricioun seye sad sorowe for synne.\na1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)2.10 : Ʒoure consciens sais ʒou that ʒe doe wrange.\na1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)217 : Him seiʒc [?read: seiʒe] alle hiscefte, 'Bonorum meorum non [in]-diges: hlaford, to mine gode ne beniedeð þe.'\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)125/11 : Wassce and wipe wol clane ða eiʒene, for ðan soð is ðat hie ðe siggen.\nc1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)876 : But ever, me thoght, hir eyen seyde, 'Be God, my wrathe ys al foryive!'\n?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)13/7 : Oþer..syndan to aʒytene ealswa hit her beforen seʒð.\nc1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)96/25 : Nu hit swa cuðlice on þissum godspellicæn lare sæʒð þæt ðe wariʒede deofel hine þær swa openlice costniæn ongon.\na1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)15 : Fulsoð hit seið, moni hit for-let for drihtenes eye.\na1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)241 : Hi sculen habe þat brad þe seið iþe godspel.\na1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(*Glb A.19-James)118/441 : It seiþ in þe led, cold red is cwene red.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1072 : Wel fiʒt þat wel specþ, seiþ in þe songe.\na1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)119/441 : Hit seyþ in þe loþ [Trin-C: hit is said in lede] as scumes [?read: as cuenes] for-teoþ.\n?a1300 Sayings St.Bede (Dgb 86)37 : Ac hit saiþ in þe gospelle, Ne may non tounge al telle Þe blisse þat þer is euere.\na1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8818 : Þus þai fanded it tre dais, Als it in þe stori sais.\n?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.55 : In Saynt Edwardes life it sais he was forsuorn.\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)2/1 : Als it sais, 'Hodie si uocem eius: Yef ye þe uoice of god herd o day, yure hertis ware noht hard.'\na1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)16/20 : Al þe toþir finist, als it sais by-fore, þat na nyht be lesse saide þan tuelue salmis.\na1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)236/30 : Seythe that the fore-seyde abbas [L dicitur quod praedicta abbatissa] is hyr owne selfe I-seysonde of þe fore-seyde tenantries.\nTo write; write (certain quoted words); express (sth.) in writing; as seid, as written; as i seid, as guido seieth, etc.\na1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)29/25 : 'Maniʒe ilieueð mid wordes,' sæde ðe apostel, 'mid werkes he forsakeð.'\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)9/7 : Sein iames..seiþ, 'what is Religiun?'\nc1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)39/7 : As ich seide ear, Vnder semblant of god is ofte ihulet sunne.\nc1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)349 : Alured hit seide, & me hit mai ine boke rede.\na1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)128/531 : Swo saide salomon, þe wise Salomon, 'wis is þad wel doþ..in þis werld.'\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)59/3 : He..him wyle benyme his blisse, ase we zede hyerbeuore.\n(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)185/10 : Þet is, ase zayde, þe wysdom of god þe uader.\n(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.3.5 : Seye wee eche on of vs a woord þat befor passe, & whos euere woord seme wisere of þe toþer, king darie shal ʒyuyn to hym grete ʒiftis.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2499 : Piers Alfonce seith, 'Ne taak no compaignye by the weye of a straunge man.'\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4454 : Rede auctours where they trete of swich matere, And what they seyn of wommen ye may heere.\n(c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.325 : The wise astrologen daun Protholome..seith [vr. say] this prouerbe in his Almageste.\na1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)9333 : Ieremye hit seiþ in boke.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.330 : Se what Salamon seith in Sapience bokes, That hij þat ʒiueth ʒiftes þe victorie wynneth.\nc1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)593 : In Sauter is sayd a verce ouerte..'Þou quytez vchon as hys desserte.'\nc1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.284 : As seith Guydo, Troylus men hym calle.\na1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.18 : Disblameth me if any word be lame, For as myn auctour seyde, so sey I.\n?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)36a/a : Aueroys seide in þe first boke off Colliget, 'we make not schort to speke of þe anothomye, [etc.].'\n?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)71b/b : Willelmus de Saliceto..and lanfraunk, his folower..seie not wele as þer inne, & who þat wille enserche and see, he maie bere witnesse of treuþe.\nc1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)357 : I dar..In my translacyoun to seyn ryght as I ffynde.\na1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)13/5 : Her wordis schulen be founden in þis werk to þis ende, þat me mai se who seide bettere þan oþir.\na1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)3/29 : As I riʒt now seide, he þat þis preier made..oonly..knoweþ al þe wille of þe fadir.\nc1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)1006 : In ʒoure sonde, sire king, ʒe saide þis wordus: Þat we alle godus arn.\nc1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)93b/b : Jn þis chapitre J schal seien a word of þe spasme and of his engendrynge.\nc1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)7/30 : Þus moche herof as now; more is seide in þe litil book bifore spokun.\nc1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)17/21 : Johan in his epistil seiþ, 'he þat loueþ not his neiʒbore whom he seeþ, how may he loue god whom he seeþ not?'\na1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)427 : Truly ye may truste, as I seide bifore, How of i vnce of syluer may siluer be no more.\na1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)26b/18 : By the thyngys þat bene said of postumes, a symple man may kun the natur..of postumes that bene gaderd of dyuerce humours.\nIn proverbs and prov. sayings.\na1200 PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)112 : Se þe last wot, he seið ofte mast; se þit al wot is stille.\na1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)119/462 : Ich holde hine for dote þat sayþ al his wille þanne he scholde beon stille.\nc1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)11465 : Nis noht al soþ ne al les þat many men seggeþ.\nc1390 Qween of heuene (Vrn)48 : Ʒif þou knowe ouʒt þat disese may, ffonde euur more to sey þe beste.\nc1390 Þe man þt luste (Vrn)12 : Hos seiþ þe soþe, he schal be schent.\n(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3598 : Sende the wise and sey no thyng.\n(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2286 : Ther is nothing seid so softe That it ne comth out ate laste.\na1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)49/13 : Ʒif þe fox do yuel, ʒutt men sayen wers by hym.\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.281 : Who-so seyth hem sothes is sonnest yblamed.\n(?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.2472 : To seyn the sothe a poore man mai be shent.\nc1460(a1449) Lydg.Cock (Hrl 2255)170 : Thynk mekyl & sey nought.\na1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2823 : The riche and myghty man, thogh he trespace, No man seith ones þat blak is his eye.\na1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)812 : Tyl man be dyth in dethys dow, He seyth neuere he hath inow.\nc1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)1.609 : Alle þing may not be seyd at ones.\n?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)17/27 : Who so usithe to speke moche, he saithe not euer trouthe.\n(?c1450) Say the best and (Cmb Hh.4.11)p.337 : Say the best and bere the softe; ontauʒt tunge greuith ofte.\na1456 Passe forþe (Ashm 59)p.72 : Sey neuer al þat which wolde þee soþe seme.\n(1461) Paston2.344 : Send a wiseman on thy erand and sey litell to hym.\n(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)444/9 : Hit may nat be false that all men sey.\nc1475(a1449) Lydg.Say Best (LdMisc 598)1 : Who seith the best shal neuer repent, A vertu callid of full grete reuerens.\nc1475 Prov.Wisd.(RwlPoet 32)104 : What euer þu þynk, say but lyte.\nc1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.118 : Hit ys cominly truye þat all men sayth.\na1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)526 : This your Counsell..Is better seid than done.\na1500 Se meche (Roy 2.D.37)1 : See much, sey lytill, and lerne to suffre in tyme.\nc1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1135-6 : Seie me, Locrin, saie me, læðe mon, saie me, þu ebare sot.\na1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)289/489-90 : Saie, losell, þou lies be þis light! Saie! þou rebalde! þou rekens vnright.\na1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)297/146 : Saie! beene venew in bone fay, Ne plesew et a parle remoy.\nc1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1280 : He cryde to hym yn despyte, 'Say, þou felaw yn whyt, Tell me what art þoü'\na1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)34 : Sey, thou horyson! ʒelde the, traytour!\na1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)248 : He..spake to the lioun, as he wer halfe in angere, 'Sey, sir! Jeo vous pri, have I-do, sir!'\nIn misc. phrases: (a) to ~, to be sure, indeed; -- used for rime and metrical filler; (b) with dialect vars. as doublets: seien and seggen, to affirm forcefully (that sth. would be done); seggen and seien saue, say completely (one's) say; seggen and seien ayen, oppose (sb.) vigorously in speech.\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)314 : 'Child, what wiltow lay?' 'Oʒain an hauke of noble air Tventi schillinges, to say.'\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1109 : Þer to þai alle sware, For þat lond fre he wan, Þat king he schuld be þare, To say, Ʒif he oliue ware After sir markes day.\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1682 : In iuel time, to sain, Þe drink was y wrouʒt.\nc1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3009 : Treuþe pliʒten þay, In wining and in tin..In ioie and in pin, In al þing, to say.\n?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)24779 : Bot serue þai walde iesum goddesson In stedefaste troght, so þai wer won, Vnder þar primate, þai sai and sege, And vse þar propre priuilege.\na1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)308/16 : Take hede..Tille I haue seggid and saide all my sawe.\na1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)323/98 : Agayne Sir Cesar hym selfe he segges and saies.\nIn names of allegorical characters; also, in names attributed to Pope Benedict XI.\nc1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)10.19 : Sire þouʒt he hatte, And haþ fyue faire sones be his furste wyf: Sire se wel & sey wel, [etc.].\nc1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.592 : Þanne shal ʒe se sey-soth-so-it-be-to-done-In-no-manere-ellis-nauʒte-for-no-mannes-biddynge.\n(a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)134/20-21 : I pray þe haue þis name: Sey-wel, Do-wel, and Be-good; Or ellis turne þi fame: Sey-euel, Do-euele, Be-cursed-and-wood.\na1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)128/29 : Him mæig his agen andgitt siggen fullice beo þysen; & eow læwedan mannen is þiss genoh, þeh ge þa deope digelnysse þær on ne cunnen.\na1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)124 : At his [St. Alban] arryvail, bi verray force & myht, Bi the prowesse of Cassibalan. Touchyng the titil, wer it wrong or riht, Off seid Cesar, deme euery maner wiht.\n(c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)28/32 : Þe seid inward sensitive comoun witt may kepe þe seid lijknessis…fro doom and knowyng of seyng witt.\nNote: acc. to MM - like a 'power' of the soul.