said

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English

Alternative forms

• saide, sayde, seyde (obsolete)
• sayed (nonstandard)
• sed (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕd, IPA^(key): /sɛd/
• Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

said

1. simple past tense and past participle of say

Adjective

said (not comparable)

1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

Translations

Determiner

said

1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

Translations

See also

• Said for proper noun sense

Anagrams

• AIDS, Aids, Dais, IADS, IADs, aids, dais, daïs, sadi, sida

Estonian

Verb

said

1. Second-person singular past form of saama.
2. Third-person plural past form of saama.

Middle English

Verb

said

1. Alternative form of seide

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) seit
• (Sutsilvan) set
• (Surmiran) seid

Etymology

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).

Noun

said f

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) thirst