Be-secgan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

be-secgan

p. -sægde, -sǽde, pl. -sægdon, -sǽdon; pp. -sægd, -sǽd [be, secgan to answer] To defend; defendere :-- Him wæs lýfnesse scald, ðæt he him móste scyldan and besecgan on andweardnesse his gesacena leave was given him, that he might shield and defend himself in the presence of his accusers, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 11.

Related words: be-reccan. be-secgan