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Old English · verb

bedælan

Normalised bedǣlan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/beˈdæː.lɑn/
Syllables
be · ˈdæː · lɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
bedealaccdatdeprive

Meaning

  1. to deprive (+ acc someone) (+ dat of something)

    oft earmċeariġ, · ēðle bidǣled, frēomǣgum feor, · feterum sǣlan,

    Like I should my heart, oft wretched, bereft of homeland, far from noble kinsmen, bind with fetters,

    Swā iċ mōdsefan · mīnne sceōlde,

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedælan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bedǣlebedǣlde
2nd singular bedǣlestbedǣlstbedǣldest
3rd singular bedǣleþbedǣlþbedǣlde
Plural bedǣlaþbedǣldon
Subjunctive
Singular bedǣlebedǣlde
Plural bedǣlenbedǣlden
Non-finite forms of bedælan
Form
Infinitive bedǣlan
Inflected infinitive bedǣlenne
Imperative singular bedǣl
Imperative plural bedǣlaþ
Present participle bedǣlende
Past participle bedǣled

All forms (16)

Etymology

From be- + dǣlan. Cognate with Old Saxon bidēlian, Old High German biteilen.

Descendants

bedeal

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