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Old English · verb

gedælan

Normalised ġedǣlan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈdæː.lɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈdæː · lɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
distributedeal

Meaning

  1. to deal out, distribute, share

    ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

    proud by the wall. The war took away some men, carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death; a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

    wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

Conjugation

Conjugation of gedælan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġedǣleġedǣlde
2nd singular ġedǣlestġedǣlstġedǣldest
3rd singular ġedǣleþġedǣlþġedǣlde
Plural ġedǣlaþġedǣldon
Subjunctive
Singular ġedǣleġedǣlde
Plural ġedǣlenġedǣlden
Non-finite forms of gedælan
Form
Infinitive ġedǣlan
Inflected infinitive ġedǣlenne
Imperative singular ġedǣl
Imperative plural ġedǣlaþ
Present participle ġedǣlende
Past participle ġedǣled

All forms (16)

Etymology

From ġe- + dǣlan. Cognate with Old Saxon gidelian, Gothic (gadailjan).

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