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Old English · verb

gelædan

Normalised ġelǣdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈlæː.dɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈlæː · dɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
derivelead

Meaning

  1. to lead

    Þū ūs clypast tō ūrunm weġe, and ūs ġelēdest tō þǣre dura and ūs ðā untȳnst,...

    Thou callest us back to our way, and leadest us to the door, and openest to us,...

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  2. to conduct, lead, derive, produce, bring out

  3. to bring to a particular condition

    On þǣm ġēare wurdon þā Gallie Rōmanum wiþerwearde, þe mon nū hǣt Longbeardas, ⁊ raþe þǣs heora folc tōgæddere ġelǣddon.

    In that year, the Gauls, who are now called Lombards, became hostile to Rome, and quickly brought their people together.

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

Conjugation

Conjugation of gelædan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġelǣdeġelǣdde
2nd singular ġelǣdestġelǣtstġelǣddest
3rd singular ġelǣdeþġelǣttġelǣtġelǣdde
Plural ġelǣdaþġelǣddon
Subjunctive
Singular ġelǣdeġelǣdde
Plural ġelǣdenġelǣdden
Non-finite forms of gelædan
Form
Infinitive ġelǣdan
Inflected infinitive ġelǣdenne
Imperative singular ġelǣd
Imperative plural ġelǣdaþ
Present participle ġelǣdende
Past participle ġelǣded

All forms (17)

Etymology

From ġe- + lǣdan. Cognate with Old High German gileiten (German geleiten).

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