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Old English · verb

leodan

Normalised lēodan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈle͜oː.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈle͜oː · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
grow

Meaning

  1. to grow

    Of ðam twige siððan ludon laðwende leng swa swiðor reðe wæstme

    From that twig have grown evil and terrible fruit ever since for a very long time

    10th century, Junius manuscript, Genesis A, line 985:

Conjugation

Conjugation of leodan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular lēodelēad
2nd singular līetstlude
3rd singular līettlīetlēad
Plural lēodaþludon
Subjunctive
Singular lēodelude
Plural lēodenluden
Non-finite forms of leodan
Form
Infinitive lēodan
Inflected infinitive lēodenne
Imperative singular lēod
Imperative plural lēodaþ
Present participle lēodende
Past participle lodenġeloden

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *leudan. Cognates Cognates include Old Saxon liodan, Old High German liotan, Gothic (liudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Persian: رستن (rostan), Albanian lind (“to be born, to spring”) < lej (“to generate, produce, give birth to”), Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free, freeman”), Latin liber (“free”), Old Irish luss (“plant”).

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