eldertongue

Old English · verb

meldian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈmel.di.ɑn/
[ˈmeɫ.di.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈmel · di · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
meldnotifyinform

Meaning

  1. to inform; notify; report

    Hē nolde meldian on his ġefēran þe mid him sieredon ymb þone cyning. He wouldn't inform on his companions who had conspired with him against the king. Ðus ælfred us / ealdspell reahte, / cyning Westsexna, / cræft meldode, / leoðwyrhta list.

    Thus Alfred recounted old stories to us, king of the West Saxons, he declared his craft, the poet his art.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

  2. to declare; announce

Conjugation

Conjugation of meldian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular meldiġemeldode
2nd singular meldastmeldodest
3rd singular meldaþmeldode
Plural meldiaþmeldodon
Subjunctive
Singular meldiġemeldode
Plural meldiġenmeldoden
Non-finite forms of meldian
Form
Infinitive meldian
Inflected infinitive meldienne
Imperative singular melda
Imperative plural meldiaþ
Present participle meldiende
Past participle meldodġemeldod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.

Descendants

meld

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