Old English · verb

sendan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈsen.dɑn/
Syllables: ˈsen · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: send

Meaning

to send

Ða sende se cyng to þam flotan Leofsig ealdorman.

Then the king sent alderman Leofsig to the fleet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sendan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	sende	sende
2nd singular	sendest senst sentst	sendest
3rd singular	sendeþ sent	sende
Plural	sendaþ	sendon
Subjunctive
Singular	sende	sende
Plural	senden	senden

Non-finite forms of sendan
	Form
Infinitive	sendan
Inflected infinitive	sendenne
Imperative singular	send
Imperative plural	sendaþ
Present participle	sendende
Past participle	sended ġesended

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian senda, Old Saxon sendian, Dutch zenden, Old High German sendan (German senden), Old Norse senda (Swedish sända), Gothic (sandjan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Welsh hynt (“path”), Lithuanian siusti (“send”).

Descendants

send

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