eldertongue

Old English · verb

todælan

Normalised tōdǣlan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/toːˈdæː.lɑn/
Syllables
toː · ˈdæː · lɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
distributedispersedivide

Meaning

  1. to divide, separate, distribute, disperse

    Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.

    The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

    "The Wife's Lament"

Conjugation

Conjugation of todælan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tōdǣletōdǣlde
2nd singular tōdǣlesttōdǣlsttōdǣldest
3rd singular tōdǣleþtōdǣlþtōdǣlde
Plural tōdǣlaþtōdǣldon
Subjunctive
Singular tōdǣletōdǣlde
Plural tōdǣlentōdǣlden
Non-finite forms of todælan
Form
Infinitive tōdǣlan
Inflected infinitive tōdǣlenne
Imperative singular tōdǣl
Imperative plural tōdǣlaþ
Present participle tōdǣlende
Past participle tōdǣled

All forms (16)

Etymology

From tō- + dǣlan.

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