gedælan

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ dǣlan. Cognate with Old Saxon gidelian, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gadailjan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈdæː.lɑn/

Verb

ġedǣlan

1. to deal out, distribute, share
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
     ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
     ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
     dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
     in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
     carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
     over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
     a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġedǣlan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġedǣlan	ġedǣlenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġedǣle	ġedǣlde
second person singular	ġedǣlest, ġedǣlst	ġedǣldest
third person singular	ġedǣleþ, ġedǣlþ	ġedǣlde
plural	ġedǣlaþ	ġedǣldon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġedǣle	ġedǣlde
plural	ġedǣlen	ġedǣlden
imperative
singular	ġedǣl
plural	ġedǣlaþ
participle	present	past
	ġedǣlende	ġedǣled

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ġedǣlan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.