gelædan
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ġe- + lǣdan. Cognate with Old High German gileiten (German geleiten).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ġelǣdan
- to lead
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Þū ūs clypast tō ūrunm weġe, and ūs ġelēdest tō þǣre dura and ūs ðā untȳnst,...
- Thou callest us back to our way, and leadest us to the door, and openest to us,...
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- to conduct, lead, derive, produce, bring out
- to bring to a particular condition
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- On þǣm ġēare wurdon þā Gallie Rōmanum wiþerwearde, þe mon nū hǣt Longbeardas, ⁊ raþe þǣs heora folc tōgæddere ġelǣddon.
- In that year, the Gauls, who are now called Lombards, became hostile to Rome, and quickly brought their people together.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ġelǣdan (weak class 1)
infinitive | ġelǣdan | ġelǣdenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġelǣde | ġelǣdde |
second person singular | ġelǣdest, ġelǣtst | ġelǣddest |
third person singular | ġelǣdeþ, ġelǣtt, ġelǣt | ġelǣdde |
plural | ġelǣdaþ | ġelǣddon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġelǣde | ġelǣdde |
plural | ġelǣden | ġelǣdden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġelǣd | |
plural | ġelǣdaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġelǣdende | ġelǣded |