geondleccan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġindleċċan

Etymology

Equivalent to ġeond- +‎ leċċan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je͜ondˈlet.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

ġeondleċċan

1. (transitive, accusative) to water, irrigate
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

     Gif hē hine of flōdum Godes wordes gindlecþ.

     If he irrigates him(self) with floods of God's word...

2. (transitive, accusative) to wet or moisten thoroughly
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

     Geondleccende muntas of heora uferum dǣlum.

     Thoroughly wetting mountains from their upper parts.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeondleċċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġeondleċċan	ġeondleċċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeondleċċe	ġeondleahte
second person singular	ġeondleċest	ġeondleahtest
third person singular	ġeondleċeþ	ġeondleahte
plural	ġeondleċċaþ	ġeondleahton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeondleċċe	ġeondleahte
plural	ġeondleċċen	ġeondleahten
imperative
singular	ġeondleċe
plural	ġeondleċċaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeondleċċende	ġeondleaht

Derived terms

• ġeondleċċing f (“watering, irrigation”)

References

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