grædan
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]grǣdan
- to cry, call out
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24[1]:
- Iċ eom wunderliċu wiht, wrǣsne mīne stefne, hwīlum beorce swā hund, hwīlum blǣte swā gāt, hwīlum grǣde swā gōs, hwīlum ġielle swā hafoc,…
- I am a wonderful thing, change my voice, sometimes bark like a hound, sometimes bleat like a goat, sometimes cry like a goose, sometimes yell like a hawk,…
- to crow
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of grǣdan (weak class 1)
| infinitive | grǣdan | grǣdenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | grǣde | grǣdde |
| second person singular | grǣdest, grǣtst | grǣddest |
| third person singular | grǣdeþ, grǣtt, grǣt | grǣdde |
| plural | grǣdaþ | grǣddon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | grǣde | grǣdde |
| plural | grǣden | grǣdden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | grǣd | |
| plural | grǣdaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| grǣdende | (ġe)grǣded | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: greden
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grǣdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.