gelædan

From ġe- +‎ lǣdan. Cognate with Old High German gileiten (German geleiten).

• IPA^(key): /jeˈlæː.dɑn/

ġelǣdan

1. 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,...

2. to conduct, lead, derive, produce, bring out
3. 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.