leodan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *leudan.

Cognates

Cognates include Old Saxon liodan, Old High German liotan, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (liudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Persian: رستن (rostan), Albanian lind (“to be born, to spring”) < lej (“to generate, produce, give birth to”), Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free, freeman”), Latin liber (“free”), Old Irish luss (“plant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈle͜oː.dɑn/

Verb

lēodan

  1. to grow
    • 10th century, Junius manuscript‎[1], Genesis A, line 985:
      Of ðam twige siððan ludon laðwende leng swa swiðor reðe wæstme
      From that twig have grown evil and terrible fruit ever since for a very long time
      [An allusion to the consequences of Cain's fratricide against Abel.]

Conjugation

Conjugation of lēodan (strong, class II)
infinitive lēodan lēodenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular lēode lēad
second person singular līetst lude
third person singular līett, līet lēad
plural lēodaþ ludon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular lēode lude
plural lēoden luden
imperative
singular lēod
plural lēodaþ
participle present past
lēodende (ġe)loden
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