diedan

Old English

Alternative forms

• dȳdan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daudijan, from Proto-Germanic *daudijaną. Equivalent to dēad +‎ -an. Cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dauþjan) and Old Norse deyða.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi͜yː.dɑn/

Verb

dīedan

1. to kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of dīedan (weak class 1)

infinitive	dīedan	dīedenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	dīede	dīedde
second person singular	dīedest, dīetst	dīeddest
third person singular	dīedeþ, dīett, dīet	dīedde
plural	dīedaþ	dīeddon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	dīede	dīedde
plural	dīeden	dīedden
imperative
singular	dīed
plural	dīedaþ
participle	present	past
	dīedende	(ġe)dīeded

Derived terms

• adīedan

Descendants

• Middle English: deden, deaden

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dȳdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.