aleden
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English ālǣdan, from ā- + lǣdan; equivalent to a- + leden.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
aleden
- to take away
- 1894, Bodleian Library. Manuscript. 343; Napier, Arthur S., History of the Holy Rood-tree: a twelfth century version of the cross-legend...
- Eala laford moyses sonæ swa ic þa ȝyrdan nimæn ⁊ hom awæȝ alæden slswa ðu me bede Ða wurdon hēo feringæ all fyrenne...
- Lo, lord moses, just as I was about to grab the rods and take them away, as you commanded me to do, they became all fiery...
- 1894, Bodleian Library. Manuscript. 343; Napier, Arthur S., History of the Holy Rood-tree: a twelfth century version of the cross-legend...
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “alēden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.