gelædan

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈlæː.dɑn/

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġelǣdan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġelǣdan	ġelǣdenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġelǣde	ġelǣdde
second person singular	ġelǣdest, ġelǣtst	ġelǣddest
third person singular	ġelǣdeþ, ġelǣtt, ġelǣt	ġelǣdde
plural	ġelǣdaþ	ġelǣddon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġelǣde	ġelǣdde
plural	ġelǣden	ġelǣdden
imperative
singular	ġelǣd
plural	ġelǣdaþ
participle	present	past
	ġelǣdende	ġelǣded