lǽdan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: weak verb (1)

1. to take, carry (away); 2. to lead, guide, conduct; 3. to produce, make; 4. to take, lift; to acquire; wíf lǽdan to take a wife, marry; fruman lǽdan to take (its) origin

Etymology

[Mod E LEAD ←Prot-Germ *laidjan-; O Fris lēda; O Sax lēdian; Dt leiden; OHG leiten (Mod G leiten); Icel leiða “to lead, conduct“ ← Prot-Germ *laidō n “leading, guidance; carrying“]

Paradigm

4.2.1 (a)

(a) with a short root vowel

I class	infinitive	past tense singular
to plough	erian	erede
to perform, commit	fremman	fremede

(b) with a long root vowel

I class	infinitive	past tense singular
to feed	fédan	fédde
to keep, observe	cépan	cépte
to send	sendan	sende

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