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
   • Of ðam twige ludon reðe wæstme ― from that branch sprang dire fruits. (Genesis A)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lēodan (strong class 2)

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