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ge-lǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-lǽdan, -lédan; part. -lǽdende; he -lǽdeþ, -lǽdt, -lǽt, pl. -lǽdaþ; p. ic, he -lǽdde, ðú -lǽddest, pl. -lǽddon; impert. -lǽd, pl. -lǽdaþ; subj. pres. -lǽðe, pl. -lǽden; pp. -lǽded, -lǽdd, -lǽd
To lead, conduct, bear, bring, derive, bring out, bring forth, produce, bring up; dūcĕre, dedūcĕre, ăgĕre, indūcĕre, deferre, perferre, derīvāre, edūcĕre, prodūcĕre, edŭcāre
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  • He wile folc gelǽdan in dreáma dreám

    he will lead the people into joy of joys,

    • Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 579 : 73 b; Th. 274, 13
      • ;
    • Jul. 532
      • .

  • Gelǽdende híg nítenum

    prodūcens fænum jumentis,

    • Ps. Spl. 103, 15
      • .

  • Ic gelǽde

    derīvo,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 46; Wrt. Voc. 39, 30
      • .

  • Me engel to ealle gelǽdeþ spówende spéd

    an angel will bring to me all prosperous success,

    • Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 224 : 33 b; Th. 107, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 56
      • .

  • Ðe to lífe gelǽdt

    quæ dūcit ad vītam,

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 14
      • .

  • Ðe to forspillednesse gelǽt

    quæ dūcit ad perdĭtiōnem,

    • 7, 13
      • .

  • Ða ðe feorran ðiðer feorh gelǽdaþ

    they who lead their life thither from afar,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 564
      • ;
    • An. 282
      • .

  • Ðú gelǽddest me

    deduxisti me.

    • Ps. Spl. 60, 3
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 114, 8
      • .

  • Moyses fyrde gelǽdde

    Moses led the march,

    • Cd. 145; Th. 181, 17
      • ;
    • Exod. 62 : 162; Th. 203, 2
      • ;
    • Exod. 397
      • .

  • He gelǽdde me

    edŭcāvit me,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 22, 2
      • .

  • Ðæt gé on fára folc feorh gelǽddon

    that ye would lead your life among a hostile people,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 860
      • ;
    • An. 430
      • .

  • Gelǽd me on rihtwísnesse ðínre

    deduc me in justĭtia tua,

    • Ps. Lamb. 5, 9 : 138, 23
      • .

  • Ne gelǽd ðú us on costnunge

    ne nos indūcas in tentātiōnem,

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 13
      • .

  • Ðæt ðú gelǽde hláf of eorþan

    ut edūcas pānem de terra,

    • Ps. Spl. 103, 16
      • .

  • His líchoma wæs to Turnum gelǽded

    corpus Turōnis delātum,

    • Bd. 4, 18; S. 587, 9, 12
      • .

  • He wæs gelǽdd óþ ða þriddan heofonan

    he was led to the third heaven,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 2, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 232, 26
      • .

  • He wæs fram Háligum Gástum gelǽd on sumum wéstene

    ăgēbātur a spīrĭtu in desertum,

    • Lk. Bos, 4, 1
      • :
    • Chr. 693; Erl. 43, 19
      • .
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v.  ge-lǽt ge-lédan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lǽdan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14890.

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