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meldian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
meldian, p. ode, ede.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
to declare, announce, tell
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  • Múþ habbaþ and ne meldiaþ wiht

    os habent, et non loquentur,

    • Ps. Th. 134, 16.
  • Hí sprecaþ unnyt sæcgeaþ and wóh meldiaþ

    pronuntiabunt et loquentur iniquitatem,

    • 93, 4.
  • Ælfréd cræft meldode

    Alfred displayed his art,

    • Bt. Met. Fox Introd. 4
    • ;
    • Met. Einl. 2.
  • Ic sceal mód meldian swá ðú mé beódest

    I must tell all my mind, as thou dost bid me,

    • Exon. 72 b
    • ;
    • Th. 270, 10
    • ;
    • Jul. 463.
  • Ongan meldigan ðone hálgan wer

    the devil began to tell who the holy man was,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2341
    • ;
    • An. 1172.
  • Ðá geneálǽhton má hine meldigende (

    declaring that Peter was with Jesus

    ),
    • Homl. Th. ii. 248, 32
    • .
to inform against, accuse
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  • Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan, ic swígade, nǽfre meldade monna ǽngum (

    never accused any man(?) or told no man ),

    • Exon. 126 a
    • ;
    • Th. 485, 17
    • ;
    • Rä. 71, 15.
  • Meldadun vel wroegdun

    defferuntur,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 17.
  • Meldedun,

    • 25, 26.

    Desequunt vel

    meldadan

    i. accusabant,

    • 139, 15.
  • Hé nolde meldian on his geféran ðe mid him sieredon

    he would not inform against his companions who had plotted with him,

    • Bt. 16, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 52, 20.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. meldón to declare, betray, proclaim
:
O. H. Ger. meldén, meldón prodere, deferre, producere
:
Ger. melden.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-meldian, meldan.
Linked entries
v.  a-meldian.
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