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líðan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
líðan, p. láð
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §133; §225; §226; §239; §491;
To go [generally by sea], sail
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  • Ic tólíðe, ic líðe

    applicabo,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 54
      • .

  • Monnum biþ gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne [ǽrra Líða, June] on sǽs bryme,

    • Shrn. 88. 1.

  • Ða ðe sǽ séceaþ mid scipe líðaþ

    qui descendunt mare in navibus,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 22
      • .

  • Hé ofer sǽ láð in Gallia ríce

    navigavit Galliam,

    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 550, 1
      • :
    • Shrn. 60, 5
      • .

  • Se cyning sylfa and se hálga bisceop líðan on ðæt eálond

    rex ipse cum sanctissimo antistite insulam navigavit,

    • Bd. 4, 28
      • ;
    • S. 606, 12
      • .

  • Nú is ðon gelícost swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan,

    • Exon. 20 a
      • ;
    • Th. 53, 18
      • ;
    • Cri, 852
      • .

  • Líðan cymeþ

    comes sailing,

    • Exon. 90 b
      • ;
    • Th. 340, 11
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. l09
      • :
    • 108 b
      • ;
    • Th. 415, 23
      • ;
    • Rä. 34, 1
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 512
      • ;
    • An. 256
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 119
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 60
      • .

  • Liðendum wuda

    a ship,

    • Exon. 103 b
      • ;
    • Th. 392, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 11, 5
      • .

  • Ða líðende land gesáwon

    those sailing saw land,

    • Beo. Th. 447
      • ;
    • B. 221
      • .

  • Ðá wæs sund liden

    then was the sea passed

    [cf. Icel. líða as a transitive verb ]
    ,
    • Beo. Th. 452
      • ;
    • B. 223
      • .

  • Dóhtor mín eácen up liden

    my daughter, great and grown up[?],

    • Exon. l09 a
      • ;
    • Th. 416, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 34, 11
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-leiþan
:
O. Sax. líðan
:
Icel. líða
:
O. H. Ger. ga-lídan peregrinari, cedere, evanescere.
]
Derived forms
be-, for-, ge-, ofer-, tó-, ymb-líðan, brim-, eá-, heaðu-, mere-, sǽ-, scip-, wǽg-líðende,
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “líðan.” 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/21764.

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