aleden

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ālǣdan, from ā- + lǣdan; equivalent to a- + leden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈlɛːdən/

Verb

aleden

  1. to take away
    • 1894, Bodleian Library. Manuscript. 343; Napier, Arthur S., History of the Holy Rood-tree: a twelfth century version of the cross-legend...
      Eala laford moyses sonæ swa ic þa ȝyrdan nimæn ⁊ hom awæȝ alæden slswa ðu me bede Ða wurdon hēo feringæ all fyrenne...
      Lo, lord moses, just as I was about to grab the rods and take them away, as you commanded me to do, they became all fiery...

Descendants

  • English: alead
  • Scots: alede

References

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