meldian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of meldian

Infinitive

meldian
meldienne

Participles

Presentmeldiende
Past(ġe)meldod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.meldiġe
2nd sing.meldast
3rd sing.meldaþ
1st plur.meldiaþ
2nd plur.meldiaþ
3rd plur.meldiaþ

Past

1st sing.meldode
2nd sing.meldodest
3rd sing.meldode
1st plur.meldodon
2nd plur.meldodon
3rd plur.meldodon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.meldiġe
2nd sing.meldiġe
3rd sing.meldiġe
1st plur.meldiġen
2nd plur.meldiġen
3rd plur.meldiġen

Past

1st sing.meldode
2nd sing.meldode
3rd sing.meldode
1st plur.meldoden
2nd plur.meldoden
3rd plur.meldoden

Imperative

Singularmelda
Pluralmeldiaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'meldian'

cnossian, hwisprian, hwistlian, sagian, sacian, sadian, solian, siwian, sipian, yrsian, myrþrian, fuglian, fundian, fulwian, fullian, leornian, borcian, borgian, beorhtian, wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.

Verbs referencing "meldian"

Low Saxon mellen.

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  • Hē nolde meldian on his ġefēran þe mid him sieredon ymb þone cyning.
  • He wouldn't inform on his companions who had conspired with him against the king.
  • Ðus ælfred us / ealdspell reahte, / cyning Westsexna, / cræft meldode, / leoðwyrhta list. (Thus Alfred recounted old stories to us, king of the West Saxons, he declared his craft, the poet his art.)

Cognates

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