Participles
| Present | ealdiende |
| Past | (ġe)ealdod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ealdiġe |
| 2nd sing. | ealdast |
| 3rd sing. | ealdaþ |
| 1st plur. | ealdiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ealdiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ealdiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ealdode |
| 2nd sing. | ealdodest |
| 3rd sing. | ealdode |
| 1st plur. | ealdodon |
| 2nd plur. | ealdodon |
| 3rd plur. | ealdodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ealdiġe |
| 2nd sing. | ealdiġe |
| 3rd sing. | ealdiġe |
| 1st plur. | ealdiġen |
| 2nd plur. | ealdiġen |
| 3rd plur. | ealdiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ealdode |
| 2nd sing. | ealdode |
| 3rd sing. | ealdode |
| 1st plur. | ealdoden |
| 2nd plur. | ealdoden |
| 3rd plur. | ealdoden |
Imperative
| Singular | ealda |
| Plural | ealdiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'ealdian'
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)
Verbs similar to 'ealdian'
bealdian,
cealdian,
ealgian,
eardian,
andian,
badian,
bealcian,
calian,
cealfian,
ceallian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aldēn. Equivalent to eald (“old”) + -ian.
Sample Sentences
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Witodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bið ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð sēo sunne, and ðǣs ealdiġendan mannes mæġen bið waniġende. Sēo endlyfte tīd bið sēo forwerode ealdnyss, þām dēaðe ġenēalǣċende, swā swā sēo sunne setlunge ġenēalǣhð on þǣs dæġes ġeendunge. (Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down, as the aging man's strength is waning. The eleventh hour is worn-out old age, approaching death, like the sun approaches its setting at the end of the day.)
Cognates
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