Participles
| Present | lēodende |
| Past | (ġe)loden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | lēode |
| 2nd sing. | līetst |
| 3rd sing. | līett; līet |
| 1st plur. | lēodaþ |
| 2nd plur. | lēodaþ |
| 3rd plur. | lēodaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | lēad |
| 2nd sing. | lude |
| 3rd sing. | lēad |
| 1st plur. | ludon |
| 2nd plur. | ludon |
| 3rd plur. | ludon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | lēode |
| 2nd sing. | lēode |
| 3rd sing. | lēode |
| 1st plur. | lēoden |
| 2nd plur. | lēoden |
| 3rd plur. | lēoden |
Past
| 1st sing. | lude |
| 2nd sing. | lude |
| 3rd sing. | lude |
| 1st plur. | luden |
| 2nd plur. | luden |
| 3rd plur. | luden |
Imperative
| Singular | lēod |
| Plural | lēodaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'leodan'
leodan,
Verbs similar to 'leodan'
beodan,
lendan,
leogan,
leoran,
reodan,
þeodan,
abeodan,
aþeodan,
bendan,
bledan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *leudan.
2. Cognates
3. Cognates include Old Saxon liodan, Old High German liotan, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (liudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Persian: رستن (rostan), Albanian lind (“to be born, to spring”) < lej (“to generate, produce, give birth to”), Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free, freeman”), Latin liber (“free”), Old Irish luss (“plant”). See: Old High German 'liotan'.
Sample Sentences
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Of ðam twige siððan ludon laðwende leng swa swiðor reðe wæstme (From that twig have grown evil and terrible fruit ever since for a very long time) [10th century, Junius manuscript, Genesis A, line 985:]
Cognates
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