maþelian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maþlōną. Cognate with Old Frisian -melia, Old Saxon mahlon and mahlian, Old Dutch malthon, Old High German mahalon (“accuse”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑðeliɑn/

Verb

maþelian

  1. (poetic) to speak, declare, speak out, declaim
    Wulfgar maðelode to his winedrihtne. Wulfgar spoke to his lord. (Beowulf, l. 360)

Conjugation
Conjugation of maþelian (weak class 2)
infinitive maþelian tō maþelienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular maþelie
maþeliġe		 maþelode
2nd-person singular maþelast maþelodest
3rd-person singular maþelaþ maþelode
plural maþeliaþ
maþeliġaþ		 maþelodon
subjunctive present past
singular maþelie
maþeliġe		 maþelode
plural maþelien
maþeliġen		 maþeloden
imperative
singular maþela
plural maþeliaþ
maþeliġaþ
participle present past
maþeliende
maþeliġende		 (ġe)maþelod

See also

Descendants
  • Middle English: mathel
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