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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *leudan.
Cognates
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”).
Pronunciation
Verb
lēodan
- to grow
- Of ðam twige ludon reðe wæstme ― from that branch sprang dire fruits. (Genesis A)
Conjugation