From Proto-West Germanic *leudan.
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”).
lēodan
| infinitive | lēodan | lēodenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | lēode | lēad |
| second person singular | līetst | lude |
| third person singular | līett, līet | lēad |
| plural | lēodaþ | ludon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | lēode | lude |
| plural | lēoden | luden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | lēod | |
| plural | lēodaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| lēodende | (ġe)loden | |