Participles
| Present | lǣdende |
| Past | (ġe)lǣded |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | lǣde |
| 2nd sing. | lǣdest; lǣtst |
| 3rd sing. | lǣdeþ; lǣtt; lǣt |
| 1st plur. | lǣdaþ |
| 2nd plur. | lǣdaþ |
| 3rd plur. | lǣdaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | lǣdde |
| 2nd sing. | lǣddest |
| 3rd sing. | lǣdde |
| 1st plur. | lǣddon |
| 2nd plur. | lǣddon |
| 3rd plur. | lǣddon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | lǣde |
| 2nd sing. | lǣde |
| 3rd sing. | lǣde |
| 1st plur. | lǣden |
| 2nd plur. | lǣden |
| 3rd plur. | lǣden |
Past
| 1st sing. | lǣdde |
| 2nd sing. | lǣdde |
| 3rd sing. | lǣdde |
| 1st plur. | lǣdden |
| 2nd plur. | lǣdden |
| 3rd plur. | lǣdden |
Verbs conjugated like 'lædan'
lædan,
Verbs similar to 'lædan'
alædan,
bædan,
læcan,
læfan,
lænan,
læran,
lætan,
læwan,
rædan,
ælan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną, causative of *līþaną (“to go, depart, travel”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to leave, depart, die”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēda, Old Saxon lēdian, Old High German leiten, Old Norse leiða. See: Proto-Germanic '
*laidijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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On þām ġefeohte ēac swylċe Ðēodbald Æþelfriþes brōþor was ofslæġen mid ealle þȳ weorode þe hē lǣdde. (Likewise in that battle Theodbald, Aethelfrith's brother, was slain with the whole army that he led.)
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Wonders of the East
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Ðā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað. (Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, and leave the males there.)
Cognates
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