Participles
| Present | ġelæċċende |
| Past | ġelǣht |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġelæċċe |
| 2nd sing. | ġelæċest |
| 3rd sing. | ġelæċeþ |
| 1st plur. | ġelæċċaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġelæċċaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġelæċċaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġelǣhte |
| 2nd sing. | ġelǣhtest |
| 3rd sing. | ġelǣhte |
| 1st plur. | ġelǣhton |
| 2nd plur. | ġelǣhton |
| 3rd plur. | ġelǣhton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġelæċċe |
| 2nd sing. | ġelæċċe |
| 3rd sing. | ġelæċċe |
| 1st plur. | ġelæċċen |
| 2nd plur. | ġelæċċen |
| 3rd plur. | ġelæċċen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġelǣhte |
| 2nd sing. | ġelǣhte |
| 3rd sing. | ġelǣhte |
| 1st plur. | ġelǣhten |
| 2nd plur. | ġelǣhten |
| 3rd plur. | ġelǣhten |
Imperative
| Singular | ġelæċe |
| Plural | ġelæċċaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'gelæccan'
gelæccan,
Verbs similar to 'gelæccan'
gelacan,
gelædan,
gelæfan,
gelæran,
gelæstan,
gelecgan,
gelician,
gereccan,
læccan,
slæccan,
Etymology
From ge- + læċċan.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ wille wyrd ġelæċċan be þǣre þrotan. (I want to seize fate by the throat.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
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Þā sē enġel ġelǣhte hine be þām feaxe and hine bær tō Babylōne. (Then the angel grabbed him by the hair and carried him to Babylon.)
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Hē wolde Wulnōþ ġelæċċan cwicne oþþe dēadne. [Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 1009]
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "St. Gregory the Great, Pope of Rome"
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Þæs cāseres hēahġerēfa Germānus ġelǣhte þone pistol æt Gregories ǣrendracan and hine tōtær. (The emperor's prefect Germanus snatched the letter out of Gregory's messenger's hand and tore it to pieces.)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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ðā Drihten ārǣrde miċelne wind, and sē ġelǣhte ealne þone līġ, and ābǣr hine tō ðǣs cyninges botle, swā þæt him ne belǣfde nān þing unforburnen, and hē sylf earfoðlīċe þām fȳre ætbærst. (The Lord rose up a great wind, and it caught all the flame, and bore it to the king's dwelling, so that nothing unburnt to him remained, and he himself escaped from the fire with difficulty.)
Cognates
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