tolætan

Old English

Etymology

From tō- +‎ lǣtan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈlæː.tɑn/

Verb

tōlǣtan

1. to let go in different directions
2. to make go in different ways
3. to disperse
4. to release, relax

Conjugation

Conjugation of tōlǣtan (strong class 7)

infinitive	tōlǣtan	tōlǣtenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tōlǣte	tōlēt, tōleort
second person singular	tōlǣtst	tōlēte, tōleorte
third person singular	tōlǣtt, tōlǣt	tōlēt, tōleort
plural	tōlǣtaþ	tōlēton, tōleorton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tōlǣte	tōlēte, tōleorte
plural	tōlǣten	tōlēten, tōleorten
imperative
singular	tōlǣt
plural	tōlǣtaþ
participle	present	past
	tōlǣtende	tōlǣten

Derived terms

• tōlǣtennes f (“forsakenness, a giving up”)

Related terms

• untōlǣtendlīċe (“unremittingly”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “TŌLǢTAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.