aleden

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ālǣdan, from ā- +‎ lǣdan; equivalent to a- +‎ leden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɛːdən/

Verb

aleden

1. to take away
   • 1894, Bodleian Library. Manuscript. 343; Napier, Arthur S., History of the Holy Rood-tree: a twelfth century version of the cross-legend...

     Eala laford moyses sonæ swa ic þa ȝyrdan nimæn ⁊ hom awæȝ alæden slswa ðu me bede Ða wurdon hēo feringæ all fyrenne...

     Lo, lord moses, just as I was about to grab the rods and take them away, as you commanded me to do, they became all fiery...

Descendants

• English: alead
• Scots: alede

References

• “alēden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.