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where there is movement.
where the movement of the object is not the act of the subject,
to lead, bring, conduct.
the subject a person
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  • Ic þé út gelǽdde of Ægypta londe,

      Ll. Th. i. 44, 4.

  • Ðrió cnæhtas of ofone ðú gilǽddest (

    eduxisti

    ),
      Rtl. 101, 36.

  • Hé ús of hæftum hám gelǽdde,

      Sat. 553.

  • Hé hine gelǽdde ealle þá gemǽru,

      Cht. Th. 140, 21.

  • Se cyng geleádde ealle his sciphere tó Lægeceastre,

      Chr. 972; P. 119, 9.

  • Hié micle fierd tó Reádingum gelǽddon,

      871; P. 70, 15.

  • Þonne geméte gyt eoselan gesǽlede and hire folan; onsǽlaþ hié and tó mé gelǽdaþ,

      Bl. H. 69, 36.

  • Hé beforan þone cyning gelǽd wæs,

      Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 23.

  • Ðá wǽron hié gelǽdde fram his gesyhþe,

      Bl. H. 189, 36.
the subject a thing
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  • Folc wæs on lande; hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded,

      Exod. 567.
where the movement of the object is the act of the subject, to bring in the hands or in a receptacle,
carry, bear
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  • Ic Dauides horn deórne bringe, forð gelǽde

    producam cornu Dauid,

      Ps. Th. 131, 18.

  • Hwylce þinc gelǽdst (

    adducis

    ) þú ús?,
      Coll. M. 27, 5.

  • Hé (

    Noah) gelǽdde ofer lagustreámas máðmhorda mǽst (the contents of the ark ),

      Exod. 367.

  • Gé mec úp gelǽddon, ꝥ ic of lyfte londa getimbru geseón meahte,

      Gú. 455.

  • Onfóh ús mid eów on ꝥ scip, and gelǽdaþ ús on þá ceastre,

      Bl. H. 233, 8.

  • Hér wæs Sc̃e Óswaldes líc gelǽded (-lǽdd,

    v. l.

    ) of Beardanígge on
      Myrce, Chr. 909; P. 94, 31.

  • Geleád,

      1076; P. 213, 2.

  • Wæs máðma fela of feorwegum gelǽded,

      B. 37.

  • Wæs Gúðláces gǽst gelǽded on úpweg, englas feredon, Gú. 1279. (2 a) where the object is part of the subject :-- Sé ðe unscyldig in ðás wætre bond gisendes, hál hiá gilǽde (

    educat

    ),
      Rtl. 102, 37.
to bring to a position, condition, &c.
the subject a person
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  • Hé hine gelǽdeþ on éce forwyrd,

      Bl. H. 25, 14.

  • Ús tó hǽlo hýðe gelǽdde Godes gǽstsunu,

      Cri. 860.

  • Hé hine tó folcryhte gelǽde,

      Ll. Th. i. 204, 7: 284, 1.

  • Ꝥ hé ús gelǽde on þone gefeán his wuldres,

      Bl. H. 25, 29.

  • Ꝥ hé úre sáula gelǽde on gefeán,

      211, 8.

  • Tó deáðe hié þé willaþ gelǽdan, ac hí ne magon,

      237, 7.

  • Hié wǽron fram synnum álésde, and tó þǽm écean lífe gelǽdde,

      135, 5.
the subject a thing
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  • Hiera hátheortnes hié on færspild gelǽd (-lǽt,

    v. l.

    ),
      Past. 295, 20.

  • Seó forhæfdnes hine geclǽnsaþ and gelǽdeþ tó forgifnesse,

      Bl. H. 37, 15.
where the object is non-material.
to bring to the notice or knowledge of a person,
bring evidence, proof, &c.
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  • Hé gelǽdde ðone áð be fullan,

      Cht. Th. 171, 21.

  • Ꝥ hé gelǽdde ungeligne gewitnesse þæs,

      Ll. Th. i. 158, 19.

  • Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hyne tihte,

      Cht. Th. 373, 31.
to bring what affects or acts upon a person
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  • Ic brógan tó láðne gelǽde þám þe ic lífes ofonn,

      Jul. 377.

  • Tó Gúdláces gáste hý gelǽddun frásunga fela,

      Gú. 159.

  • Þá sweartan helle healdan sceolde sé þe be his heortan wuht láðes gelǽde, Gen. 531. (2 a)

    to bring

    to a thing :-- Swá is lár and ár tó spówendre sprǽce gelǽded,
      Gú. 593.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-leiten con-, de-, e-, in-ducere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lǽdan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48546.

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