meldian

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmel.di.ɑn/, [ˈmeɫ.di.ɑn]

Verb[edit]

meldian

  1. to inform; notify; report
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
      Hē nolde meldian on his ġefēran þe mid him sieredon ymb þone cyning.
      He wouldn't inform on his companions who had conspired with him against the king.
      Ðus ælfred us / ealdspell reahte, / cyning Westsexna, / cræft meldode, / leoðwyrhta list.
      Thus Alfred recounted old stories to us, king of the West Saxons, he declared his craft, the poet his art.
  2. to declare; announce

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  • Middle English: melden