todælan

Old English

Etymology

From tō- +‎ dǣlan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈdæː.lɑn/

Verb

tōdǣlan

1. to divide, separate, distribute, disperse
   • "The Wife's Lament"

     Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.

     The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

   • c. 1154, Peterborough Chronicle‎^[1]:

     Þā wæs Engla land swīðe tōdǣled.

     Back then, England was very divided.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tōdǣlan (weak class 1)

infinitive	tōdǣlan	tōdǣlenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tōdǣle	tōdǣlde
second person singular	tōdǣlest, tōdǣlst	tōdǣldest
third person singular	tōdǣleþ, tōdǣlþ	tōdǣlde
plural	tōdǣlaþ	tōdǣldon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tōdǣle	tōdǣlde
plural	tōdǣlen	tōdǣlden
imperative
singular	tōdǣl
plural	tōdǣlaþ
participle	present	past
	tōdǣlende	tōdǣled

Derived terms

• untōdǣledlīċ

Descendants

• Middle English: todelen