Obs. Forms: 1 líðan, 3 liðen, Orm. liþenn. Pa. t. 1 láð, 3 læð, lað, pl. liðe(n; also in weak form lið(e)de. Pa. pple. 3 iliðe(n. [OE. líðan, láð, liden = OS. líðan, OHG. lídan carry (MHG. lîden), ON. líða to travel (Sw. lida, Da. lide), Goth. (af-, ga-, us-)leiþan to go, f. Teut. root *lĭþ- (: *lāđ-, see LOAD sb.).] intr. To go, pass; in OE. esp. to go by sea, to sail.

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Beowulf, 221. Ða liðende land ʓesawon.

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c. 900.  trans. Bæda’s Hist., III. xiv. [xix.] (1890), 218. Þa forlet he þa mæʓðe & ofer sæ lað in Gallia rice.

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  c. 1200.  Ormin, 8434. Inntill whillc ende off all þatt land He badd himm þanne liþenn.

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c. 1205–75.  Lay. [passim: see Glossary].

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  Hence † Lithing ppl. a., of a ship, sailing.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 943. Alle þa liðinde scipen Þe on his londe beoð.

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