leed

See also: LEED and Leed

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English leed, lede, shortened variant of leden (“language”), from Old English lēoden (“popular or national language, native tongue”), from Old English lēod (“people, nation”). Cognate with Scots leid (“language”), Dutch lied (“song”), German Lied (“song”). More at lede.

NounEdit

leed (plural leeds)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
3. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
4. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
5. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
6. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Patter; rigmarole.

Related termsEdit

• lede

AnagramsEdit

• deel, dele, lede

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.

NounEdit

leed n (uncountable)

1. grief, sorrow
2. harm

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.

AdjectiveEdit

leed (comparative leder, superlative leedst)

1. (Belgium) angry
2. sad

InflectionEdit

Inflection of leed
uninflected	leed
inflected	lede
comparative	leder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		leed	leder	het leedst het leedste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	lede	ledere	leedste
	n. sing.	leed	leder	leedste
	plural	lede	ledere	leedste
definite		lede	ledere	leedste
partitive		leeds	leders	—

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

VerbEdit

leed

1. singular past indicative of lijden

AnagramsEdit

• deel, dele, edel, lede

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LuxembourgishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German leid. Cognate with German leid, Dutch leed.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /leːt/
• Rhymes: -eːt
• Homophone: Leed

AdverbEdit

leed

1. (in expressions) grievous; cumbersome

   Ech sinn et leed. — “I’m fed up with it.”

   Dat deet mer leed. — “I’m sorry.”

   Hatt deet mer leed. — “I pity her.”

Related termsEdit

• Leed

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• lede, leod, leode, also leude, lude

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English lēode (“people, men”), plural of lēod (“man, person”) (masc.), also “nation, people group, ethnicity, nationality” (fem.), akin to Old Frisian liod, Old Saxon liud, Old Norse ljóðr, lýðr, Old High German liut, Dutch lieden, German Leute (“people”). Akin to Old English lēodan (“to grow, spring forth”).

NounEdit

leed (plural common noun and collective noun, plural leeds or leeden)

1. People; persons collectively.
2. Countrymen, compatriots; vassals.
3. Man, person; human being.
4. Race, nation; nationality; kindred.

Etymology 2Edit

Unknown

NounEdit

leed

1. A copper kettle or caldron.
   • 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

     That stemed as a forneys of a leed

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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

leed

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of leer.