leed

See also: LEED and Leed

English

Etymology 1

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”). More at lede.

Noun

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.

Related terms

• lede

Etymology 2

From Middle English lede, led, leod, variant of Middle English leth, leoth (“song, poem”), from Old English lēoþ (“song, poem, ode, lay, verse”), from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song, lay, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to sound, resound, sing out”). Cognate with Dutch lied (“song”), German Lied (“song”).

Noun

leed (plural leeds)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
3. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Patter; rigmarole.

Related terms

• lied

Anagrams

• LEDE, deel, dele, lede

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

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

Noun

leed n (uncountable)

1. grief, sorrow
2. harm

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

leed (comparative leder, superlative leedst)

1. (Belgium) angry
2. sad

Inflection

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 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

leed

1. singular past indicative of lijden

Anagrams

• deel, dele, edel, lede

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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 terms

• Leed

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• lede, leod, leode, also leude, lude

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

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 2

Unknown

Noun

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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Spanish

Verb

leed

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