leed
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English 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 leed (“language”). More at lede.
NounEdit
leed (plural leeds)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
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Etymology 2Edit
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”).
NounEdit
leed (plural leeds)
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) Patter; rigmarole.
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Etymology 3Edit
See lede.
NounEdit
leed (plural lede)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”)
- p. 1544, “fflodden ffeilde”, in John W[esley] Hales, Frederick J[ames] Furnivall, [Francis James] Child, W[illiam] Chappell [et al.], editors, Bishop Percy’s Folio Manuscript. Ballads and Romances, volume I, London: N[icholas] Trübner & Co., […], published 1867, OCLC 885426428, lines 9–12, page 318:
- & after to callice hee [Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey] arriued, / like a noble Leed of high degree, / & then to Turwin soone he hyed, / there he thought to haue found King Henery; […]
Etymology 4Edit
See lead.
VerbEdit
leed
- Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą, related to *laiþaz (“loath”).
NounEdit
leed n (uncountable)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþ, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.
AdjectiveEdit
leed (comparative leder, superlative leedst)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of leed | ||||
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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 corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
leed
AnagramsEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German leit, from Old High German leid. Cognate with German leid, Dutch leed.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
leed
- (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.”
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Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
leed
- Alternative form of lede (“people”)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
leed
- Alternative form of led (“lead”)
- 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
- That stemed as a forneys of a leed
- 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
ScotsEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English lede, reduced form of leden, leoden (“language”), from Old English lēoden (“national language", literally, "of the people”), from Old English lēode (“people”). More at lede.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
leed (plural leeds)
Usage notesEdit
- Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically:
- A daena speak the leed.
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
leed
YolaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English led, from Old English lēad, from Proto-West Germanic *laud.
NounEdit
leed
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 52