leed
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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 leed (“language”). More at lede.
NounEdit
leed (plural leeds)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
- (Britain 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)
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Patter; rigmarole.
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AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.
NounEdit
leed n (uncountable)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.
AdjectiveEdit
leed (comparative leder, superlative leedst)
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
AnagramsEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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
Alternative formsEdit
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)
- People; persons collectively.
- Countrymen, compatriots; vassals.
- Man, person; human being.
- Race, nation; nationality; kindred.
Etymology 2Edit
Unknown
NounEdit
leed
- A copper kettle or caldron.
- 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
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
From earlier leed, 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.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
leed (plural leeds)
Usage notesEdit
- Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically:
- A daena speak the leed.
SpanishEdit
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, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN