leed
English
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
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.
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)
- (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.
Related terms
- lied
Etymology 3
See lede.
Noun
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; […]
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Etymology 4
See lead.
Verb
leed
- Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).
Anagrams
- Deel, LEDE, deel, dele, lede
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą, related to *laiþaz (“loath”).
Noun
leed n (uncountable)
- grief, sorrow
- harm
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþ, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.
Adjective
leed (comparative leder, superlative leedst)
- (Belgium) angry
- 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 corresponding lemma form.
Verb
leed
- singular past indicative of lijden
Anagrams
- deel, dele, edel, lede
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German leit, from Old High German leid. Cognate with German leid, Dutch leed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leːt/
- Rhymes: -eːt
- Homophone: Leed
Adverb
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.”
Related terms
- Leed
Middle English
Noun
leed
- Alternative form of lede (“people”)
Noun
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
Scots
Alternative forms
- lede, leid, led, leide, leyd, leyde, leit
Alternative forms
- leid, lied
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːd/
Noun
leed (plural leeds)
- language
Usage notes
- Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically:
- A daena speak the leed.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈed/ [leˈeð̞]
- Rhymes: -ed
- Syllabification: le‧ed
Verb
leed
- second-person plural imperative of leer
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English led, from Old English lēad, from Proto-West Germanic *laud.
Noun
leed
- lead
References
- 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