lede
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative spellings
[edit] Etymology
Mid-20th century neologism from a deliberate misspelling of lead (reverting to its archaic, phonetic spelling – compare Middle English below), intended to avoid confusion with its homograph meaning a strip of type metal used for positioning type in the frame.[1]
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[edit] Noun
lede (plural ledes)
- (US, journalism, jargon) The introductory paragraph(s) of a newspaper or other article. (Usage is “customary in many editorial rooms”.)
[edit] Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] Usage notes
Usage seems mostly confined to the U.S.[2] Journalistic usage noted as “sometimes spelled” in 1959, “often spelled” in 1969, and asserted in the 1979 reprint of a 1974 book (compare Citations page below). Jargon not listed in regular dictionaries.[3][1]
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[edit] References
- William Safire (1990), "On Language; (HED) Folo My Lede (UNHED)", New York Times, November 18, 1990, Nytimes.com
- WOTD (2000), "The Maven's Word of the Day: lede", November 28, 2000, www.randomhouse.com
- Notes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WOTD 2000
- ^ Current citations are from U.S. sources. The only occurrence found in 2008 on The Guardian website is made by the “editor of Guardian America”, saying “The lede (as we spell it) story in today’s NYT is ...” on his op/ed blog. Other occurrences on .co.uk sites all quote the lead/lede Wikipedia articles.
- ^ Safire 1990: "You will not find this spelling in dictionaries; it is still an insiders' variant, steadily growing in frequency of use. [...] Will lede break out of its insider status and find its way into general use? [...] To suggest this is becoming standard would be misledeing"
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[edit] Danish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /leːdə/, [ˈleːðə]
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old Norse leiða.
[edit] Noun
lede c. (singular definite leden, not used in plural form)
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[edit] Etymology 2
See led (“disgusting”).
[edit] Adjective
lede
[edit] Etymology 3
From Old Norse leiða (“to lead”).
[edit] Verb
lede (imperative led, present leder, past ledede or ledte, past participle ledet or ledt, present participle ledende)
[edit] Etymology 4
From Old Norse leita (“seek, search”)
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lede (imperative led, infinitive at lede, present tense leder, past tense ledte, past participle har ledt)
[edit] Dutch
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lede
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[edit] Galician
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lede
- second-person plural imperative of ler.
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
lede
- third-person singular indicative present of ledere
[edit] Middle English
[edit] Noun
lede
- Middle English variant of leod, leed "person; nation; people"
- Middle English variant of lead, in both senses and pronunciations.
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lede
- Middle English variant of lead, in both senses and pronunciations.
[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Verb
lede (present tense leder; past tense leda/ledet; past participle leda/ledet; present participle ledende; imperative led)
- To lead
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Etymology
From a nounal use of the adjective led in the more original synonym “den lede frestaren” (the evil tempter)
[edit] Noun
den lede
- the evil one, the loathsome or disgusting one; the devil, Satan
