leod

English

Alternative forms

• lede

Etymology

From Middle English leod (“people”), from Old English lēode ("people, men"; plural of lēod (“person, man”)), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)lewədh- (“man, people”). Cognate with Scots lede (“people”), West Frisian lie (“people”), Dutch lieden (“people”) and Dutch lui(den) (“people”), German Leute (“people”), Norwegian lyd (“people”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lēd, lē-ōd, IPA: /liːd/, /liːod/, X-SAMPA: /li:d/, /li:od/
• Homophone: lead

Noun

leod (plural leod or leods)

1. Alternative or obsolete form of lede.
2. (collectively, obsolete) People.
3. (obsolete) A people, nation, people group.
4. (obsolete) A man, person.

Anagrams

• dole, lode, olde, OLED

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• leed, leode

Etymology

From Old English lēod "people"

Noun

leod (plural ledes)

1. people
2. nation; a nation
3. a man
4. a serf or tenant

   lige leode ("feudal retainers") --Piers Plowman

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Old English

Etymology

(Closely related to lēode and lēodan.) From Proto-Germanic *liudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewdʰ- (“grow, come up”). Cognates include Old High German liut, Old Norse ljōðr; and, outside the Germanic languages, Lithuanian liáudis ‘common people’, Old Church Slavonic l’udъ (Russian люд).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leːod/

Noun

lēod m

1. man, chief, leader
2. (poetic) a prince
3. a fine for slaying a man, wergild

Declension

    Declension of leod (strong i-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	lēod	lēode, lēodas
accusative	lēod	lēode, lēodas
genitive	lēodes	lēoda
dative	lēode	lēodum

Noun

lēod f

1. a people, people group, nation. Alternative form of lēode.

Declension

    Declension of leod (strong ō-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	lēod	lēoda, lēode
accusative	lēode	lēoda, lēode
genitive	lēode	lēoda
dative	lēode	lēodum