leed
English
Etymology 1
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 leid (“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.
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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.
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.
Noun
leed n (uncountable)
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.
Adjective
leed (comparative leder, superlative leedst)
Inflection
Declension 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 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
leed
Anagrams
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German leid. Cognate with German leid, Dutch leed.
Pronunciation
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.”
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
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 2
Unknown
Noun
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
Spanish
Verb
leed
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