leoþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *leuþą, from Proto-Indo-European *lěu-, *lǎu-.

Cognate with Old High German liod (German Lied), Old Saxon lioð (Dutch lied), Old Norse ljóð (“verse, song”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le͜oːθ/

Noun

lēoþ n (nominative plural lēoþ)

1. a song; tune
2. a lay; poem; ode
3. verses

Descendants

• Middle English: leoþ, leod, lede
  • Scots: leed, lede
  • English: leed (dialectal); lidden (?)