leod
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Etymology[edit]
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 *h₁lewdʰ- (“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”), Polish lud (“people”), Russian люди (ljudi, “people”).
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Noun[edit]
leod (plural leod or leods)
- (collectively, obsolete) People, folk.
- (obsolete) A people, nation, people group.
- (obsolete) A man, person.
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Etymology[edit]
From Old English lēod "people"
Noun[edit]
leod (plural ledes)
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Closely related to lēode and lēodan. From Proto-Germanic *liudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“men, people”). Cognates include Old High German liut, Old Norse ljōðr, and West Frisian -lju; and, outside the Germanic languages, Lithuanian liáudis (“common people”), Proto-Slavic *ľudъ (Russian люд (ljud)).
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lēod m
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lēod f
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