leud

English

Etymology

1750, from Medieval Latin leudēs pl (“vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis (“man, people”). Cognate with Old High German liuti (“people, subordinates”) (modern German Leute), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Old English lēod (“chief, man”). Doublet of lede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljuːd/
• (yod-dropping) IPA^(key): /luːd/

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• Rhymes: -uːd
• Homophone: lewd

Noun

leud (plural leuds or leudes)

1. (historical) A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.

   Synonym: antrustion

   • 1905, François P.G. Guizot, “Career of Charlemagne”, in Rossiter Johnson, Charles F. Horne, John Rudd, editors, The Great Events by Famous Historians‎^[1], volume 4:

     The authority belonged, at one and the same time, to assemblies of free men, to landholders over the dwellers on their domains, and to the king over the leudes and their following.

Anagrams

• ULed, duel, lude, lued

Middle English

Adjective

leud

1. alternative form of lewed

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

leud m (genitive singular leòid, plural leudan)

1. breadth, width

Derived terms

• a leud
• domhan-leud