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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishlede, shortened variant ofleden(“language”), fromOld Englishlēoden(“popular or national language, native tongue”), fromOld Englishlēod(“people, nation”). Cognate withScotsleed(“language”). More atlede.

Noun

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leed (pluralleeds)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland)Language;tongue.
  2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Anational tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Thespeech 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

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FromMiddle Englishlede,led,leod, variant ofMiddle Englishleth,leoth(“song, poem”), fromOld Englishlēoþ(“song, poem, ode, lay, verse”), fromProto-Germanic*leuþą(“song, lay, praise”), fromProto-Indo-European*lēw-(“to sound, resound, sing out”). Cognate withDutchlied(“song”) andGermanLied(“song”), whence the Englishdoubletlied.

Noun

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leed (pluralleeds)

  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Astrain in arhyme,song, orpoem;refrain;flow.
  2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeatedline orverse;theme.
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland)Patter;rigmarole.
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Etymology 3

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Seelede.

Noun

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leed (plurallede)

  1. (obsolete)Alternative spelling oflede(“a man; a person”)

Etymology 4

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Seelead.

Verb

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leed

  1. Obsolete spelling oflead(“to guide”)..

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Dutchlêet, fromOld Dutch*lēth, fromProto-Germanic*laiþą, related to*laiþaz(“loath”).

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Noun

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leed n (uncountable)

  1. grief,sorrow
  2. harm
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Dutchlêet, fromOld Dutchlēth, fromProto-West Germanic*laiþ, fromProto-Germanic*laiþaz.

Adjective

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leed (comparativeleder,superlativeleedst)

  1. (Belgium)angry
  2. sad
Declension
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Declension ofleed
uninflectedleed
inflectedlede
comparativeleder
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialleedlederhetleedst
hetleedste
indefinitem./f. sing.ledeledereleedste
n. sing.leedlederleedste
pluralledeledereleedste
definiteledeledereleedste
partitiveleedsleders—
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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leed

  1. singularpastindicative oflijden

Anagrams

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanleit, fromOld High Germanleid. Cognate withGermanleid,Dutchleed.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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leed

  1. (in expressions)grievous;cumbersome
    Ech sinn etleed. — “I’m fed up with it.”
    Dat deet merleed. — “I’m sorry.”
    Hatt deet merleed. — “I pity her.”

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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leed

  1. Alternative form oflede(“people”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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leed

  1. Alternative form ofled(“lead”)
    • 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer,The Canterbury Tales
      That stemed as a forneys of aleed
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianlet, fromProto-West Germanic*lat.

Adjective

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leed (comparativeleeder,superlativeletst)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum)late

Inflection

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Inflection ofleed (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
 masculinefeminine /
neuter		plural
indefinitedefinite
positive
predicative / adverbialleed
attributiveleedenleedleed
independentleeden
partitiveleeds—
comparative
predicative / adverbialleeder
attributiveleederenleederleeder
independentleederen
partitiveleeders—
superlative
predicative / adverbialam letsten
attributive—letstletst
independentletsten

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishlede, reduced form ofleden,leoden(“language”), fromOld Englishlēoden(“national language”, literally“of the people”), fromlēode(“people”). More atlede.

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Noun

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leed (pluralleeds)

  1. language

Usage notes

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  • Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically:
    A daena speak theleed. ―I don't speak thelanguage.

References

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leˈed/[leˈeð̞]
  • Rhymes:-ed
  • Syllabification:le‧ed

Verb

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leed

  1. second-personpluralimperative ofleer

Yola

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishlæd, fromOld Englishlēad, fromProto-West Germanic*laud.

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Noun

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leed

  1. lead
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page102:
      Which maate mee hearth as coale asleed.
      Which made my heart as cold aslead.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page52
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