leden

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English leden, leoden, from Old English lēoden (“national or popular language”). More at leid and leed.

Noun

leden (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Language; speech.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:
      he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […]

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From led (“ice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛdɛn/

Noun

leden m

  1. January

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • leden in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • leden in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Adjective

leden (neuter ledet, plural and definite singular attributive ledne)

  1. (archaic) Passed, over, finished.
    • 1826, Carl Christian Rafn, Krakas maal: eller Kvad om kong Ragnar Lodbroks krigsbedrifter og heltedød, page 25
      Glad skal jeg Øl med Aser / I Öndvege drikke / Ledne er Livets Timer / Leende gaaer jeg i Døden!
      Happily shall I beer with the Æsir / In the seat of honour drink / The hours of life are over / Laughing, I walk into death!
    • 1820, Dansk Ordbog: I - L, page 94
      Leden adj. part. af v. lider procedo. Som er til Ende, forløben. Da vare ledne (forløbne) 4 Aar siden. Der hans meste Alder var leden (forbi). ...

Noun

leden c

  1. singular definite of lede

Verb

leden

  1. past participle, common gender of lide

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːdən
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Noun

leden

  1. Plural form of lid

Verb

leden

  1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of lijden

Anagrams

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛːdən/

Etymology 1

From Old English lǣdan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

leden

  1. to lead (guide, conduct, direct)
    1395 Wycliffe Bible, Romans 2:4
    Whether `dispisist thou the richessis of his goodnesse, and the pacience, and the long abidyng? Knowist thou not, that the benygnyte of God ledith thee to forthenkyng?
    1395 Wycliffe Bible, II Chronicles 25:11
    Forsothe Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and yede in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde.
    1395 Wycliffe Bible, Isaiah 53:7
    He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth.
  2. to lead (manage, oversee, administrate)
  3. to lead (rule, head, hold ultimate authority)
  4. to carry, take, bring
  5. to put, place, set down
  6. to lead (a life), to live
  7. to cause, engender, beget
Conjugation
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old English lēaden; equivalent to led +‎ -en.

Alternative forms

Adjective

leden

  1. Made of lead; containing lead
  2. Having the appearance of lead; leaden
Descendants

References

Etymology 3

A conflation of Old English lēoden (“national language”); and lǣden (“Latin”).

Alternative forms

Noun

leden

  1. Latin (language)
  2. A language or tongue
  3. singing, music
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Descendants
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *leděnъ. Cognate with Russian ледяной (ledjanoj), led (ice) or sladoled (sweet ice = ice cream).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêden/
  • Hyphenation: led‧en

Adjective

lȅden (definite lȅdenī, comparative ledènijī, Cyrillic spelling ле̏ден)

  1. icy, glacial (made of ice)
  2. full of ice
  3. cold, frigid, chilled
    ledena kava
    iced coffee
  4. crystalline, clear and transparent
  5. relating to the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
  6. (figuratively) unwelcoming, coldhearted, unfeeling
  7. (figuratively) (of fear, doubt, or surprise) immobilizing

Declension

positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ledeni ledena ledeno
genitive ledenog(a) ledene ledenog(a)
dative ledenom(u/e) ledenoj ledenom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 ledeni
ledenog(a)		 ledenu ledeno
vocative ledeni ledena ledeno
locative ledenom(e/u) ledenoj ledenom(e/u)
instrumental ledenim ledenom ledenim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ledeni ledene ledena
genitive ledenih ledenih ledenih
dative ledenim(a) ledenim(a) ledenim(a)
accusative ledene ledene ledena
vocative ledeni ledene ledena
locative ledenim(a) ledenim(a) ledenim(a)
instrumental ledenim(a) ledenim(a) ledenim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ledeniji ledenija ledenije
genitive ledenijeg(a) ledenije ledenijeg(a)
dative ledenijem(u) ledenijoj ledenijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 ledeniji
ledenijeg(a)		 ledeniju ledenije
vocative ledeniji ledenija ledenije
locative ledenijem(u) ledenijoj ledenijem(u)
instrumental ledenijim ledenijom ledenijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ledeniji ledenije ledenija
genitive ledenijih ledenijih ledenijih
dative ledenijim(a) ledenijim(a) ledenijim(a)
accusative ledenije ledenije ledenija
vocative ledeniji ledenije ledenija
locative ledenijim(a) ledenijim(a) ledenijim(a)
instrumental ledenijim(a) ledenijim(a) ledenijim(a)

Usage notes

Historically, lȅdan primarily meant “of or relating to ice”, while lȅden primarily meant “made of ice”, but each was often used for the other; today, lȅden is by far the more common of the two.

Synonyms

References

  • Pero Budmani (editor) (1898-1903), Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Volume 5, JAZU: Zagreb, pp. 950-951
  • “leden” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

leden

  1. definite singular of led (joint)
  2. definite plural of led (step)
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