leed

See also: LEED and Leed

English

Etymology

From Middle English leed, lede, shortened variant of leden (“language”), from Old English lēoden (“popular or national language, native tongue”), from Old English lēod (“people, nation”). Cognate with Scots leid (“language”), Dutch lied (“song”), German Lied (“song”). More at lede.

Noun

leed (plural leeds)

  1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.
  2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
  3. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
  4. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
  5. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
  6. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Patter; rigmarole.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.

Noun

leed n (uncountable)

  1. grief, sorrow
  2. harm

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lêet, from Old Dutch lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.

Adjective

leed (comparative leder, superlative leedst)

  1. (Belgium) angry
  2. sad
Inflection
Inflection of leed
uninflected leed
inflected lede
comparative leder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial leedlederhet leedst
het leedste
indefinite m./f. sing. ledeledereleedste
n. sing. leedlederleedste
plural ledeledereleedste
definite ledeledereleedste
partitive leedsleders—

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

leed

  1. singular past indicative of lijden

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German leid. Cognate with German leid, Dutch leed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːt/
  • Rhymes: -eːt
  • Homophone: Leed

Adverb

leed

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English lēode (“people, men”), plural of lēod (“man, person”) (masc.), also “nation, people group, ethnicity, nationality” (fem.), akin to Old Frisian liod, Old Saxon liud, Old Norse ljóðr, lýðr, Old High German liut, Dutch lieden, German Leute (“people”). Akin to Old English lēodan (“to grow, spring forth”).

Noun

leed (plural common noun and collective noun, plural leeds or leeden)

  1. People; persons collectively.
  2. Countrymen, compatriots; vassals.
  3. Man, person; human being.
  4. Race, nation; nationality; kindred.

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

leed

  1. A copper kettle or caldron.
    • 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
      That stemed as a forneys of a leed

Spanish

Verb

leed

  1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of leer.
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