leod

Alternative forms

• lede

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lēd, lē-ōd, IPA^(key): /liːd/
• Homophone: lead

Noun

leod (plural leod or leods)

1. Alternative or obsolete form of lede.
2. (collectively, obsolete) People.
3. (obsolete) A people, nation, people group.
4. (obsolete) A man, person.

Anagrams

• Deol, Ledo, OLED, dole, lode, olde

Alternative forms

• leed, leode

Etymology

From Old English lēod "people"

Noun

leod (plural ledes)

1. people
2. nation; a nation
3. a man
4. a serf or tenant

   lige leode ("feudal retainers") --Piers Plowman

Etymology

(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, outside the Germanic languages, Lithuanian liáudis ‘common people’, Old Church Slavonic l’udъ (Russian люд).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːod/

Noun

lēod m

1. man, chief, leader
2. (poetic) a prince
3. a fine for slaying a man, wergild

Noun

lēod f

1. a people, people group, nation.
2. Alternative form of lēode