leed

leed · noun¹

1. Old English · derived fromlēod“people, nation”
2. Old English · inherited fromlēoden“popular or national language, native tongue”
3. Middle English · inherited fromlede
4. English todayleed

From Middle English 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 leed (“language”). More at lede.

leed · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lēw-“to sound, resound, sing out”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*leuþą“song, lay, praise”
3. Old English · inherited fromlēoþ“song, poem, ode, lay, verse”
4. Middle English · inherited fromlede
5. English todayleed

From Middle English lede, led, leod, variant of Middle English leth, leoth (“song, poem”), from Old English lēoþ (“song, poem, ode, lay, verse”), from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song, lay, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to sound, resound, sing out”). Cognate with Dutch lied (“song”) and German Lied (“song”), whence the English doublet lied.

leed · noun³

See lede.

leed · verb⁴

See lead.

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