Etymology · Middle English
leden
4 English words descend from Middle English leden, most common first.
- leadA heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82.
- leadenMade of lead.
- ledenLanguage; speech.
- liddenA noise or din.