leden

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noun

Language; speech.

OriginMiddle English leden ← Old English lēoden →
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Meanings

nounleden (uncountable)

alternative ledden

  1. obsoleteuncountableLanguage; speech.

    he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Englishlēoden“national or popular language”
  2. Middle Englishleden
  3. Englishleden

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

leden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leden

MLA

“leden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leden. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leden,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leden.

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