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led.

joint (movable connection between the bones in a body or a minor exterior part of the body; also of joints in a plant)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/leð/[ˈleð]
  1. joint (movable connection between the bones in a body or a minor exterior part of the body; also of joints in a plant)

    neuter
  2. link (movable part of a thing or a plant)

    neuter
  3. link, part (element in a line of thought or a course of events)

    neuter
  4. generation (in a family tree)

    neuter
  5. phrase (a word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence)

    neuter
  6. term (one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation)

    neuter
    I udtrykket 2x#43;4#92;lnx-3 er 2x, 4#92;lnx og -3 led.
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish lith, from Old Norse liðr, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

adj/leːˀð/[ˈleˀð][ˈleðˀ]
  1. disgusting, odious, loathsome

  2. nasty, beastly

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse leiðr (“uncomfortable, tired”), Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, cognate with English loath, German leid (“distressing”), Dutch leed (“sad”).

noun/leð/[ˈleð]
  1. side, direction (of an object)

    common-gender
  2. way (of doing something)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

A merger of two Old Norse nouns: 1. leið (“road, direction”), from Proto-Germanic *laidō, cognate with English load, lode, German Leite (“slope”), Dutch lei (“slate”). 2. hlið f (“side”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþō, cognate with Old English hliþ n.

noun/leð/[ˈleð]
  1. gate (in a fence or at a level crossing)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Derived from Old Norse hliðr, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą, cognate with Swedish lid (“gate”), English lid, German lid (“eyelid”).

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