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leed.

Language; tongue.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/liːd/

  1. Language; tongue.

    Northern-England · Scotland

  2. A national tongue (contra a foreign language).

    Scotland

  3. The speech of a person, echelon of persons, or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/liːd/

  1. A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.

  2. A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.

  3. Patter; rigmarole.

Where this word comes from

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.

noun/liːd/

  1. Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”).

    alt-of · alternative · obsolete
Where this word comes from

See lede.

verb/liːd/

  1. Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).

    alt-of · obsolete
Where this word comes from

See lead.

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