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leud.

A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ljuːd//luːd/
  1. A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.

    historical
Where this word comes from

1750, from Medieval Latin leudēs pl (“vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis (“man, people”). Cognate with Old High German liuti (“people, subordinates”) (modern German Leute), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Old English lēod (“chief, man”). Doublet of lede.

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