Luxembourgish

Noun

Leed n ‎(uncountable)

1. sorrow, grief, woe
2. misery

Synonyms

• (misery): Misär

Related terms

• leed

English

Noun

leed ‎(plural leeds)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
3. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
4. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
5. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
6. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Patter; rigmarole.

Related terms

• lede

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lēt. The adjective descends from Proto-Germanic *laidaz, the noun from *laidą.

Noun

leed n ‎(uncountable)

1. grief, sorrow
2. harm

Adjective

leed ‎(comparative leder, superlative leedst)

1. (Belgium) angry
2. sad

Inflection

Verb

leed

1. singular past indicative of lijden

Anagrams

• deel, dele, edel, lede

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German leid. Cognate with German leid, Dutch leed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːt/
• Rhymes: -eːt
• Homophone: Leed

Adverb

leed

1. (in expressions) grievous; cumbersome

   Ech sinn et leed. — “I’m fed up with it.”

   Dat deet mer leed. — “I’m sorry.”

   Hatt deet mer leed. — “I pity her.”

Related terms

• Leed

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lede, leod, leode, also leude, lude

Etymology 1

From Old English lēode ‎(“people, men”), plural of lēod ‎(“man, person”) (masc.), also “nation, people group, ethnicity, nationality” (fem.), akin to Old Frisian liod, Old Saxon liud, Old Norse ljóðr, lýðr, Old High German liut, Dutch lieden, German Leute ‎(“people”). Akin to Old English lēodan ‎(“to grow, spring forth”).

Noun

leed ‎(plural common noun and collective noun, plural leeds or leeden)

1. People; persons collectively.

   English leed

2. Countrymen, compatriots; vassals.

   These fellows be my very own leed.

3. Man, person; human being.
4. Race, nation; nationality; kindred.

   Land and Lede

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

leed

1. A copper kettle or caldron.

   A furnace of a leed. --Chaucer.

Spanish

Verb

leed

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of leer.