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Leod

Le′od

(lē′ŏd)
,
Noun.
[AS.
leód
people, nation, man, chief; akin to OS.
liud
, OHG.
liut
, pl.
liuti
, G.
leute
, pl., fr. AS.
leódan
to grow, akin to Goth.
liudan
, OS.
liodan
,
OHG
.
liotan
to grow; cf. Skr.
ruh
. √123.]
People; a nation; a man.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman. Bp. Gibson.

Definition 2024

leod

leod

See also: leod-

English

Alternative forms

Noun

leod ‎(plural leod or leods)

  1. Alternative or obsolete form of lede.
  2. (collectively, obsolete) People.
  3. (obsolete) A people, nation, people group.
  4. (obsolete) A man, person.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English lēod "people"

Noun

leod (plural ledes)

  1. people
  2. nation; a nation
  3. a man
  4. a serf or tenant
    lige leode ("feudal retainers") --Piers Plowman

Old English

Etymology

(Closely related to lēode and lēodan.) From Proto-Germanic *liudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‎(“men, people”). Cognates include Old High German liut, Old Norse ljōðr; and, outside the Germanic languages, Lithuanian liáudis ‘common people’, Old Church Slavonic l’udъ (Russian люд).

Pronunciation

Noun

lēod m

  1. man, chief, leader
  2. (poetic) a prince
  3. a fine for slaying a man, wergild

Declension

Noun

lēod f

  1. a people, people group, nation.
  2. Alternative form of lēode

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle English leod ‎(“people”), from Old English lēode ("people, men"; plural of lēod ‎(“person, man”)), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz ‎(“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‎(“man, people”). Cognate with Scots lede ‎(“people”), West Frisian lie ‎(“people”), Dutch lieden ‎(“people”) and Dutch lui(den) ‎(“people”), German Leute ‎(“people”), Norwegian lyd ‎(“people”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lēd, lē-ōd, IPA(key): /liːd/, /liːod/
  • Homophone: lead
  • IPA(key): /leːod/

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