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Webster 1828 Edition
Leden
LED'EN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
leden
leden
English
Alternative forms
Noun
leden (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Language; speech.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:
- he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:
Danish
Adjective
leden (neuter ledet, e-form ledne)
- (archaic) Passed, over, finished.
- 1826, Carl Christian Rafn, Krakas maal: eller Kvad om kong Ragnar Lodbroks krigsbedrifter og heltedød, page 25
- Glad skal jeg Øl med Aser / I Öndvege drikke / Ledne er Livets Timer / Leende gaaer jeg i Døden!
- Gladly shall I beer with the Æsir / In the seat of honour drink / The hours of life are over / Laughing, I walk to death!
- Glad skal jeg Øl med Aser / I Öndvege drikke / Ledne er Livets Timer / Leende gaaer jeg i Døden!
- 1820, Dansk Ordbog: I - L, page 94
- Leden adj. part. af v. lider procedo. Som er til Ende, forløben. Da vare ledne (forløbne) 4 Aar siden. Der hans meste Alder var leden (forbi). ...
- 1826, Carl Christian Rafn, Krakas maal: eller Kvad om kong Ragnar Lodbroks krigsbedrifter og heltedød, page 25
Noun
leden c
- singular definite of lede
Verb
leden
- past participle, common gender of lide
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːdən
Noun
leden
- Plural form of lid
Verb
leden
- plural past indicative and subjunctive of lijden
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English lædan
Verb
leden (third-person singular simple present ledith, present participle ledende, simple past ledde, past participle led)
- to lead
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1395 Wycliffe Bible, Romans 2:4
- Whether `dispisist thou the richessis of his goodnesse, and the pacience, and the long abidyng? Knowist thou not, that the benygnyte of God ledith thee to forthenkyng?
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1395 Wycliffe Bible, II Chronicles 25:11
- Forsothe Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and yede in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde.
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1395 Wycliffe Bible, Isaiah 53:7
- He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth.
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1395 Wycliffe Bible, Romans 2:4
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *leděnъ. Cognate with Russian ледяной (ledjanoj), led (ice) or sladoled (sweet ice = ice cream).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lêden/
- Hyphenation: led‧en
Adjective
lȅden (definite lȅdenī, comparative ledènijī, Cyrillic spelling ле̏ден)
- icy, glacial (made of ice)
- full of ice
- cold, frigid, chilled
- ledena kava
- iced coffee
- ledena kava
- crystalline, clear and transparent
- relating to the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
- (figuratively) unwelcoming, coldhearted, unfeeling
- (figuratively) (of fear, doubt, or surprise) immobilizing
Declension
positive indefinite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | leden | ledena | ledeno | |
| genitive | ledena | ledene | ledena | |
| dative | ledenu | ledenoj | ledenu | |
| accusative |
inanimate animate |
leden ledena |
ledenu | ledeno |
| vocative | leden | ledena | ledeno | |
| locative | ledenu | ledenoj | ledenu | |
| instrumental | ledenim | ledenom | ledenim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ledeni | ledene | ledena | |
| genitive | ledenih | ledenih | ledenih | |
| dative | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
| accusative | ledene | ledene | ledena | |
| vocative | ledeni | ledene | ledena | |
| locative | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
| instrumental | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
positive definite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ledeni | ledena | ledeno | |
| genitive | ledenog(a) | ledene | ledenog(a) | |
| dative | ledenom(u/e) | ledenoj | ledenom(u/e) | |
| accusative |
inanimate animate |
ledeni ledenog(a) |
ledenu | ledeno |
| vocative | ledeni | ledena | ledeno | |
| locative | ledenom(e/u) | ledenoj | ledenom(e/u) | |
| instrumental | ledenim | ledenom | ledenim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ledeni | ledene | ledena | |
| genitive | ledenih | ledenih | ledenih | |
| dative | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
| accusative | ledene | ledene | ledena | |
| vocative | ledeni | ledene | ledena | |
| locative | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
| instrumental | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | ledenim(a) | |
comparative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ledeniji | ledenija | ledenije | |
| genitive | ledenijeg(a) | ledenije | ledenijeg(a) | |
| dative | ledenijem(u) | ledenijoj | ledenijem(u) | |
| accusative |
inanimate animate |
ledeniji ledenijeg(a) |
ledeniju | ledenije |
| vocative | ledeniji | ledenija | ledenije | |
| locative | ledenijem(u) | ledenijoj | ledenijem(u) | |
| instrumental | ledenijim | ledenijom | ledenijim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ledeniji | ledenije | ledenija | |
| genitive | ledenijih | ledenijih | ledenijih | |
| dative | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | |
| accusative | ledenije | ledenije | ledenija | |
| vocative | ledeniji | ledenije | ledenija | |
| locative | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | |
| instrumental | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | ledenijim(a) | |
superlative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | najledeniji | najledenija | najledenije | |
| genitive | najledenijeg(a) | najledenije | najledenijeg(a) | |
| dative | najledenijem(u) | najledenijoj | najledenijem(u) | |
| accusative |
inanimate animate |
najledeniji najledenijeg(a) |
najledeniju | najledenije |
| vocative | najledeniji | najledenija | najledenije | |
| locative | najledenijem(u) | najledenijoj | najledenijem(u) | |
| instrumental | najledenijim | najledenijom | najledenijim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | najledeniji | najledenije | najledenija | |
| genitive | najledenijih | najledenijih | najledenijih | |
| dative | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | |
| accusative | najledenije | najledenije | najledenija | |
| vocative | najledeniji | najledenije | najledenija | |
| locative | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | |
| instrumental | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | najledenijim(a) | |
Usage notes
Historically, lȅdan primarily meant “of or relating to ice”, while lȅden primarily meant “made of ice”, but each was often used for the other; today, lȅden is by far the more common of the two.
Synonyms
References
- Pero Budmani (editor) (1898-1903), Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Volume 5, JAZU: Zagreb, pp. 950-951
- “leden” in Hrvatski jezični portal