Definitions For Leed

Etymology 1

From Middle English leed, lede, shortened variant of leden, , language, from {{inh, en, ang, lēoden, t=popular or national language, native tongue}}, from {{der, en, ang, lēod, t=people, nation}}. Cognate with {{cog, sco, leed, t=language}}. More at lede.

Noun

LEED (plural LEEDs) (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) language, language; tongue. (UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language). (UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.

Related terms

lede

Etymology 2

From Middle English lede, led, leod, variant of {{cog, enm, leth}}, leoth, t=song, poem, from {{inh, en, ang, lēoþ, t=song, poem, ode, lay, verse}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, leuþą, t=song, lay, praise}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *lēw-, t=to sound, resound, sing out}}. Cognate with {{cog, nl, lied, t=song}}, {{cog, de, Lied, t=song}}.

Noun

LEED (plural LEEDs) (UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow. (UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme. (UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) patter, patter; rigmarole.