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leed¹

  • /liːd/

Sounds like lead, lede, lied · Rhymes with -iːd

Where it comes from

From Middle English lede, shortened variant of leden (“language”), from Old English lēoden (“popular or national language, native tongue”), from Old English lēod (“people, nation”). Cognate with Scots leed (“language”). More at lede.

noun leeds

  1. Northern England, Scotland Language; tongue.
  2. Scotland A national tongue (contra a foreign language).
  3. Scotland The speech of a person, echelon of persons, or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.

leed²

  • /liːd/

Sounds like lead, lede, lied · Rhymes with -iːd

Where it comes from

From Middle English lede, led, leod, variant of Middle English leth, leoth (“song, poem”), from Old English lēoþ (“song, poem, ode, lay, verse”), from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song, lay, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to sound, resound, sing out”). Cognate with Dutch lied (“song”) and German Lied (“song”), whence the English doublet lied.

noun leeds

  1. A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
  2. A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
  3. Patter; rigmarole.

leed³

  • /liːd/

Sounds like lead, lede, lied · Rhymes with -iːd

Where it comes from

See lede.

noun lede

  1. alternative, obsolete Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”).lede & after to callice hee [Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey] arriued, / like a noble Leed of high degree, / & then to Turwin soone he hyed, / there he thought to haue found King Henery; […]

leed⁴

  • /liːd/

Sounds like lead, lede, lied · Rhymes with -iːd

Where it comes from

See lead.

verb

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).lead

LEED⁵

  • /liːd/

Sounds like lead · Rhymes with -iːd

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a system to categorise the level of environmentally sustainable construction in sustainable buildings.Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of low-energy electron diffraction.low-energy electron diffraction

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