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Laud

//lɔd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Glorification or praise. countable, uncountable

    "So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […]"

  2. 2
    Hymn of praise. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A prayer service following matins. countable, in-plural, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To praise; to glorify. intransitive, transitive

    "And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god."

  2. 2
    praise, glorify, or honor wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

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