Leed

//liːd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a system to categorise the level of environmentally sustainable construction in sustainable buildings. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Language; tongue. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow. Scotland, UK, dialectal
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”). alt-of, alternative, obsolete

    "& 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; […]"

  4. 4
    Acronym of low-energy electron diffraction. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  5. 5
    A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language). Scotland, UK, dialectal
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  1. 6
    A constant or repeated line or verse; theme. Scotland, UK, dialectal
  2. 7
    The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction. Scotland, UK, dialectal
  3. 8
    Patter; rigmarole. Scotland, UK, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”). alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

See lede.

Etymology 4

See lead.

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