Leed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /liːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Leed is a noun meaning (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.
Meaning
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.
More Meanings
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
- (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; rigmarole.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
- Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”).
Example Sentences
& 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; […]
Word Forms
- leeds
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ci, ledden, lect, leden, dialect, leod.
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