leed

Meaning

Noun

• Language; tongue.
• A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
• The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
• A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
• A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
• Patter; rigmarole.
• Alternate spelling of lede

Origin

• From Middle English lede, shortened variant of leden, from Old English lēoden, from Old English lēod. Cognate with Scots leed. More at lede.
• From Middle English lede, led, leod, variant of Middle English leth, leoth, from Old English lēoþ, from Proto-Germanic *leuþą, from Proto-Indo-European *lēw-. Cognate with Dutch lied, German Lied.
• See lede.
• See lead.