leud

Meaning

Noun

A vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.

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antrustion

Origin

1750, from Medieval Latin leudēs, from Frankish *liudi, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis. Cognate with Old High German liuti, Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃, Old English lēod. More at lede and leod.

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