different between led vs leod

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?d/
• Rhymes: -?d
• Homophone: lead (metal element)
• Hyphenation: led

Verb

led

1. simple past tense and past participle of lead

Adjective

led (not comparable)

1. Under somebody's control or leadership.
   1. Of a farm, etc.: managed by a deputy instead of the owner or tenant in person.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• 'eld, DLE, Del, Del., EDL, LDE, del, del., eld

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lled.

Noun

led m

1. size

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *led?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?t]
• Homophone: let

Noun

led m, inanimate

1. ice

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• led in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• led in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse liðr, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz, cognate with German Glied (“joint”), Lied (“song”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leð/, [?leð]

Noun

led n (singular definite leddet, plural indefinite led)

1. (anatomy) joint (movable connection between the bones in a body or a minor exterior part of the body; also of joints in a plant)
2. link (movable part of a thing or a plant)
3. link, part (element in a line of thought or a course of events)
4. generation (in a family tree)
5. (grammar) phrase (a word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence)
6. (mathematics) term (one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation)

Inflection

References

• “led,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

A merger of two Old Norse nouns: 1. leið (“road, direction”), from Proto-Germanic *laid?, cognate with English load, lode, German Leite (“slope”), Dutch lei (“slate”). 2. hlið f (“side”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþ?, cognate with Old English hliþ n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leð/, [?leð]

Noun

led c (singular definite ledden, plural indefinite ledder)

1. side, direction (of an object)

   Jeg skar guleroden over på den lange led.

   I cut the carrot in two lengthwise.

2. way (of doing something)

Inflection

References

• “led,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hliðr, from Proto-Germanic *hlid?, cognate with Swedish lid (“gate”), English lid, German lid (“eyelid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leð/, [?leð]

Noun

led n (singular definite leddet, plural indefinite led)

1. gate (in a fence or at a level crossing)

Inflection

References

• “led,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 4

From Old Norse leiðr (“uncomfortable, tired”), Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, cognate with English loath, German leid (“distressing”), Dutch leed (“sad”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??ð/, [?le?ð], [?leð?]

Adjective

led (neuter ledt, plural and definite singular attributive lede)

1. disgusting, odious, loathsome
2. nasty, beastly

Inflection

References

• “led,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??ð/, [?le?ð], [?leð?]

Verb

led

1. past tense of lide

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??ð/, [?le?ð], [?leð?]

Verb

led

1. imperative of lede

Irish

Alternative forms

• let

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??d??/

Contraction

led (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of le do (“with your sg”).

Related terms

Further reading

• "led" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lede, lead, leyd, leod, leyt
• læd (early)

Etymology

From Old English l?ad, from Proto-West Germanic *laud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??d/

Noun

led (uncountable)

1. lead

Descendants

• English: lead
• Scots: leid, lede
• Yola: leed

References

• “l?d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• lei

Verb

led

1. simple past of lide

Etymology 2

Verb

led

1. imperative of lede

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse liðr m, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. Doublet of ledd n, although formerly considered alternative forms. Cognates include Icelandic liður, Danish led, Dutch lid and dialectal English lith.

Alternative forms

• Lid (obsolete spelling)

Noun

led m (definite singular leden, indefinite plural leder or ledar, definite plural ledene or ledane)

1. (anatomy) a joint or a movable body part adjacent to it
2. a single part within a whole, especially a sequence
   1. a link (in a chain)
   2. a generation

Derived terms

• lea, lee (verb)

Related terms

• ledig
• ledug

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlið n, from Proto-Germanic *hlid?. Akin to English lid. Ultimately rooted in the Proto-Indo-European root *?ley- (“to shelter, cover”).

Alternative forms

• Lid (obsolete spelling)

Noun

led n (definite singular ledet, indefinite plural led, definite plural leda)

1. a gate
2. an opening in a fence

Derived terms

• gardled
• gjerdeled
• grindled
• hageled

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hlið f.

Alternative forms

• Lid (obsolete spelling)

Noun

led f (definite singular leda, indefinite plural leder, definite plural ledene)

1. a side

Derived terms

• lodneled

Etymology 4

From English LED (“light-emitting diode”).

Noun

led m (definite singular led-en, indefinite plural led-ar, definite plural led-ane)

1. Alternative letter-case form of LED

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

led

1. present tense of leda and lede

References

Anagrams

• LED, del, edl, eld

Portuguese

Noun

led m (plural leds)

1. Alternative spelling of LED

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *led?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lê?d/

Noun

l?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. ice
2. great frigidity, freezing cold
3. hail
4. the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
5. (figuratively) unfeelingness, coldheartedness
6. (figuratively) a state of immobilization from fear, doubt, or surprise

Declension

Synonyms

• (hail): gr?d
• (ice plant): lédak

Derived terms

• sladoled

References

• Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903) , “led”, in Rje?nik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 948
• “led” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *led?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lé?t/

Noun

l??d m inan

1. ice

Inflection

Further reading

• “led”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Noun

led m (plural ledes)

1. LED

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish l?þer, from Old Norse leiðr, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyt-.

Adjective

led

1. tired; bored
2. (archaic) disgusting, repulsive, loathsome; evil

Usage notes

The second sense is still in some use in the expression den lede frestaren or simply lede, as a name for the Devil.

Declension

Synonyms

• less
• trött

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish liþer, from Old Norse liðr, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

Noun

led c

1. joint; the part of a limb where it can bend; such as a knee or a wrist; phalanx
   1. any mechanical joint where two parts are supposed to move (bend) with respect to each other

Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish liþ. Of the same origin as previous with alternate grammatical gender (cf. Old English liþ n).

Noun

led n

1. A queue; a row of people
2. (mathematics) term

   högerledet

   the right hand side; what's on the right hand side of the equality

3. stage

   Ett led i processen

   A stage in the process

Declension

Etymology 4

From Old Swedish l?þ, from Old Norse leið, from Proto-Germanic *laid?.

Noun

led c

1. (transport) track, route or way, along which one may walk, go by bicycle or drive a motor vehicle

Declension

Derived terms

• vandringsled, cykelled, huvudled, motortrafikled, farled

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

led

1. past tense of lida.
2. imperative of leda.

Anagrams

• del, eld

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?d/

Adjective

led

1. Soft mutation of lled.

Mutation

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hlið n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??(d)/

Noun

led n (definite singular lede, dative leden, definite plural leda)

1. gate
2. work in a certain order or round, to which the parishioners (qualified to vote at the parish meeting) are bidden

English

Alternative forms

• lede

Etymology

From Middle English leod (“people”), from Old English l?ode ("people, men"; plural of l?od (“person, man”)), from Proto-Germanic *liud?z (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?lewd?- (“man, people”). Cognate with Scots lede (“people”), West Frisian lie (“people”), Dutch lieden (“people”) and Dutch lui(den) (“people”), German Leute (“people”), Norwegian lyd (“people”), Polish lud (“people”), Russian ???? (ljudi, “people”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?d, l?-?d, IPA^(key): /li?d/
• Homophone: lead

Noun

leod (plural leod or leods)

1. (collectively, obsolete) People, folk.
2. (obsolete) A people, nation, people group.
3. (obsolete) A man, person.

Anagrams

• DOLE, Delo, Deol, Dole, Ledo, OLED, dole, lode, olde

Middle English

Alternative forms

• leed, leode

Etymology

From Old English l?od "people"

Noun

leod (plural ledes)

1. people
2. nation; a nation
3. a man
4. a serf or tenant

   lige leode ("feudal retainers") --Piers Plowman

Old English

Etymology

Closely related to l?ode and l?odan. From Proto-Germanic *liudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?lewd?- (“men, people”). Cognates include Old High German liut, Old Norse lj?ðr, and West Frisian -lju; and, outside the Germanic languages, Lithuanian liáudis (“common people”), Proto-Slavic *?ud? (Russian ??? (ljud)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?o?d/

Noun

l?od m

1. man, chief, leader
2. (poetic) a prince
3. a fine for slaying a man, wergild

Declension

Derived terms

• ?el?od
• l?ods?eaþa

Noun

l?od f

1. a people, people group, nation

2. (in compounds) one's own people; home

3. Alternative form of l?ode

Declension

Derived terms

• l?oden