different between lede vs lege

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?d, IPA^(key): /li?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English lede, leode, from Old English l?ode ("people, men"; plural of l?od (“person, man”)), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?léwd?is (“man, people”). Cognate with Scots lede (“people”), West Frisian lie (“people”), Dutch lieden (“people”), lui(den) (“people”), German Leute (“people”), Norwegian lyd (“people”). More at leod.

Alternative forms

• leed, leod, leode, ledd, leude, lued, lud, lude, led
• leid, leyd, leed (Scotland)

Noun

lede (plural lede)

1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal, in the singular) A man; person.
2. (chiefly Britain dialectal, Scotland, collective plural) Men; people, folk.
   • 2012, Yahoo! Canada Answers - Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God?:

     If Jesus were not God, He would have told lede to not worship Him, just as the errand-ghost in Bring to Lightings did.

3. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, in the singular) A people or nation.
4. (chiefly Britain dialectal, in the plural) Tenements; holdings; possessions.

Derived terms

• leden
• ledish

Etymology 2

Mid-20th century neologism from a deliberate misspelling of lead, intended to avoid confusion with its homograph meaning a strip of type metal used for positioning type in the frame. Compare hed (“headline”) and dek (“subhead”).

Alternative forms

• lead

Noun

lede (plural ledes)

1. (chiefly US, journalism) The introductory paragraph(s) of a newspaper or other news article.

Usage notes

Usage seems mostly confined to the U.S. Originally only journalistic usage that is now so common in general US English that it is no longer labeled as jargon by major US dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster and American Heritage. Noted as “sometimes spelled” in 1959, “often spelled” in 1969, and asserted in the 1979 reprint of a 1974 book (see Citations page). In 1990, William Safire was still able to say that lede was jargon not listed in regular dictionaries.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:lede.

Derived terms

See also

• Glossary of journalism: Article components

References

• William Safire (1990), "On Language; (HED) Folo My Lede (UNHED)", New York Times, November 18, 1990, Nytimes.com
• WOTD (2000), "The Maven's Word of the Day: lede", November 28, 2000, www.randomhouse.com
• Notes:

Anagrams

• LEED, deel, dele, leed

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??.d?/

Noun

lede

1. plural of lid

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?d?]

Noun

lede

1. vocative singular of led

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?ð?/, [?leðð?]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leiða (“to lead”), from Proto-Germanic *laidijan? (“to lead”), cognate with English lead, German leiten. It is a causative of the verb *l?þan? (“to go, pass”) (Template:non).

Verb

lede (past tense ledede or ledte, past participle ledet or ledt)

1. to manage, run
2. to head, direct
3. to lead, guide
4. to conduct

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leita (“to seek, search”), from Proto-Germanic *wlait?n?, cognate with Old English wl?tian (“to look upon”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (wlait?n, “to look around”).

Verb

lede (past tense ledte, past participle ledt)

1. to look, search for

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse leiða, derived from the adjective Old Norse leiðr (Danish led (“disgusting”)).

Noun

lede c (singular definite leden, not used in plural form)

1. disgust, distaste, loathing

Inflection

Antonyms

• lyst

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

lede

1. definite of led
2. plural of led

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?

Verb

lede

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of lijden

Anagrams

• deel, dele, edel, leed

Galician

Verb

lede

1. second-person plural imperative of ler

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?de

Verb

lede

1. third-person singular indicative present of ledere

Middle Dutch

Noun

lêde

1. dative singular of lêet

Middle English

Noun

lede (plural ledes)

1. Alternative form of leod

Verb

lede

1. lead

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse leiða, and Danish lede

Verb

lede (imperative led, present tense leder, passive ledes, simple past and past participle leda or ledet, present participle ledende)

1. to lead
2. to guide

Derived terms

• avlede
• innlede
• ledelse
• ledning

See also

• leie (Nynorsk)

References

• “lede” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

lede

1. Second-person plural (vós) affirmative imperative of ler

Swedish

Etymology

From the nominal use (masculine inflection) of adjective led (“evil”), in the more original synonym den lede frestaren (“the evil tempter”)

Adjective

lede

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of led.

Noun

lede c

1. the evil one, the loathsome or disgusting one; the devil, Satan

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?d?/

Etymology 1

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

Verb

lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)

1. (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
   • 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms

     Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome.

   • c. 1360, Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love

     To reson faste, and ledge auctoritie.

Etymology 3

Clipping of legend.

Alternative forms

• leg

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.

Anagrams

• Egle, glee

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laj?/, [?l???]
• Homophone: leje

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikan? (“to jump, play”), cognate with Norwegian leike, leke, Swedish leka, Gothic ???????????????????????? (laikan).

Verb

lege (past tense legede, past participle leget)

1. to play
2. to spawn

Inflection

Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

lege c

1. indefinite plural of leg

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???

Verb

lege

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of legen

Anagrams

• egel, geel, gele, leeg

German

Pronunciation

Verb

lege

1. inflection of legen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Interlingua

Noun

lege (plural leges)

1. law

Verb

lege

1. present of leger
2. imperative of leger

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lege m (plural leges)

1. law

Related terms

• leal

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le.?e/, [??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.d??e/, [?l??d???]

Verb

lege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of leg?

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le?.?e/, [???e???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.d??e/, [?l??d???]

Noun

l?ge

1. ablative singular of l?x

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga, from Proto-Celtic *lewg?.

Alternative forms

• leege, liege, lewke, leuge, leke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???(?)/, /?l?u??(?)/, /?l??k(?)/

Noun

lege (plural leges)

2. league (unit of meaurement)

Descendants

• English: league

References

• “l?ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige, liege; further etymology is disputed.

Alternative forms

• liege, leege, lyge, liage, legi, lyege, legge, leyge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?d?(?)/, /?li?d?(?)/

Noun

lege (plural leges or lege)

2. (One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
3. A hireling or servant; one who is in another's service.
4. (rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.

Related terms

• lege man
• ligeaunce

Descendants

• English: liege
• Scots: liege

References

• “l?ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Adjective

lege

1. Being able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
2. Tied by pledge to obey one's superiors; being subjected by an authority to duty.
3. (rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.

Descendants

• English: liege

References

• “l???e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish læge

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le????/

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

1. a doctor

Synonyms

• doktor

Verb

lege (imperative leg, present tense leger, passive leges, simple past lega or leget or legte, past participle lega or leget or legt, present participle legende)

1. to heal, cure

Related terms

lækje (Bokmål)

Derived terms

References

• “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Danish læge. Confer also lækjar, which is borrowed from Swedish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?.??/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)

1. doctor (physician)

   Synonyms: dokter, lækjar

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lega.

Alternative forms

• lega, lego, legu, logo, lugu (all superseded and/or dialectal)

Noun

lege f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

1. the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)
2. a place where something lies, e.g. an animal

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Participle

lege

1. neuter singular of legen

Verb

lege

1. supine of liggje
2. supine of ligge

References

• “lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.

Verb

lege

1. to lay
2. to put, to place

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?led??e/

Etymology 1

From Latin l?gem, accusative of l?x, from Proto-Italic *l?g-, from Proto-Indo-European *le?-s, from *le?- (“to gather”).

Noun

lege f (plural legi)

1. law
2. (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence

Declension

Synonyms

• (belief): religie, credin??

Related terms

• legal
• legitim

Etymology 2

Verb

lege

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of lega
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of lega