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English

Alternative forms

• ledden

Etymology

From Middle English leden, leoden, from Old English l?oden (“national or popular language”). More at leid and leed.

Noun

leden (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Language; speech.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:

     he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […]

Anagrams

• elden, neeld

Czech

Etymology

From led (“ice”) +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?d?n/

Noun

leden m inan

1. January

Declension

Derived terms

• lednový

Further reading

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

Danish

Adjective

leden (neuter ledet, plural and definite singular attributive ledne)

1. (archaic) Passed, over, finished.
   • 1826, Carl Christian Rafn, Krakas maal: eller Kvad om kong Ragnar Lodbroks krigsbedrifter og heltedød, page 25

     Glad skal jeg Øl med Aser / I Öndvege drikke / Ledne er Livets Timer / Leende gaaer jeg i Døden!

     Happily shall I beer with the Æsir / In the seat of honour drink / The hours of life are over / Laughing, I walk into death!

   • 1820, Dansk Ordbog: I - L, page 94

     Leden adj. part. af v. lider procedo. Som er til Ende, forløben. Da vare ledne (forløbne) 4 Aar siden. Der hans meste Alder var leden (forbi). ...

Noun

leden c

1. definite singular of lede

Verb

leden

1. common past participle of lide

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Noun

leden

1. Plural form of lid

Verb

leden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of lijden

Anagrams

• delen, lende

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??d?n/

Etymology 1

From Old English l?dan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijan?.

Alternative forms

• lede, leaden, leeden, lædden

Verb

leden

2. to lead (guide, conduct, direct)
   • 1395 Wycliffe Bible, Romans 2:4

     Whether `dispisist thou the richessis of his goodnesse, and the pacience, and the long abidyng? Knowist thou not, that the benygnyte of God ledith thee to forthenkyng?

   • 1395 Wycliffe Bible, II Chronicles 25:11

     Forsothe Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and yede in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde.

   • 1395 Wycliffe Bible, Isaiah 53:7

     He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth.

3. to lead (manage, oversee, administrate)
4. to lead (rule, head, hold ultimate authority)
5. to carry, take, bring
6. to put, place, set down
7. to lead (a life), to live
8. to cause, engender, beget

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: lead
• Scots: leid, lede

References

• “l?den, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.

Etymology 2

From Old English l?aden; equivalent to led +? -en.

Alternative forms

• leaden, ledyn, ledun, ledyng

Adjective

leden

2. Made of lead; containing lead
3. Having the appearance of lead; leaden

Descendants

• English: leaden

References

• “leden,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.

Etymology 3

A conflation of Old English l?oden (“national language”); and L?den (“Latin”).

Alternative forms

• lede, ledne, ledene, ledden, liden

Noun

leden

1. Latin (language)
3. A language or tongue
4. singing, music

Synonyms

• langage, language
• speche
• tung
• thede

Descendants

• Scots: leid

References

• “l??den, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

leden m

1. definite singular of led

Anagrams

• LED-en, delen, elden, led-en

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *led?n?. Cognate with Russian ??????? (ledjanoj), led (ice) or sladoled (sweet ice = ice cream).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêden/
• Hyphenation: led?en

Adjective

l?den (definite l?den?, comparative ledènij?, Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (relational) ice; icy, glacial
2. cold, frigid, chilled

3. crystalline, clear and transparent
4. relating to the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
5. (figuratively) unwelcoming, coldhearted, unfeeling
6. (figuratively) (of fear, doubt, or surprise) immobilizing

Declension

Usage notes

Historically, l?dan primarily meant “of or relating to ice”, while l?den primarily meant “made of ice”, but each was often used for the other; today, l?den is by far the more common of the two.

Synonyms

• l?dan

References

• Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903) , “leden”, in Rje?nik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 950
• “leden” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Noun

leden

1. definite singular of led (joint)
2. definite plural of led (step)

Anagrams

• delen, elden, en del

English

Etymology

From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English l?aden (“leaden, of lead”), equivalent to lead +? -en. Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?d?n/
• Rhymes: -?d?n

Adjective

leaden (comparative more leaden, superlative most leaden)

1. (dated) Made of lead.
2. Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
   • 1818-1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo

     [...] if man be
     The passive thing you say, I should not see
     Much harm in the religions and old saws
     (Tho' I may never own such leaden laws)
     Which break a teachless nature to the yoke.

3. Dull; darkened with overcast.

   the sky was leaden and thick

   • 1999: Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 31 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)

     "It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers."

Translations

Verb

leaden (third-person singular simple present leadens, present participle leadening, simple past and past participle leadened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dull or overcast.

Anagrams

• Delena, andele, aneled, leaned, nealed

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

leaden

1. Alternative form of leden (“to lead”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

leaden

1. Alternative form of leden (“leaden”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læ???.den/

Adjective

l?aden

1. Alternative form of l?eden

Declension