different between lend vs leid

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?nd, IPA^(key): /l?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Etymology 1

From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound, round, etc.), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English l?nan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijan? (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihn? (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyk?- (“to leave, leave over”).

Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linqu? (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek ????? (leíp?, “leave, release”). See also loan.

Verb

lend (third-person singular simple present lends, present participle lending, simple past and past participle lent)

1. (transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

2. (intransitive) To make a loan.
3. (reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

   • Cato, lend me for a while thy patience.

   • 1886, John Addington Symonds, Sir Philip Sidney

     Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions.

5. (proscribed) To borrow.

Antonyms

• borrow

Derived terms

• have a lend
• lender
• lend to believe

Translations

See also

• give back
• loan
• pay back

Etymology 2

From Middle English lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from Old English lendenu, lendinu pl (“loins”), from Proto-Germanic *landij?, *land?? (“loin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lend?- (“loin, kidney”). Cognate with Scots lend, leynd (“the loins, flank, buttocks”), Dutch lendenen (“loins, reins”), German Lenden (“loins”), Swedish länder (“loins”), Icelandic lendar (“loins”), Latin lumbus (“loin”), Russian ??????? (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).

Alternative forms

• leynd, leind, lind (Scotland)
• lende (obsolete)

Noun

lend (plural lends or linder)

1. (anatomy, Britain dialectal) The lumbar region; loin.
2. (Britain dialectal, of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.

References

• lend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lenta, from Proto-Indo-European *lent (“linse”). Compare Latin lens, lentis, Old High German linsi.

Noun

lend f

1. acorn

Related terms

• lëndë

Estonian

Noun

lend (genitive lennu, partitive lendu)

1. flight

Declension

Derived terms

• lennujaam (“airport”)
• lennuõnnetus (“aviation accident”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?i?t/
• Homophones: lijd, leidt
• Rhymes: -?i?t

Verb

leid

1. first-person singular present indicative of leiden
2. imperative of leiden

Anagrams

• lied

German

Etymology

From Middle High German leit from Old High German leid, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, whence also English loathe and Old Norse leiðr. From Proto-Indo-European *h?leyt- (“unpleasant; to loathe, transgress”) whence also Latin laed? (“strike, betray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la??t/

Adjective

leid (comparative leider, superlative am leidesten)

1. (obsolete outside of fixed expressions) distressing, uncomfortable

Usage notes

• Now only used with sein, werden, haben, and as part of the verb leidtun.
• The spelling leid tun was used before the 1996 spelling reform, which replaced it with the spelling Leid tun. In 2004 the alternative form leidtun was added to this, and in 2006 the first reform spelling Leid tun became proscribed. The reasoning for the now prescribed lowercase spelling in the official spelling rules is however incorrect because leid in leidtun and es tut mir/ihm etc. leid is not a form of the noun Leid that has "mostly lost the characteristics of a noun".

Declension

Derived terms

• leid sein
• leidtun; (dated or erroneous also) Leid tun, leid tun

Related terms

• Leid
• leiden
• Leiden
• leidig
• leidvoll

References

Further reading

• “leid” in Duden online

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

leid f (genitive singular leide, nominative plural leideanna)

1. hint, inkling
2. prompt
3. pointer, clue

Declension

Derived terms

• cárta leide
• leid a thabhairt
• leidchárta
• leideach
• leideoir

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

leid

1. past participle of leie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

leid f (definite singular leidi, indefinite plural leider or leidir, definite plural leiderne or leidine)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by lei

Etymology 2

Adjective

leid (masculine and feminine leid, neuter leidt, definite singular and plural leide, comparative leidare, indefinite superlative leidast, definite superlative leidaste)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by lei

Etymology 3

Verb

leid

1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of leida

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, whence also Old English l?þ, Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective

leid

1. uncomfortable

Descendants

• Middle High German: leit
  • German: leid
  • Silesian: leed

Scots

Alternative forms

• lede, led, leide, leyd, leyde, leit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?d/, /le?d/

Etymology 1

From earlier leed, from Middle English lede, reduced form of leden, leoden (“language”), from Old English l?oden (“national language”, literally “of the people”), from l?ode (“people”). More at lede.

Alternative forms

• leed, lied

Noun

leid (plural leids)

1. language

Usage notes

• Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically:

Etymology 2

From Middle English lede, leed, from Old English l?ad (“lead (the metal)”). More at lead.

Noun

leid (plural leids)

1. lead