different between leod vs feod

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

English

Noun

feod (plural feods)

1. Obsolete form of feud. (estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)

Anagrams

• DofE, defo