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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Loden.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??d?n/
• Rhymes: -??d?n

Noun

loden (plural lodens)

1. A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
   • 2001, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 314:

     The first thing that caught my eye on this excursion was the number of grey, brown and green loden coats and hats, and how well and sensibly everyone was dressed in general, how remarkably solid were the shoes of the pedestrians of Nuremberg.

2. A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.

Adjective

loden (comparative more loden, superlative most loden)

1. Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Eldon, olden

Dutch

Alternative forms

• looien (now dialectal)

Etymology

lood +? -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo?.d?(n)/
• Rhymes: -o?d?n

Adjective

loden (not comparable)

1. leaden, made of lead

Inflection

Related terms

• lood

Anagrams

• dolen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lòden (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Old Norse loðinn, from the Proto-Germanic past participle of *leudan? (“to sprout, spring up, grow”). Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h?lewd?- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²l????n], /²lo??n/, /²lod??n/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

loden (masculine and feminine loden, neuter lode or lodent, definite singular and plural lodne, comparative lodnare, indefinite superlative lodnast, definite superlative lodnaste)

1. hairy, shaggy, woolly

References

• “loden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

loden m (plural lódenes)

1. loden

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