Leod

Pronunciation

• enPR: lÄ“d, IPA: /liːd/, /liːod/
• Homophones: lead

Alternative forms

• lede

Origin

From Middle English leod ("people"), from Old English lēode ("people, men"; plural of lēod ("person, man")), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz ("people"), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)lewədh- ("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").

Full definition of leod

Noun

1. Form of Alternative or obsolete form.
2. (collectively, obsolete) People.
3. (obsolete) A people, nation, people group.
4. (obsolete) A man, person.

Anagrams

• dole, lode, olde, OLED