Lude

From Middle English lude ("noise, clamor, sound"), from Old English hlȳd ("noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension"), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō ("sound"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewe- ("to hear"). Cognate with Scots lood, luid ("sound, noise, tone, voice"), Dutch geluid ("sound"), German Laut ("sound"), Swedish ljud ("sound"), Icelandic hljóð ("sound").

Alternative forms

• lood, loude
• luid Scotland

Full definition of lude

Noun

1. (obsolete) Sound, noise, clamorÞa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude. — Layamon's BrutÞa luden heo iherden of þan Rom-leoden. — Layamon's Brut

From Quaalude™

Noun

1. A pill containing the drug methaqualone

From Prelude™

Noun

1. A model of car

Anagrams

• duel, leud