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leed

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/liːd/

Definition of leed

10 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Language; tongue.
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noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Language; tongue.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
  5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
  6. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)Patter; rigmarole.
  7. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete)Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”).
    “& after to callice hee [Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey] arriued, / like a noble Leed of high degree, / & then to Turwin soone he hyed, / there he thought to haue found King Henery; […]”
  8. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of low-energy electron diffraction.

verb

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).

name

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a system to categorise the level of environmentally sustainable construction in sustainable buildings.

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Etymology

From Middle English lede, shortened variant of leden (“language”), from Old English lēoden (“popular or national language, native tongue”), from Old English lēod (“people, nation”). Cognate with Scots leed (“language”). More at lede.

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