leud

1750, from Medieval Latin leudēs pl (“vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis (“man, people”). Cognate with Old High German liuti (“people, subordinates”), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Old English lēod (“chief, man”). Doublet of lede.

• enPR: lo͞od, IPA^(key): /luːd/

• Rhymes: -uːd

• Homophone: lewd

leud (plural leuds or leudes)

1. (historical) A vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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• antrustion

• ULed, duel, lude, lued

leud

1. Alternative form of lewed

leud m (genitive singular leòid, plural leudan)

1. breadth, width

• a leud
• domhan-leud