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leód

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§367;
A man, poet. a prince [cf. Icel. álfa ljóði] ; in pl. men, people, people of a country, country [cf. the use of proper names, e.g. hé gewát intó Galwalum he departed into Gaul,
    Chr. Erl. 5, 14
]
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  • Leód Ebréa [

    Abraham ],

    • Cd. 136
      • ;
    • Th. 171, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 2835
      • .

  • Ebréa leód,

    • 98
      • ;
    • Th. 130, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 2163
      • .

  • Wedera leód

    [Beowulf] ,

    • Beo. Th. 687
      • ;
    • B. 341
      • :
    • 702
      • ;
    • B. 348
      • :
    • 1254
      • ;
    • B. 625
      • .

  • Gif hwá his ágenne geleód [MS. H. leóð] bebycgge

    if any one sell his own countryman,

    • L. In. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 110, 3
      • .

  • Ðá hatedon hine his leóde

    cives autem ejus oderant eum,

    • Lk. Skt. 19, 14
      • .

  • Ða leóde ðá flugon ðá hié ðone here tóweardne wiston

    the people fled when they knew the army was coming,

    • Blickl. Homl. 79, 12
      • .

  • Ðá flugon ða hǽðnan leóde,

    • 203, 16
      • .

  • Lifigende leóde,

    • Cd. 205
      • ;
    • Th. 255, 3
      • ;
    • Dan. 618
      • .

  • Leóde ne cúðan módblinde men meotud oncnáwan

    people, men mind-darkened, could not their maker recognize,

    • Exon. 25 a
      • ;
    • Th. 73,10
      • ;
    • Cri. 1187
      • .

  • Wedera leóde,

    • Beo. Th. 455
      • ;
    • B. 225
      • .

  • Wé synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde

    by race are we men of the Gauts,

    • 526
      • ;
    • B. 260
      • .

  • Hé ealle ða landbigengan wolde útámǽran and his ágenra leóda mannum gesettan

    omnes indigenas exterminare, ac suæ provinciæ homines pro his substituere contendit,

    • Bd. 4, 16
      • ;
    • S. 584, 7
      • .

  • Hit ná geweorþan sceolde ðæt se wǽre leóda cyning se ðe ǽr wæs folce þeów

    it ought not to be, that he that had been a servant to a people, should be a king of men,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 178, 21
      • .

  • Leóda lífgedál Lothes gehýrde brýd

    Lot's wife heard the death of men,

    • Cd. 119
      • ;
    • Th. 154, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 2561
      • .

  • Leóda ǽnigum nytte

    of use to any man,

    • Beo. Th. 1591
      • ;
    • B. 793
      • .

  • Láþ leóda gehwam,

    • Exon. 10 b
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 194
      • .

  • Hæleþa éðel, leóda gesetu,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2519
      • ;
    • An. 1261
      • .

  • Wé ðissa leóda land gesóhton,

    • 535
      • ;
    • An. 268
      • .

  • Ðǽr wæs þreó þúsend ðæra leóda

    there was three thousand of the people,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 570
      • ;
    • El. 285
      • .

  • Leóda bearn [cf. O. Sax. liudi-barn]

    the children of men,

    • Exon. 24 a
      • ;
    • Th. 69, 11
      • ;
    • Cri. 1119
      • :
    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 124, 32
      • ;
    • Edg. 24
      • .

  • Leóda [MS. leode] þeódum,

    • Ps. Th. 80, 12
      • .

  • Geáta leóda cempan

    warriors of the men of the Gauts,

    • Beo. Th. 416
      • ;
    • B. 205
      • .

  • Ic eówea leóda willan geworhte,

    • 1273
      • ;
    • B. 634
      • .

  • Næs ðǽr má sínra leóda nemne elleffne orettmæcgas,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1326
      • ;
    • An. 663
      • .

  • Wæs hé eallum his leódum leóf

    ipse [Oswin] amabilis omnibus præfuit,

    • Bd. 3, 14
      • ;
    • S. 539, 33
      • .

  • Bæd hé Theodor ðæt hé him and his leódum bisceop funde [

    sibi suisque ],

    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 566, 25
      • .

  • Tó nytnysse his leódum

    utilitati suæ gentis,

    • 2, 16
      • ;
    • S. 520, 3
      • .

  • Ðæt Súþseaxnamǽgþ sceolde habban ágenne bisceop on heora leódum

    ut provincia Australium Saxonum ipso proprium haberet episcopum,

    • 5, 18
      • ;
    • S. 636, 14
      • .

  • Æþelwulf tó his leódum cuom,

    • Chr. 855
      • ;
    • Erl. 68, 31
      • .

  • Ælþeódige men ... swǽse men in leódum

    aliens ... natives of the country,

      L. Wih. 4; Th. i. 38, 3. [Cf. below, Beo. Th. 3741.]

  • Ðǽm Cristenum leódum com Godes engel on fultum

    God's angel had come to the Christians as a help,

    • Blickl. Homl. 203, 25, 20
      • :
    • Cd. 24
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 489
      • :
    • 157
      • ;
    • Th. 195, 16
      • ;
    • Exod. 277
      • .

  • Hié wíf tó Denum feredon lǽddon tó leódum

    they bore her to Denmark,

    • Beo. Th. 2322
      • ;
    • B. 1159
      • .

  • Wǽron æþelingas eft tó leódum fúse tó farenne

    the nobles were eager to go back to their people,

    • 3613
      • ;
    • B. 1804
      • .

  • Gif cyning his leóde tó him gehlteþ and heom mon ðǽr yfel gedó

    if a king summon his people to him and evil is done to them there,

    • L. Ethb. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 2, 8
      • .

  • Ceadwealla slóh ða Norþhymbran leóde æfter heora hláfordes fylle,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 95, 9
      • .

  • Leóda,

    • 96, 40
      • .

  • Leóde hogode on ðæt micle morþ, men forweorpan,

    • Cd. 32
      • ;
    • Th. 43, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 690
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 339
      • ;
    • An. 170
      • .

  • Leóde, Judéa cyn,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 416
      • ;
    • El. 208
      • .

  • Hét hine leóde swǽse sécean

    bade him seek his own people,

    • Beo. Th. 3741
      • ;
    • B. 1868
      • :
    • 2677
      • ;
    • B. 1336
      • .

  • Land and leóde,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2643
      • ;
    • An. 1323
      • :
    • Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • Erl. 198, 6
      • ;
    • Edw. 25
      • .

  • Gif ðú ðæt gerǽdest ðæt ðú ðíne leóda lýsan wille

    if you decide to save thy men,

    • Byrht. Th. 132, 56
      • ;
    • By. 37
      • .
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. liud; m; pl. liudí
:
O. Sax. liudí
:
O. Frs. liode, liude
:
Icel. lýðir; pl. [e.g. of lýðum sínum by his people]
:
O. H. Ger. liuti homines
:
Ger. leute.
]
Similar entries
v. burh-, eást-, ge-, land- leód; and next word.
Linked entries
v.  leóde leód-geld.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leód.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21393.

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