Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
lede .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete People; a nation; a man.
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- noun Alternative or obsolete form of
lede . - noun collectively, obsolete
People . - noun obsolete A
people ,nation , people group. - noun obsolete A
man ,person .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Barisdel, Mac-leod, Balhaldie, and the others of the Gaelic gang in
Doom Castle Neil Munro
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If a stranger retire from the land, let his kindred pay a half leod.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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If any man slay another at an open grave, let him pay 20 shillings and pay the whole leod within 40 days.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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If any man slay another, let him make bot with a half leod-geld of 100 shillings.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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Colonel Mac - leod of Talilker joined us in his boat, rowed by boat - men in uniform, with a bagpiper in the bow, — re - turned to dinner, — were honoured with the compa-t ny of colonel Macleod of Taliiker, major Normand Liacleod of Duuvegan, Mr Macdonaldof Scalpa, Mi;.
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I here adopt Grein's emendation, reading _leod_ for _leof_.] [Footnote 14: line 1137.
Genesis A Translated from the Old English Lawrence Mason 1890
trivet commented on the word leod
Also leodgeld - Anglo-Saxon blood money for manslaughter.
March 7, 2007