Old English · noun
lead
Normalised lēad
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /læ͜ɑːd/
- Syllables
- læ͜ɑːd (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- lead
Meaning
-
lead
oþþe unlȳtel lēades clympre, lēohtre iċ eom micle þonne þēs lȳtla wyrm
I am much heavier than the gray stone or an un-little clump of lead, I am much lighter than this little bug that walks here on the water with dry feet
Hefiġere iċ eom micle þonne sē hāra stān
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom Gaulish *loudonbor.? Proto-West Germanic *laud Old English lead Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *laud, possibly borrowed from Gaulish *loudon, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom (“lead”).
Descendants
lead
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