Old English · noun

leoþ

Normalised lēoþ

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /le͜oːθ/
Syllables: le͜oːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English: leed lidden poem

Meaning

poem

Iċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle, for þon þē lyst nū lēoða.

I see I've bored you with that long argument, since you want poems now.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
song

Declension

Declension of leoþ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēoþ	lēoþ
Accusative	lēoþ	lēoþ
Genitive	lēoþes	lēoþa
Dative	lēoþe	lēoþum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *leuþ, from Proto-Germanic *leuþą, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w-. Cognate with Old High German liod (German Lied), Old Saxon lioð (Dutch lied), Old Norse ljóð (“verse, song”), Latin laus (“praise”).

Descendants

leed, lidden

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