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Old English · noun

leode

Normalised lēode

Part of speech: noun, masculine / feminine
IPA: /ˈle͜oː.de/
Syllables: ˈle͜oː · de (2 syllables)
Modern English: lede leed men

Meaning

men, people, people of a country

Ġēata lēode

the people of the Geats

Declension

Declension of leode
	Plural
Nominative	lēode
Accusative	lēode
Genitive	lēoda
Dative	lēodum

All forms (3)

lēode
lēoda
lēodum

Etymology

Originally the plural of lēod, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”).

Descendants

lede, leed

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