led

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd
• Homophone: lead (metal element)
• Hyphenation: led

led

1. simple past tense and past participle of lead

led (not comparable)

1. Under somebody's control or leadership.
   1. Of a farm, etc.: managed by a deputy instead of the owner or tenant in person.

• 'eld, DLE, Del, Del., EDL, LDE, del, del., eld

From Proto-Brythonic *lled.

led m

1. size

From Old Czech led, from Proto-Slavic *ledъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛt]

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• Homophone: let

led m inan

1. ice

• led in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• led in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• led in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Old Norse liðr, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz, cognate with German Glied (“joint”), Lied (“song”).

• IPA^(key): /leð/, [ˈleð]

led n (singular definite leddet, plural indefinite led)

1. (anatomy) joint (movable connection between the bones in a body or a minor exterior part of the body; also of joints in a plant)
2. link (movable part of a thing or a plant)
3. link, part (element in a line of thought or a course of events)
4. generation (in a family tree)
5. (grammar) phrase (a word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence)
6. (mathematics) term (one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation)

   I udtrykket ${\displaystyle 2x+4\ln x-3}$ er ${\displaystyle 2x}$, ${\displaystyle 4\ln x}$ og ${\displaystyle -3}$ led.

   In the expression ${\displaystyle 2x+4\ln x-3}$, ${\displaystyle 2x}$, ${\displaystyle 4\ln x}$, and ${\displaystyle -3}$ are terms.

• “led,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

A merger of two Old Norse nouns: 1. leið (“road, direction”), from Proto-Germanic *laidō, cognate with English load, lode, German Leite (“slope”), Dutch lei (“slate”). 2. hlið f (“side”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþō, cognate with Old English hliþ n.

• IPA^(key): /leð/, [ˈleð]

led c (singular definite ledden, plural indefinite ledder)

1. side, direction (of an object)

   Jeg skar guleroden over på den lange led.

   I cut the carrot in two lengthwise.

2. way (of doing something)

• “led,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse hliðr, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą, cognate with Swedish lid (“gate”), English lid, German lid (“eyelid”).

• IPA^(key): /leð/, [ˈleð]

led n (singular definite leddet, plural indefinite led)

1. gate (in a fence or at a level crossing)

• “led,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse leiðr (“uncomfortable, tired”), Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, cognate with English loath, German leid (“distressing”), Dutch leed (“sad”).

• IPA^(key): /leːˀð/, [ˈleˀð], [ˈleðˀ]

led (neuter ledt, plural and definite singular attributive lede)

1. disgusting, odious, loathsome
2. nasty, beastly

• “led,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /leːˀð/, [ˈleˀð], [ˈleðˀ]

led

1. past tense of lide

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /leːˀð/, [ˈleˀð], [ˈleðˀ]

led

1. imperative of lede

• let

• IPA^(key): /lʲɛd̪ˠ/

led (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of le do (“with your sg”).

   Brúigh led mhéar é.

   Press it with your finger.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “led”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• lead, lede, leed, leod, leyd, leyt
• læd (early)

From Old English lēad, from Proto-West Germanic *laud, from Gaulish *laudon, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom.

• IPA^(key): /lɛːd/

led (uncountable)

1. lead (element Pl)
2. A cauldron (originally of lead)

• leden

• English: lead
• Scots: leid, lede
• Yola: leed

• “lēd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• lei

led

1. simple past of lide

led

1. imperative of lede

From Old Norse liðr m,[1] from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. Doublet of ledd n, although formerly considered alternative forms. Cognates include Icelandic liður, Danish led, Dutch lid and dialectal English lith.

• Lid (obsolete spelling)[2]

led m (definite singular leden, indefinite plural leder or ledar, definite plural ledene or ledane)

1. (anatomy) a joint or a movable body part adjacent to it
2. a single part within a whole, especially a sequence
   1. a link (in a chain)
   2. a generation

• lea, lee (verb)

• ledig
• ledug

From Old Norse hlið n,[1] from Proto-Germanic *hlidą. Akin to English lid. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to shelter, cover”).

• Lid (obsolete spelling)[2]

led n (definite singular ledet, indefinite plural led, definite plural leda)

1. a gate
2. an opening in a fence

• gardled
• gjerdeled
• grindled
• hageled

From Old Norse hlið f.[1]

• Lid (obsolete spelling)[2]

led f (definite singular leda, indefinite plural leder, definite plural ledene)

1. a side

• lodneled

From English LED (“light-emitting diode”).[1]

led m (definite singular led-en, indefinite plural led-ar, definite plural led-ane)

1. Alternative letter-case form of LED

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

led

1. present tense of leda

• LED, del, edl, eld

led m (plural leds)

1. Alternative spelling of LED

From English LED.

led n (plural leduri)

1. LED

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús.

• IPA^(key): /lêːd/

lȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑д)

1. ice
2. great frigidity, freezing cold
3. hail

   Synonym: grȁd

4. the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

   Synonym: lédak

5. (figuratively) unfeelingness, coldheartedness
6. (figuratively) a state of immobilization from fear, doubt, or surprise

• sladoled

• Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903), “led”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 948
• “led” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús.

• IPA^(key): /léːt/

lẹ̑d m inan

1. ice

• “led”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

led m (plural ledes)

1. LED

• “led”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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From Old Swedish lēþer, from Old Norse leiðr, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyt-.

led

1. tired; bored
2. (archaic) disgusting, repulsive, loathsome; evil

The second sense is still in some use in the expression den lede frestaren or simply lede, as a name for the Devil.

• less
• trött

From Old Swedish liþer, from Old Norse liðr, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

led c

1. joint; the part of a limb where it can bend; such as a knee or a wrist; phalanx
   1. any mechanical joint where two parts are supposed to move (bend) with respect to each other

• ledamot (“body part; board member”)

From Old Swedish liþ. Of the same origin as previous with alternate grammatical gender (cf. Old English liþ n).

led n

1. A queue; a row of people
2. (mathematics) term

   högerledet

   the right hand side; what's on the right hand side of the equality

3. stage

   Ett led i processen

   A stage in the process

From Old Swedish lēþ, from Old Norse leið, from Proto-Germanic *laidō.

led c

1. (transport) track, route or way, along which one may walk, go by bicycle or drive a motor vehicle

• cykelled
• farled
• huvudled
• motortrafikled
• skoterled
• vandringsled

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

led

1. past tense of lida.
2. imperative of leda.

• del, eld

• IPA^(key): /leːd/

led

1. Soft mutation of lled.

led

1. Soft mutation of lled.

• IPA^(key): /lɪː(d)/

From Old Norse hlið n (“gate,”) from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“lid, cover.”).

led n (definite singular lede, dative leden, definite plural leda)

1. gate

Compare li (“to elapse,”) and Old Norse lið n (“host, folk, family, army, aid,”) whence Icelandic lið (“folk, army, team.”)

led n

1. work in a certain order or round, to which the parishioners (qualified to vote at the parish meeting) are bidden