leoþ

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Old English

Alternative forms

leoð

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le͜oːθ/

Noun

lēoþ n

poem
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  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.
song

Declension

Declension of lēoþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lēoþ	lēoþ
accusative	lēoþ	lēoþ
genitive	lēoþes	lēoþa
dative	lēoþe	lēoþum

Derived terms

lēoþcræft (“poetry”)
lēoþcwide
lēoþere (“poet”)
lēoþġidding
lēoþlīċ (“poetic”)
lēoþsang (“poetic song”)
lēoþword
lēoþwyrhta (“poet”)
fūslēoþ (“death-song, dirge”)

Descendants

Middle English: leoþ, leod, led, lede
- Scots: leed, lede
- English: leed (dialectal); lidden (?)

See also

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