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, eld

led m

1. size

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ.

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• IPA^(key): /lɛt/
• Homophones: let

led m, inanimate

1. ice

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

• IPA^(key): /leð/
• Rhymes: -eð, -ed

From Old Norse leiðr (“uncomfortable, tired”).

led

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

From Old Norse leið (“road, direction”), hlið (“side”).

led c (singular definite ledden, plural indefinite ledder)

1. side, direction

From Old Norse liðr.

led n (singular definite leddet, plural indefinite led)

1. joint
2. link
3. gate
4. (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.

See the etymology of the main entry.

led

1. past tense of lide

• 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.

• "led" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

• lei

led

1. simple past of lide

led

1. imperative of lede

led m (plural leds)

1. Alternative spelling of LED

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ.

• IPA^(key): /lêːd/

lȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑д)

1. ice
2. great frigidity, freezing cold
3. hail
4. the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
5. (figuratively) unfeelingness, coldheartedness
6. (figuratively) a state of immobilization from fear, doubt, or surprise

• (hail): grȁd
• (ice plant): lédak

• 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈléːt/
• Tonal orthography: lẹ̑d

léd m inan (genitive ledú or léda, uncountable)

1. ice

led m (plural ledes)

1. LED

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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

From Old Swedish liþ. Of the 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. track, route; along which one may walk; go by bike

• (track): vandringsled, cykelled

See the etymology of the main entry.

led

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

From Old Norse hlið.

• IPA^(key): /lɪː(d)/

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

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