leden

• ledden

From Middle English leden, leoden, from Old English lēoden (“national or popular language”). More at leid and leed.

leden (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Language; speech.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:

     he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […]

• elden, neeld

From led (“ice”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛdɛn/

leden m inan

1. January

• lednový

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

leden (neuter ledet, plural and definite singular attributive ledne)

1. (archaic) Passed, over, finished.
   • 1826, Carl Christian Rafn, Krakas maal: eller Kvad om kong Ragnar Lodbroks krigsbedrifter og heltedød, page 25

     Glad skal jeg Øl med Aser / I Öndvege drikke / Ledne er Livets Timer / Leende gaaer jeg i Døden!

     Happily shall I beer with the Æsir / In the seat of honour drink / The hours of life are over / Laughing, I walk into death!

   • 1820, Dansk Ordbog: I - L, page 94

     Leden adj. part. af v. lider procedo. Som er til Ende, forløben. Da vare ledne (forløbne) 4 Aar siden. Der hans meste Alder var leden (forbi). ...

leden c

1. singular definite of lede

leden

1. past participle, common gender of lide

• Rhymes: -eːdən

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leden

1. Plural form of lid

leden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of lijden

• delen, lende

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːdən/

From Old English lǣdan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

• lede, leaden, leeden, lædden

leden

1. to lead (guide, conduct, direct)

   1395 Wycliffe Bible, Romans 2:4

   Whether `dispisist thou the richessis of his goodnesse, and the pacience, and the long abidyng? Knowist thou not, that the benygnyte of God ledith thee to forthenkyng?

   1395 Wycliffe Bible, II Chronicles 25:11

   Forsothe Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and yede in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde.

   1395 Wycliffe Bible, Isaiah 53:7

   He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth.

2. to lead (manage, oversee, administrate)
3. to lead (rule, head, hold ultimate authority)
4. to carry, take, bring
5. to put, place, set down
6. to lead (a life), to live
7. to cause, engender, beget

• English: lead
• Scots: leid, lede

• “lēden (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.

From Old English lēaden; equivalent to led +‎ -en.

• leaden, ledyn, ledun, ledyng

leden

1. Made of lead; containing lead
2. Having the appearance of lead; leaden

• English: leaden

• “leden, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.

A conflation of Old English lēoden (“national language”); and lǣden (“Latin”).

• lede, ledne, ledene, ledden, liden

leden

1. Latin (language)
2. A language or tongue
3. singing, music

• langage, language
• speche
• tung
• thede

• Scots: leid

• “lē̆den (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.

From Proto-Slavic *leděnъ. Cognate with Russian ледяной (ledjanoj), led (ice) or sladoled (sweet ice = ice cream).

• IPA^(key): /lêden/
• Hyphenation: led‧en

lȅden (definite lȅdenī, comparative ledènijī, Cyrillic spelling ле̏ден)

1. icy, glacial (made of ice)
2. full of ice
3. cold, frigid, chilled

   ledena kava

   iced coffee

4. crystalline, clear and transparent
5. relating to the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
6. (figuratively) unwelcoming, coldhearted, unfeeling
7. (figuratively) (of fear, doubt, or surprise) immobilizing

Historically, lȅdan primarily meant “of or relating to ice”, while lȅden primarily meant “made of ice”, but each was often used for the other; today, lȅden is by far the more common of the two.

• lȅdan

• Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903), “leden”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 950
• “leden” in Hrvatski jezični portal

leden

1. definite singular of led (joint)
2. definite plural of led (step)