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leden

leden noun: language; speech.

Noun

leden (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Language; speech.
    • he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of leden

alternative formledden

Origin of leden

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

Questions about leden

What does leden mean?
Leden means language; speech.
What part of speech is leden?
Leden is a noun.

Words near leden in the dictionary

  1. Ledecka
  2. Ledecky
  3. Ledeckys
  4. Ledee
  5. Ledees
  6. leden
  7. ledene
  8. ledenes
  9. Lederer
  10. lederhosed
  11. lederhosen

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