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leidang

leidang is the alternative form of lething.

Meaning of lething

Noun

lething (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A public levy of free farmers in mediaeval Scandinavia, to organise coastal fleets for seasonal excursions and in defence of the realm.

Questions about leidang

What is leidang the alternative form of?
Leidang is the alternative form of lething.

Words near leidang in the dictionary

  1. Leichty
  2. Leichtys
  3. Leick
  4. Leicks
  5. Leics
  6. leidang
  7. Leidel
  8. Leidels
  9. Leiden
  10. Leiden jar
  11. Leiden jars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leidang (page history and authors); lething (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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