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lidden

lidden noun: a noise or din.

Noun

lidden (plural liddens)

  1. (archaic) A noise or din.
  2. (archaic, dialectal) A saying, song or story.
    • She kept up this lidden all through breakfast, and the meal was no sooner cleared away than she slipped on a shawl and stepped across to the churchyard to discuss the robbery.1905, Arthur Quiller-Couch, “Frenchman's Creek”, in Shakespeare's Christmas and other stories

Forms of lidden

pluralliddens

Origin of lidden

From earlier leaden, ledden, leden, from Middle English leden, liden, lyden, from Old English lēoden, lȳden (“speech, language”), related to Scots leid (“language”). See leid. Alternative etymology derives lidden from Old English hlȳd, hlȳden (“sound, noise, clamour, din”) or Old Norse hljóð (“sound, clap, roar, ringing, tone, tune”). Compare also Old English lēoþ (“song, tune, poem”).

Words that rhyme with lidden

Questions about lidden

What does lidden mean?
Lidden means a noise or din.
What part of speech is lidden?
Lidden is a noun.
What is the plural of lidden?
The plural of lidden is liddens.

Words near lidden in the dictionary

  1. lidded
  2. Liddel
  3. Liddel Water
  4. Liddell
  5. Liddells
  6. lidden
  7. liddens
  8. lidder
  9. lidderon
  10. lidderons
  11. lidders

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