See also: leed and LEED

Central Franconian

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Etymology 1

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From Old High German liod.

Alternative forms

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  • Lied (southern Moselle Franconian)

Noun

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Leed n (plural Leeder, diminutive Leedche)

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) song
    • 2003, “Wenn mir Kölsche singe”‎[1]performed by Bläck Fööss:
      Leeder zom Laache, zom Kriesche och,
      Ha’ mer en Kölle satt un jenooch.
      Wat uns bewääch un wat uns bedröck,
      Dat moss einfach rus, söns weed mer verröck!
      Songs for laughing, for crying too,
      We have in Cologne plenty and enough.
      What moves us and what depresses us
      Must be expressed, or else we go crazy!

Etymology 2

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From Old High German leid.

Alternative forms

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  • Lääd (eastern Moselle Franconian)
  • Leid (Kölsch; Westerwald)

Noun

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Leed n (no plural)

  1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) sorrow; grief; agony

Hunsrik

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Leed n

  1. sorrow, grief, woe

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Limburgish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ, from Proto-Germanic *leuþą.

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Leed n (plural Leeder or Leechter, diminutive Leddsche or Leedsche) (German-based spelling)

  1. (music) song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics)
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  • The generally used plural form is Leeder. The plural form Leechter is used in some parts of Selfkant (some speakers here also use Leech in the singular).
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *liþu, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

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Noun

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Leed n (plural Leeder) (German-based spelling)

  1. (anatomy) joint, limb
  2. member
  3. link (in a chain)
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Etymology 3

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From Leid, with regular Ripuarian-Limburgish monophthongisation of -ei-.

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Noun

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Leed n (German-based spelling)

  1. East Limburgish-Ripuarian form of Leid (woe, sorrow)

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German leid. Cognate with German Leid, Dutch leed.

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Noun

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Leed n (uncountable)

  1. sorrow, grief, woe
  2. misery

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