Definition of "leed" in English

noun

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.

2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).

3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.

noun

1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.

2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.

3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Patter; rigmarole.

noun

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”).

verb

1. Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).