lede

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lēd, IPA(key): /liːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /lid/ Homophones: lead, lied, leed Rhymes: -iːd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English lede, leode (“man; human being, person; lord, prince; God; sir; group, kind; race; a people, nation; human race; land, real property”) [and other forms], from three closely related words: Old English lēod (“man; chief, leader; (poetic) prince; a people, people group; nation”); Old English lēoda (“man; person; native of a country”), related to lēod; and Old English lēode (“men; people; the people of a country”), originally the plural of lēod. Lēod is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *liudi, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“man; person; men; people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis (“man, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”). Doublet of leud. ==== Noun ==== lede (plural lede) (obsolete) A man; a person. ===== Usage notes ===== In modern English, the word is only found as a conscious archaism. ===== Alternative forms ===== leed, leod ===== Related terms ===== leden === Etymology 2 === A deliberate misspelling of lead, originally used in instructions given to printers to indicate which paragraphs constitute the lede, intended to avoid confusion with the word lead which may actually appear in the text of an article. Compare dek (“subhead”) (modified from deck) and hed (“headline”) (from head). ==== Noun ==== lede (plural ledes) (chiefly US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.] Synonym: intro ===== Usage notes ===== The word, which has entered ordinary usage, was originally journalistic jargon. In 1990, the American author and journalist William Safire (1929–2009) was still able to say: “You will not find this spelling in dictionaries; it is still an insiders' variant, steadily growing in frequency of use. […] Will lede break out of its insider status and find its way into general use? […] To suggest this is becoming standard would be misledeing […] But it has earned its place as a variant spelling, soon to overtake the original spelling for the beginning of a news article.” ===== Derived terms ===== bury the lede lede to kum nulede ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Glossary of journalism: Article components === Etymology 3 === See lead. ==== Verb ==== lede Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”). === References === === Further reading === lead paragraph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “lede”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “lede”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026, sourced from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN === Anagrams === Deel, LEED, deel, dele, leed == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪə.də/ === Noun === lede plural of lid == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɛdɛ] === Noun === lede vocative singular of led == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleːðə/, [ˈle̝ːð̩], [ˈle̝ːð̩˕˗ˠ] === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish lethæ, from Old Norse leiða (“to lead”), from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to lead”), cognate with English lead, German leiten. It is a causative of the verb *līþaną (“to go, pass”). ==== Verb ==== lede (past tense ledede or ledte, past participle ledet or ledt) to manage, run to head, direct to lead, guide to conduct ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== styre forestå føre gelejde dirigere ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Danish letæ, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną, cognate with Old English wlātian (“to look upon”), Gothic 𐍅𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wlaitōn, “to look around”). ==== Verb ==== lede (past tense ledte, past participle ledt) to look, search for ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== søge ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Old Danish lethæ, from Old Norse leiða, derived from the adjective Old Norse leiðr (Danish led (“disgusting”)). ==== Noun ==== lede c (singular definite leden, not used in plural form) disgust, distaste, loathing ===== Declension ===== ===== Antonyms ===== lyst ===== Derived terms ===== madlede livslede === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== lede definite of led plural of led === References === “lede” in Den Danske Ordbog “lede” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eːdə === Verb === lede (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of lijden === Anagrams === deel, dele, edel, leed == Galician == === Verb === lede second-person plural imperative of ler == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.de/ Rhymes: -ɛde Hyphenation: lè‧de === Verb === lede third-person singular present indicative of ledere == Middle Dutch == === Noun === lêde dative singular of lêet == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English lēode (“people, men”), plural of lēod, from Proto-West Germanic *liudī, plural of *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz, plural of *liudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeyes, plural of *h₁léwdʰis. Akin to Old Frisian liod, Old Saxon liud, Old Norse ljóðr, lýðr, Old High German liut, Dutch lieden. ==== Alternative forms ==== led, leed, leede, leyde, leod, leode, leude, lud, lude, lued, lyde (early) leoda, leodæ ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈleːd(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== lede (plural ledes or lede or (early) leden) (poetic) A (male) human; a man: A vassal or subject. A servant or retainer. A ruler; one with governing authority. (collectively) People, folk. A nation; a people. A race or stock; one's kindred. Real estate; owned land. ===== Descendants ===== English: lede (obsolete), leed Scots: lede, leid, luid ===== References ===== “lẹ̄d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== lede alternative form of led (“lead”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== lede alternative form of leden (“language”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== lede alternative form of leden (“to lead”) Perle Section 15. Anonymous 15th century. A blysful lyf þou says I lede; === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== lede alternative form of leden (“to cover in lead”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse leiða, and Danish lede. === Verb === lede (imperative led, present tense leder, passive ledes, simple past and past participle leda or ledet, present participle ledende) to lead to guide ==== Derived terms ==== avlede innlede ledelse ledning === See also === leie (Nynorsk) === References === “lede” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Verb === lede second-person plural imperative of ler == Swedish == === Etymology === From the nominal use (masculine inflection) of adjective led (“loathsome”), in the more original synonym den lede frestaren (“the loathsome tempter”). === Adjective === lede definite natural masculine singular of led === Noun === lede c the evil one, the loathsome or disgusting one; the devil, Satan ==== Usage notes ==== Most commonly as den lede. ==== See also ==== lede fi