leoþ

• leoð

From Proto-West Germanic *leuþ, from Proto-Germanic *leuþą, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w-. Cognate with Old High German liod (German Lied), Old Saxon lioð (Dutch lied), Old Norse ljóð (“verse, song”), Latin laus (“praise”).

• IPA^(key): /le͜oːθ/

lēoþ n

1. poem
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Iċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle, for þon þē lyst nū lēoða.

     I see I've bored you with that long argument, since you want poems now.

2. song

• lēoþcræft (“poetry”)
• lēoþcwide
• lēoþere (“poet”)
• lēoþġidding
• lēoþlīċ (“poetic”)
• lēoþsang (“poetic song”)
• lēoþword
• lēoþwyrhta (“poet”)
• fūslēoþ (“death-song, dirge”)

• Middle English: leoþ, leod, led, lede
  • Scots: leed, lede
  • English: leed (dialectal); lidden (?)

• fitt
• ġiedd
• meterwyrhta
• sċop (“poet”)
• wōþbora