Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leud

/ljuːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leud
IPA: /ljuːd/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.

Example Sentences

"The authority belonged, at one and the same time, to assemblies of free men, to landholders over the dwellers on their domains, and to the king over the leudes and their following."

Etymology

1750, from Medieval Latin leudēs pl (“vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis (“man, people”). Cognate with Old High German liuti (“people, subordinates”) (modern German Leute), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Old English lēod (“chief, man”). Doublet of lede.

Origin

Source language: Proto-Germanic

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₁lewdʰ-, leudēs, *liudi, *liudiz, *h₁léwdʰis

Inflected Forms

leuds (plural) leudes (plural)

Synonyms

antrustion

Homonyms

lewd

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce leud?: The recorded pronunciation is /ljuːd/.
What does leud mean?: A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.
Where does leud come from?: It is traced to Proto-Germanic.

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