Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lidden

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lid-den
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A noise or din.

Archaic

noun

A saying, song or story.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"She kept up this lidden all through breakfast, and the meal was no sooner cleared away than she slipped on a shawl and stepped across to the churchyard to discuss the robbery."

Etymology

From earlier leaden, ledden, leden, from Middle English leden, liden, lyden, from Old English lēoden, lȳden (“speech, language”), related to Scots leid (“language”). See leid. Alternative etymology derives lidden from Old English hlȳd, hlȳden (“sound, noise, clamour, din”) or Old Norse hljóð (“sound, clap, roar, ringing, tone, tune”). Compare also Old English lēoþ (“song, tune, poem”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: leden, lēoden, hlȳd, hljóð

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

liddens (plural)

Rhymes With

hidden forbidden ridden overridden midden glidden swidden stridden slidden

Questions

What does lidden mean?: A noise or din.
Where does lidden come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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