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† leoth Obs.
[OE. léoð str. neut. = Du. lied, OHG. liod (MHG. liet, inflected lied-, mod.G. lied), ON. lióð, Goth. *liuþ (in awiliuþ thanksgiving):—OTeut. *leuþom.]
A song.
Beowulf 1159 (Gr.) Leoð wæs asungen. c1050Suppl. ælfric's Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 188/29 Poema, leoð. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Ðe defles sed is..hoker and scorn, spel and leoð. c1205Lay. 22078 Þer suggen beornes seol⁓cuðe leoðes of Ardure þan kinge. 1230Hali Meid. 21 Ah schulen weimeres leod ai mare in helle [singen].
b. Comb., as leoth-scop, a poet.
c1205Lay. 22976 Ne al soh [read nis al soð] ne al les þat leod-scopes singeð. |