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.

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Beowulf, 1159 (Gr.). Leoð wæs asungen.

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c. 1050.  Suppl. Ælfric’s Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 188/29. Poema, leoð.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 163. Ðe defles sed is … hoker and scorn, spel and leoð.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 22078. Þer suggen beornes seolcuðe leoðes of Ardure þan kinge.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 21. Ah schulen weimeres leod ai mare in helle [singen].

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  b.  Comb., as leoth-scop, a poet.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 22976. Ne al soh [read nis al soð] ne al les þat leod-scopes singeð.

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