Obs. Also 3 lið, leoð. [ON. lið a host, also help, f. root of líða to go, travel, go on an expedition (see LEAD v.1).]

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  1.  A body of men.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 5307. We wullet gan a leoðe.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. XVI. 181. Þre leodes in o lith non lenger þan other, Of one mochel & myȝte in mesure and in lengthe.

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  2.  Help, remedy.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 5213. Nes þer nan oðer lið Ȝif heo nalden ȝernen grið.

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