Obs. Also 3 loude. [ME. lüde, repr. OE. hlýd str. fem. (:—*hlûdjâ), cogn. w. hlúd LOUD a. (The form loude in the second text of Layamon is prob. due to a misinterpretation of the spelling lude in the first text.)] Noise, clamor.
c. 1205. Lay., 2591. Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude [c. 1275 loude].
a. 1275. Prov. Ælfred, 687, in O. E. Misc., 138. He wole maken fule luden, He wole grennen, cocken and chiden. [But this may belong to LEDEN.]
