(anatomy)joint(movable connection between the bones in a body or a minor exterior part of the body; also of joints in a plant)
link(movable part of a thing or a plant)
link, part(element in a line of thought or a course of events)
generation(in a family tree)
(grammar)phrase(a word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence)
(mathematics)term(one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation)
Inflection
References
“led,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
A merger of two Old Norse nouns: 1. leið(“road, direction”), from Proto-Germanic*laidō, cognate with Englishload, lode, GermanLeite(“slope”), Dutchlei(“slate”). 2. hliðf(“side”), from Proto-Germanic*hliþō, cognate with Old Englishhliþn.
From Old Norseleiðr(“uncomfortable, tired”), Proto-Germanic*laiþaz, cognate with Englishloath, Germanleid(“distressing”), Dutchleed(“sad”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /leːˀð/, [ˈleˀð], [ˈleðˀ]
Adjective
led (neuterledt, plural and definite singular attributivelede)
disgusting, odious, loathsome
nasty, beastly
Inflection
References
“led,4” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 5
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /leːˀð/, [ˈleˀð], [ˈleðˀ]
Verb
led
past tense of lide
Etymology 6
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /leːˀð/, [ˈleˀð], [ˈleðˀ]
Verb
led
imperative of lede
Irish
Alternative forms
let
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lʲɛd̪ˠ/
Contraction
led (triggers lenition)
(Munster)Contraction of le do(“with your sg”).
Related terms
Further reading
"led" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
lei
Verb
led
simple past of lide
Etymology 2
Verb
led
imperative of lede
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norseliðrm, from Proto-Germanic*liþuz. Doublet of leddn, although formerly considered alternative forms. Cognates include Icelandicliður, Danishled, Dutchlid and dialectal Englishlith.