Definitions and meaning of lod
lod
Alternative forms
Noun
lod (plural lods)
- (statistics) Initialism of logarithm of odds. A measure of likelihood calculated by taking the log of the ratio of the probability of a hypothesis being true given the observed data over the probability that the hypothesis is false.
Anagrams
- 'old, DLO, DOL, Dol, LDO, dol, old
Balinese
Romanization
lod
- Romanization of ᬮᭀᬤ᭄
Danish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German lōt, from Old Saxon lōd, from Proto-West Germanic *laud.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔd/, [lʌð]
- Rhymes: -oð
Noun
lod n (singular definite loddet, plural indefinite lodder)
- plumb bob
- lead (plummet to measure depth of water)
- sinker (weight used in fishing)
- lot (weight unit). A Danish lod was 15.6 grams. In this sense the plural is lod.
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hlutr. Compare Old English hlot (English lot).
Pronunciation
Noun
lod n or c (singular definite loddet or lodden, plural indefinite lodder)
- ticket n
- lot, prize n
- fate, lot c
- portion, share c
- lot, plot c
Etymology 3
See lodde (“to solder”).
Pronunciation
Verb
lod
- imperative of lodde
Etymology 4
See lade (“to let, leave, have”).
Pronunciation
Verb
lod
- past of lade
Further reading
- lod on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Lod (vægtenhed) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- “lod,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “lod,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ledъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ledús. Cognate with Upper Sorbian lód, Polish lód, Czech led, Russian лёд (ljod), Old Church Slavonic ледъ (ledŭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
lod m inan (diminutive lodk)
- ice (water in frozen form)
Declension
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “lod”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lod”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
lod
- first/second-person singular preterite absolute of téit
·lod
- first/second-person singular preterite conjunct of téit
Mutation
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of lahut (“sea”) and lor (“north”).
Noun
lod
- sea
- Synonyms: abdhi, arṇawa, ernawa, jaladhi, lahut, pasir, pasisi, raktākāra, ratnakara, ratnadukara, sāgara, samudra, saraswat, sindhu, tasik, udadhi
Descendants
- → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬤ᭄ (lod, “sea”)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish lodh, from Middle Low German lot, from Old Saxon lōd, from Proto-West Germanic *laud.
Noun
lod n
- a plumb bob, a plummet, a weight (hanging)
- a tool used to determine the depth of water
- a tool used in construction to find a vertical line
- a weight used to power a clock
- a weight used in a loom
- a weight used in a steelyard balance
- a piece of metal used to heat a (non-electric) flat iron
- solder (metal used in soldering)
- a lot; an old weight unit corresponding to 1/30 or 1/32 pound
Declension
Derived terms
References
- lod in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lod in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- lod in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)
Source: wiktionary.org