| 释义 |
ˈleden Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 1 léden, lǽden, lýden, léoden, 3–4 leoden, ledene, 2–6 leden, 4–5 ledne, 4 ledone, lidene, ledyn, lyd(e)ne, ludene, 4–7 ledden, 5 lydyn, 7 leaden, 7, 9 lidden. See also leed1.
[OE. lǽden, repr. a Celtic or early Romanic pronunciation of L. Latīnum Latin, was confused with the native léden, lýden, léoden language, f. léode people, lede. (For the etymological sense cf. ᵹeðéod language, f. ðéod people.) The confusion seems to have originated with the compound bóc-léden ‘book-language’ (see boc-leden), which was fashioned by popular etymology as a more intelligible synonym for lǽden.]
†1. Latin. (See also boc-leden.) Only OE.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. Pref. 3 Of Lædene on Englisc areccean. c900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xx. (1891) 466 And Leden him wæs swa cuð & swa ᵹemimor swa swa Englisc. c1050Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia VIII. 321 Enchiridion þæt ys manualis on lyden.
†2. The language of a nation, people or race; a ‘tongue’. Obs.
c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 110 Þæt ys on ure leodene hneccan sar. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 141 Hie is ihaten..englene quen marie þat is on ure ledene se-steorre. a1225Ancr. R. 130 Vor al so muchel seið þis word Dauid, on Ebreuwische leodene, as strong toȝein þe ueond.
†b. The speech or utterance of a person or class of persons; form of speech; way of speaking. (Cf. leed1 b.) Obs.
c1320Cast. Love 32 No monnes mouþ ne be i-dut, Ne his ledene i-hud. c1350Will. Palerne 782 Þan hee meeues too hur mouthe & makes his lidene. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 253 Though he crye to Cryst..I leue His ledne be in owre lordes ere lyke a pyes chiteryng. c1400Destr. Troy 13276 The songe of þo Syrens was selly to here! With a ledyn full lusty & likyng with-all. 1595Spenser Col. Clout 746 Those that do to Cynthia expound The ledden of straunge languages in charge. 1596― F.Q. iv. xi. 19 He was expert in prophecies, And could the ledden of the Gods vnfold.
†c. poet. Applied to the ‘language’ of birds. Obs.
1340–70Alisaunder 601 Þe ludene of þat language [sc. of birds] lelli þei knowe. c1386Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 427 She vnderstood wel euery thyng That any fowel may in his leden seyn. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xv. 186 Þe larke, þat is a lasse fowel is loueloker of lydene. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 3238 And that wyt God hym gafe, That on fouls lydyn he couthe. 1600Fairfax Tasso xvi. xiii. 283 A woondrous bird..That in plaine speech sung..Her leden was like humaine language trew. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xii. 503 The ledden of the birds most perfectly shee knew.
d. dial. Noise, chatter.
1674Ray N.C. Words 29 A Leaden or Lidden; a Noise or Din. 1865R. Hunt Pop. Rom. W. Eng. Ser. ii. 245 Hark to his lidden. Listen to his word or talk. |