† leothn.
Obsolete.
A song.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun]
songeOE
leothOE
galec1200
rounc1225
laya1240
gammec1425
muse1528
cantion1579
madrigal1589
canzon1590
canzone1590
canton1594
canto1603
cantilene1635
cantilena1740
Lied1852
art song1875
canzonetta1947
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung
songeOE
wordseOE
leothOE
laya1240
dittya1300
ditea1325
ode1579
dit1590
canton1594
canto1603
OE Beowulf 1159 Leoð wæs asungen.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 188/29 Poema, leoð.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Ðe defles sed is..hoker and scorn, spel and leoð.
1230 Hali Meid. 21 Ah schulen weimeres leod ai mare in helle [singen].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11017 Þer sungen beornes seolcuðe leoðes. of Arðure þan kinge.
Compounds
leoth-scop n. a poet.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by period > [noun] > bard
scopc888
leoth-scopc1275
minstrel?a1300
bard1623
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11465 Ne al soh ne al les þat leod-scopes singeð.
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