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Leid
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leid leið
German
Alternative forms
de Laid obsolete
Etymology
From de gmh leit, from de goh leid, from de gem-pro *laiþą, related to gem-pro *laiþaz loath.
Cognate with nl leed, en loath. Originally unrelated with the verb de leiden to suffer, though the two stems early on began to influence each other. See de leid for more.
Pronunciation
de /laɪ̯t/
de De-Leid.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de leid leit
Noun
n,(e)s.sg
woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction
de Kummer
wrong, harm, injury
Declension
n,(e)s.sg
Antonyms
de Freude
Related terms
de leid leiden<qq:related by secondary association only> Leiden<qq:related by secondary association only> leider leidig leidvoll leidtragend Leidwesen
See also
de leid tun, leidtun, Leid tun
Further reading
de Pain
Low German
Etymology
From nds gml *lēt, from nds osx lioth, from nds gmw-pro *leuþ. Cognate to de Lied song n.
Noun
n Leier
nds Paderbornisch song