Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LEOD
Le "od, n. Etym: [AS. leód people, nation, man, chief; akin to OS. liud, OHG. liut, pl. liuti, G.leute, pl. , fr. AS. leódan to grow, akin to Goth. liudan, OS. liodan, OHG. liotan to grow; cf. Skr. ruh. ]
Defn: People; a nation; a man. [Obs. ] Piers Plowman. Bp. Gibson.
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