leden, lede (A.S.) [355], [393], to lead. pret. s. ladde, [352]. part. act. ledynge. part. pas. lad, [160], [246]
ledene (A.S.) [242], [243], speech, language. This is applied, as here, to birds, by Chaucer, C. T. 10749:—
This faire kynges doughter, Canace,
That on hir fynger bar the queynte ryng,
Thurgh which sche understood wel every thing
That eny foul may in his lydne sayn,
And couthe answer him in his lydne agayn.
ledes (A.S.) [326], people attached to the land, peasants
leef (A.S.) dear, love. his leef, his dear
leef (A.S.) [301], pl. leves, a leaf