Definition of "leed"

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Language; tongue.  examples

(UK dialectal, Scotland) A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).  examples

(UK dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.  examples

(UK dialectal, Scotland) A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.  examples

(UK dialectal, Scotland) A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.  examples

(UK dialectal, Scotland) Patter; rigmarole.  examples

(obsolete) Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”)  quotations

Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).  examples