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Lied vs Leid - What's the difference?

lied | leid |

Leid is a anagram of lied.

Leid is a alternative form of lied.



As nouns the difference between lied and leid

is that lied is an art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano while leid is (Scotland, chiefly poetic) language.

As a verb lied

is past tense of lie.

lied

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(wikipedia lied) (lieder)
  • (music) An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lie)

    • Anagrams

    * * * English heteronyms ----

    leid

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Etymology 1

    From earlier leed, from (etyl) lede, reduced form of leden, . More at .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland'', ''chiefly poetic ) language
    • Usage notes
    * Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically: *: A daena speak the leid . ----