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Lode vs Lodde - What's the difference?

lode | lodde |

In obsolete terms the difference between lode and lodde

is that lode is a way or path; a road while lodde is a fish, the capelin.

lode

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A way or path; a road.
  • (dialectal) a watercourse
  • (mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
  • (by extension) A rich source of supply.

    • Related terms

    * lodestar * loadstone * mother lode

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    lodde

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) A fish, the capelin.
  • * 1813 , Leopold von Buch (Freiherr), Travels through Norway and Lapland
    • We were actually told that when the lodde enters from the sea, the fishermen smell them at a distance of ten English miles, and immediately set off in their boats in quest of them.
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