See leden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"imperative",
"plural",
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},
{
"form": "-",
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"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ledynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ledende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "led",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
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]
},
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"form": "yled",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
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},
{
"form": "lede",
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},
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"alternative"
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},
{
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"ref": "1395, Wycliffe Bible, Romans 2:4:",
"text": "Whether `dispisist thou the richessis of his goodnesse, and the pacience, and the long abidyng? Knowist thou not, that the benygnyte of God ledith thee to forthenkyng?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1395, Wycliffe Bible, II Chronicles 25:11:",
"text": "Forsothe Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and yede in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1395, Wycliffe Bible, Isaiah 53:7:",
"text": "He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth.",
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"To cover in lead; to attach lead to."
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