▪ I. † lude1 Obs.
Also 3 loude.
[ME. lǖde. repr. OE. hl{yacu}d str. fem. (:—*hlûdjâ), cogn. w. hl{uacu}d loud a. (The form loude in the second text of Layamon is prob. due to a misinterpretation of the spelling lude in the first text.)]
Noise, clamour.
| c 1205 Lay. 2591 Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude [c 1275 loude]. a 1275 Prov. ælfred 687 in O.E. Misc. 138 He wole maken fule luden, He wole grennen, cocken and chiden. [But this may belong to leden.] |
▪ II. † lude2 Obs.
[ad. L. lūd-us play.]
A game.
| 1694 Motteux Rabelais v. (1737) 230 Ludes omniform are there invented. |
▪ III. lude
var. lede Obs.; obs. f. Lide, loud.
▪ IV. lude
obs. Sc. pa. tense of love v.1