Leden \Led"en\ (l[e^]d"'n), Ledden \Led"den\ (-d'n)n. [AS. l[=e]den, l[=y]den, language, speech. Cf. Leod.]

Language; speech; voice; cry. [Obs.]

--Chaucer. Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)