laud

name

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

1. Glorification or praise.

   “So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […]”

   “Laud be to God”

2. Hymn of praise.
3. A prayer service following matins.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

1. To praise; to glorify.

   “And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god.”

   “The most recognised and lauded dictionary of Indian English today is Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, first published in 1886 and updated by William Crooke in 1903.”