Leod
Leod (lē"od) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon leód people, nation, man, chief; akin to Old Saxon liud, Old High German liut, pl. liuti, German leute, pl., from Anglo-Saxon leódan to grow, akin to Gothic liudan, Old Saxon liodan, OHG. liotan to grow; compare Sanskrit ruh. r123.]
People; a nation; a man. [Obsolete] — Piers Plowman. Bp. Gibson