Inherited 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.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Glorification or praise.
So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […] 1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “The Obedience of Subiectes vnto Kynges Princes and Rulers. The .XIIJ. Chapter of Paul Rom.”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio xxxiij, verso:
Laud be to God c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
(countable, uncountable) Hymn of praise.
(countable, in-plural, qualifier:also Lauds, uncountable) A prayer service following matins.
it lode (praise or glorification) · sh lauda (hymn of praise) · cmn 讚揚 /赞扬 (praise or glorification) · cmn 讚美詩 /赞美诗 (hymn of praise) · cmn 讚頌 /赞颂 (praise or glorification) · eo laŭdo (praise or glorification) · es laude (praise or glorification) · es lauro (praise or glorification) · bg похвала (praise or glorification) · hi स्तुति (hymn of praise) · pt louva (praise or glorification) · fi ylistys (praise or glorification) · hi स्तुति (praise or glorification) · ru хвала́ (praise or glorification) · bg възхвала (praise or glorification) · hi प्रशंसा (praise or glorification) · nl lofzang (hymn of praise) · cmn 讚頌 /赞颂 (hymn of praise) · mk по́фалба (praise or glorification) · sh hvalospjev (hymn of praise) · ro laudă (praise or glorification) · ru восхвале́ние (praise or glorification) · mk вели́чање (praise or glorification) · mk по́хвала (hymn of praise) · sh slaviti (praise or glorification) · mk сла́ва (praise or glorification) · pt louvor (hymn of praise) · es loor (praise or glorification) · fi ylistyslaulu (hymn of praise)
Inherited 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.
Meanings
(intransitive, transitive) To praise; to glorify.
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. 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 485:
And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke j:[64], folio lxxiij, verso:
sa स्तौति (to praise, to glorify) · fr célébrer (to praise, to glorify) · eo laŭdi (to praise, to glorify) · sa ईडयति (to praise, to glorify) · ru восхваля́ть (to praise, to glorify) · it lodare (to praise, to glorify) · cmn 讚美 /赞美 (to praise, to glorify) · fi ylistää (to praise, to glorify) · zu -bonga (to praise, to glorify) · enm commenden (to praise, to glorify) · cmn 讚揚 /赞扬 (to praise, to glorify) · vi khen ngợi (to praise, to glorify) · sh slaviti (to praise, to glorify) · sq lëvdoj (to praise, to glorify) · fr glorifier (to praise, to glorify) · hi प्रशंसा करना (to praise, to glorify) · zu -dumisa (to praise, to glorify) · nl prijzen (to praise, to glorify) · bg хваля (to praise, to glorify) · cmn 讚頌 /赞颂 (to praise, to glorify) · la laudo (to praise, to glorify) · hu dicsőít (to praise, to glorify) · ca lloar (to praise, to glorify) · sq lavdëroj (to praise, to glorify) · te మెచ్చుకొను (to praise, to glorify) · bg славя (to praise, to glorify) · pt louvar (to praise, to glorify) · nl loven (to praise, to glorify) · it glorificare (to praise, to glorify) · ro lăuda (to praise, to glorify) · fr exalter (to praise, to glorify) · de preisen (to praise, to glorify) · mi whakahira (to praise, to glorify) · nl ophemelen (to praise, to glorify) · io laudar (to praise, to glorify) · rup alavdu (to praise, to glorify) · es loar (to praise, to glorify) · es laudar (to praise, to glorify)