The concept o leid is maist aften uised thir days as a synonym o langage an can be exponed in twa weys in modren Scots:

• a wey o communicatin anent hings, acts an ideas, inspeciallie a national ane,^[1]
• in the Doric, it can mean a rame, i.e. a undevaulin or owerturnin owercome, or a lang randerin sonnet^[1]