Obs. [Variant of LEDEN.] A refrain; the burden (of a song or complaint).
1607. Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr., I. ii. 61. The first sort of them singe the old ludden.
1654. R. Whitlock, Ζωοτομια, 121. The Patient wanteth but Pen and Ink, and he will prescribe his Physick, which at last must be some Cordiall or strengthning (the Ludden of Them all).
