ley

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

ley (plural leys)

1. Alternative spelling of lea.

Adjective

ley (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) fallow; unseeded

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Flanders to this entry?)

Anagrams

• lye, yel

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Old English

Alternative forms

• leag

Noun

ley n

1. field

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Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin lēx

Noun

ley f (oblique plural leys, nominative singular ley, nominative plural leys)

1. law

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lei/

Etymology

From Latin lēx, legis.

Noun

ley f (plural leyes)

1. law (clarification of this Spanish definition is being sought)
2. religion, credence, worship of a god

Derived terms

• quebraley