Lye
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lye
- (with the) A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9284).
- (rare) A diminutive of the female given name Lyanna.
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Lýgi n, possibly from Proto-Germanic *liugiją, related to *leugō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lye n
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References[edit]
- Oluf Rygh (1915) “Præstegaarden”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 10, pages 143-144
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Suburbs in the West Midlands, England
- en:Places in the West Midlands, England
- en:Places in England
- English terms with rare senses
- English given names
- English female given names
- English diminutives of female given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- nn:Villages in Rogaland
- nn:Villages in Norway
- nn:Places in Rogaland
- nn:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk ellipses