leam
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːm
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English lemen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lȳman, *līeman (“to shine”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *liuhmijaną (“to shine”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljóma (“to glow”), Latin luminō (“light up”).
Verb
leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English leme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”).
Noun
leam (plural leams)
See also
Etymology 3
Noun
leam (plural leams)
- A cord or strap for leading a dog.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Pronoun
leam
Derived terms
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- Rhymes:English/iːm
- English terms derived from Middle English
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