leam

English

Alternative forms

• leem, leme

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)

1. (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.

Derived terms

• leamer

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)

1. (UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

See also

• gleam

Etymology 3

See leamer, lien.

Noun

leam (plural leams)

1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Anagrams

• -meal, Elam, Elma, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, lema, male, meal, mela, mela-

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• le + mi

Pronoun

leam

1. with me, by me

   Is toil leam Glaschu. ― I like Glasgow. (literally Is pleasure with me Glasgow.)

Derived terms

• leam-leat
• leamsa

See also

• prepositional pronoun