leye

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

ley, legh, lege, liegh

Etymology[edit]

From Old English lēah, from Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /læi̯/, /liːx/

Noun[edit]

leye (plural leyes)

A piece of open land; field, meadow, lawn

Descendants[edit]

English: leigh, lea
Scots: le, ley, lei
>? Yola: kotlieough, cotleough

References[edit]

“lei(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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