lue

See also: Lue, lüe, luě, lu'e, lüè, lü, Lü, lüě, and -lü

English

Alternative forms

• lew

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Verb

lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

1. (mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 116:

     Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.

   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 122:

     Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

Anagrams

• -ule, Elu, LEU, leu, ule

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse logi, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”). Compare German Lohe, Swedish låga, Old English līeġ

Noun

lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)

1. flame
2. tuque, (a knit cap)

Inflection

Declension of lue

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lue	luen	luer	luerne
genitive	lues	luens	luers	luernes

Synonyms

• (flame): flamme c
• (knit cap): tophue c, strikkehue c

Verb

lue (imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)

1. flame

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlueˣ/, [ˈlue̞(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: lu‧e
• Rhymes: -ue

Verb

lue

1. (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative of lukea

   (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät lue.

   I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't read.

2. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of lukea

   Lue!

   Read!

3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of lukea

   Älä lue!

   Don't read!

Anagrams

• leu

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French

Verb

lue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of lire

Anagrams

• élu, leu

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin luēs (“plague, pestilence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.e/, [ˈl̺uːe]
• Hyphenation: lùe

Noun

lue f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)
2. (figurative, literary) plague, misfortune
3. (poetic) An evil person; evilist
   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso‎^[1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto VII, page 25:

     La ſopraueſta di color di ſabbia ¶ Su l'arme hauea la maledetta lue

     The damned evilist had a sand-colored overgarment over his arms

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) lue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of luō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lue f or m (definite singular lua or luen, indefinite plural luer, definite plural luene)

1. beanie

References

• “lue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.