lea en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /liː/
- /leɪ/
Etymology
From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”), from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-West Germanic *lauh (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch (“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo (“in placenames”)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse ló (“clearing, meadow”).
Meanings
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An open field, meadow, pasture.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
1750, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard:19th century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance Two children in two neighbor villages Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas;
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lay | alternative | lexicographic | |
| leas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ley | alternative | lexicographic | |
| leigh | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Lea Green · Halton Lea Gate · Lea Marston · Russell Lea · Lea Hall
Relateds
Translations (21)
hu legelő (open field, meadow, pasture) · ru луг (open field, meadow, pasture) · fr prairie (open field, meadow, pasture) · ro pajiște (open field, meadow, pasture) · la prātum (open field, meadow, pasture) · fi niitty (open field, meadow, pasture) · gl campa (open field, meadow, pasture) · pt campo (open field, meadow, pasture) · gl campo (open field, meadow, pasture) · pl błonie (open field, meadow, pasture) · fa راود (open field, meadow, pasture) · he אָחוּ (open field, meadow, pasture) · hu rét (open field, meadow, pasture) · es campo (open field, meadow, pasture) · cs louka (open field, meadow, pasture) · ro pășune (open field, meadow, pasture) · bg ливада (open field, meadow, pasture) · hu mező (open field, meadow, pasture) · gd bàn-talamh (open field, meadow, pasture) · hu gyep (open field, meadow, pasture) · uk луг (open field, meadow, pasture)