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leáh

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
leáh, g. leáge; f.
Lye, a mixture of ashes and water
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  • Láeg

    læxiva,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 28.
  • Leáh

    lexiva

    • 50, 50:

    lixa,

    • 52, 13
    • .
  • On bitere lége,

    • L. Med. Ex. Quad. 9, 14
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 364, 5
    • .
  • Ofergeót ða ascen mide, mac swá tó léga,

    • 378, 11
    • .
  • Wyrc him leáge of ellenahsan,

    • L. M. 3, 47
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 338, 25
    • .
Etymology
[
Ayenb. we byeþ alle ywesse of onelepileȝe, 145, 22
:
Prompt. Parv. ley for waschynge lixivium, 294, see note
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O. H. Ger. louga lexivia.
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  • leáh, n.