leáh
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
A lea, as a termination of local names
-leigh, -ley, -ly; it occurs frequently in the charters
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Hríðra leáh
campus armentorum,
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 232, 21 .
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Ðis syndon ða landgemǽro tó madanleáge (cf. 120, 28 madan lieg) ǽrest on witena leáge,
- iii. 121, 13-4.
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On mapodorleáge; be eáston ðære leáge ... eft on Heortleáge westeweardre,
- 407, 7, 8, 13.
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On hemléclége,
- 437, 4 .
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Ðonne on ðæt (ða?) lége ... ðonne on gerihte on riscleáge,
- 10, 24-5 .
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Of ðam clyfe on heán léage: ðæt on lungan leáge .. ðonne on Swonleáge,
- 48, 6, 7 .
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On Wytleáhe; of Wytleáge,
- 14, 6 .
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Óð ða lége,
- 406, 27 .
Etymology
Piers P. bad hym eryen his leyes, 7, 5
:
Promp. Parv. lay, londe not telyd, see note 2, p. 285
;
cf. Pol. Songs Wrt. mi lond leye liþ and leorneþ to slepe, 152, 10
:
ley lond tere freche, Wrt. Voc. 153, 4.
O. H.Ger. v. Grmm D. M. 1202, has lóh; m. lucus,
which occurs also in local names, e.g. Hohenlohe, Grff. 2, 127-8
:
the same suffix is found in Water-loo.]
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Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “leáh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21258.
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