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leów

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
leów, es; pl.(?) leówer, leówera; n.
A thigh, ham
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  • Án hríðres læuw

    a ham of beef,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 355, 7
    • .
  • Leówer

    pernas,

    • Lchdm. i. lxix, 13
    • .
  • Léwera,

    • lxxiii, 31.
Etymology
[Or is leower a different word. Cf.
Icel. lær thigh, and see Lchdm. iii. 366, col. 1.
]
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v.  læuw leu.
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