Lye
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English
Proper noun
Lye
- (with the) A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9284).
- (rare) A diminutive of the female given name Lyanna.
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Etymology
From Old Norse Lýgi n, possibly from Proto-Germanic *liugiją, related to *leugō.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lye n
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References
- Oluf Rygh (1915) “Præstegaarden”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 10, pages 143-144