leie

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Central Franconian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ-. Compare Limburgish lege, Luxembourgish léien, Dutch liegen, German lügen.

Alternative forms

  • lüjje (Ripuarian variant, from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular under standard German influence)
  • liehe (southern Moselle Franconian)
  • leje, leeje (Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian)
  • luje (Kirchröadsj)

Verb

leie (third-person singular present leit, past tense leiet or loog, present participle leiend or leiens, past participle jeloage)

  1. (Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to lie; to tell lies
    Doe kans veule dat heë leit.You can tell that he is lying.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German leiten, from Old High German leiten, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną. Compare Limburgish lèèje, Luxembourgish leeden, English lead, German leiten, Dutch leiden.

Verb

leie (third-person singular present leit, past tense leiet, present participle leiend or leiens, past participle jeleid)

  1. (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to lead
  2. (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to manage (an organization)
  3. (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to conduct (a liquid, electricity, etc.)
  4. (Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to lead, to go, to follow a path to
Derived terms

Galician

Verb

leie

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of lear:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Verb

leie

  1. to lie, to rest

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Verb

leie

  1. simple past of lien (to lie (be in a horizontal position))

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse leiga.

Verb

leie (present tense leier, past tense leide, past participle leid)

  1. to rent or hire

Derived terms

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse noun and verb leiða. Compare with Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną. Related to modern English loathe.

Noun

leie f (definite singular leia, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. boredom
    Synonym: keisemd
  2. an annoying thing or person; a bore
  3. an affliction

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lægi n.

Alternative forms

Noun

leie n (definite singular leiet, indefinite plural leie, definite plural leia)

  1. a place to lie down
  2. a lying down position
  3. the act of one who is lying down
  4. (geology, mining) a layer
  5. (anatomy, rare) a mammalian womb
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Adjective

leie

  1. definite singular of lei
  2. plural of lei

References

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German liegen, Dutch liggen, English lie.

Verb

leie

  1. to lie, to rest
  2. to be sick in bed
  3. to loaf

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

leie

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of la