ley

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See also: Ley and leþ

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See lea.

Noun

ley (plural leys)

  1. Alternative spelling of lea
  2. (agriculture) Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
  3. A ley line.
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      For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]
Derived terms
Translations
ley line — see ley line

Adjective

ley (not comparable)

  1. (agriculture) Fallow; unseeded.
  2. (agriculture) Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

ley

  1. Archaic form of lye.

Etymology 3

Noun

ley

  1. (obsolete) Law.

See also

Anagrams

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ley.

Noun

ley

  1. law

Fula

Preposition

ley

  1. (Maasina) in
    A ɗuunnii sukkara ley cafe ɗe.
    You put too much sugar in the coffee.
    O tummbeke ley akalawal mobel am.
    He got into the back of my truck.
    Taa ŋawlunduree ley suudu ga, njehee sella.
    Don't wrestle in the house, go outside.
  2. under

References

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English lēah, lēaġe (“a clearing in the woods”).

Noun

ley (plural leys)

  1. an open field or meadow

Descendants

  • English: ley, lea

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin lēgem, accusative of lēx. Compare Old French lei, loi.

Noun

ley f (oblique plural leys, nominative singular ley, nominative plural leys)

  1. law

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

ley f (plural leys)

  1. Obsolete spelling of lei

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin lēgem (whence English legal and legitimate), from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlei/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Syllabification: ley

Noun

ley f (plural leyes)

  1. law (a well-established characteristic of nature)
  2. law (body of rules issued by a legislative body)
  3. law (particular piece of legislation)
  4. religion, credence, worship of a god

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