"leasow" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈliːzəʊ/ Forms: leasows [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English leesewe, lesewe, leswe, from Old English lǣs (“pasture”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“pasture”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leesewe}} Middle English leesewe, {{m|enm|lesewe}} lesewe, {{m|enm|leswe}} leswe, {{inh|en|ang|lǣs|t=pasture}} Old English lǣs (“pasture”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*lāsu|t=pasture}} Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“pasture”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} leasow (plural leasows)
  1. (now rare, dialectal, historical) (Green) land as opposed to flood or desert; a pasture. Tags: archaic, dialectal, historical
    Sense id: en-leasow-en-noun-Bg4yY131 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lessow, leasowe [obsolete], lease, leaze [dialectal]

Verb

IPA: /ˈliːzəʊ/ Forms: leasows [present, singular, third-person], leasowing [participle, present], leasowed [participle, past], leasowed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English leesewe, lesewe, leswe, from Old English lǣs (“pasture”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“pasture”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leesewe}} Middle English leesewe, {{m|enm|lesewe}} lesewe, {{m|enm|leswe}} leswe, {{inh|en|ang|lǣs|t=pasture}} Old English lǣs (“pasture”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*lāsu|t=pasture}} Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“pasture”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} leasow (third-person singular simple present leasows, present participle leasowing, simple past and past participle leasowed)
  1. (transitive, archaic or dialectal) To feed or pasture Tags: archaic, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-leasow-en-verb-49m2tSuj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lessow, leasowe [obsolete], lease, leaze [dialectal]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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