"leigh" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /liː/ Forms: leighs [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch (“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo (“used in placenames”)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse lō (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|legh}} Middle English legh, {{m|enm|lege}} lege, {{m|enm|lei|t=clearing, open ground}} lei (“clearing, open ground”), {{inh|en|ang|lēah|t=clearing in a forest}} Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lauhaz|t=meadow}} Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*lówkos|t=field, meadow}} Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”), {{cog|ofs|lāch||meadow}} Old Frisian lāch (“meadow”), {{cog|osx|lōh||forest, grove}} Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove”), {{cog|dum|loo||forest, thicket}} Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”), {{cog|nl|-lo||used in placenames}} Dutch -lo (“used in placenames”), {{cog|goh|lōh||covered clearing, low bushes}} Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), {{cog|non|lo|lō|clearing, meadow}} Old Norse lō (“clearing, meadow”), {{m|en|Waterloo|Waterloo}} Waterloo Head templates: {{en-noun}} leigh (plural leighs)
  1. (archaic) A meadow. Tags: archaic Synonyms: lea, ley, -ley, -ly Synonyms (in personal and place names): -leigh

Inflected forms

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