"leow" meaning in Old English

See leow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /le͜oːw/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *lahw, from Proto-Germanic *lahwaz. Cognate with Old Norse lær (“thigh”), Middle High German geliune (“frame, build, physique”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*lahw}} Proto-West Germanic *lahw, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*lahwaz}} Proto-Germanic *lahwaz, {{cog|non|lær|t=thigh}} Old Norse lær (“thigh”), {{cog|gmh|geliune|t=frame, build, physique}} Middle High German geliune (“frame, build, physique”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=lēow|head2=|sort=}} lēow n, {{ang-noun|n|head=lēow}} lēow n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|lēow|lēower, lēowera|lēow|lēower, lēowera|lēowes|lēowa|lēowe|lēowum}} Forms: lēow [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], lēow [nominative, singular], lēower [nominative, plural], lēowera [nominative, plural], lēow [accusative, singular], lēower [accusative, plural], lēowera [accusative, plural], lēowes [genitive, singular], lēowa [genitive, plural], lēowe [dative, singular], lēowum [dative, plural], læuw [alternative], lēw [alternative]
  1. leg (shank or thigh)
    Sense id: en-leow-ang-noun-IjKJdMv9 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant alt parameters, Old English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
  2. ham
    Sense id: en-leow-ang-noun-Dsz-JjZo Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant alt parameters, Old English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Body parts, Meats Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Body parts: 34 66 Disambiguation of Meats: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: līra
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