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Lea vs Leag - What's the difference?

lea | leag |

As nouns the difference between lea and leag

is that lea is an open field, meadow while leag is an archaic spelling of lang=en.

As a proper noun Lea

is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}}, latinized form of Leah.

lea

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) legh, lege, lei "clearing, open ground" from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an open field, meadow
  • *XIX century , Alfred Tennyson,
  • *:Two children in two neighbor villages
  • *:Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas ;

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) lier, to bind

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
  • A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

    • Anagrams

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    leag

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1989 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Harry W. Duckworth , title=The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786 , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=McGill-Queens , isbn=9780773507142 , page=19 , passage=I found the hand & three others Indians the rest of the Canoes Camped 2 leags Below }}
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2000 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Harry S. Burrage , title=Gorges and the Grant of the Province of Maine 1622 , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Heritage Books , isbn=9780788413834 , page=81 , passage=… from the Illand of flowers beinge ten Leags South weste from ytt. }}
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2006 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Joseph E. Garland , title=The Fish and the Falcon , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The History Press , isbn=9781596290075 , page=156 , passage=… E [by] S distant six Leags . }} ----