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Lea vs Ley - What's the difference?

lea | ley |

Ley is a alternative form of lea.



As nouns the difference between lea and ley

is that lea is an open field, meadow while ley is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a proper noun Lea

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

As an adjective ley is

fallow; unseeded.

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

    * ----

    ley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) law
    • (Abbott)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) fallow; unseeded
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Anagrams

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