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Leam vs Leag - What's the difference?

leam | leag |

As nouns the difference between leam and leag

is that leam is a gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing while leag is an archaic spelling of lang=en.

As a verb leam

is to gleam; shine; glow.

leam

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lemen, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) leme, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

    • See also

    * gleam

    Etymology 3

    See (leamer), (lien).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cord or strap for leading a dog.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)

    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 . }} ----