Lere vs Lee - What's the difference?
lere | lee |
To teach; instruct; explain; inform.
To guide; lead.
To learn; study.
(sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
(sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
* Morte d'Arthure
* Tyndall
As a noun lere
is dirt, mud or lere can be slip (of rocks), boulder.As a proper noun lee is
for someone who lived near a meadow (the anglo-saxon for meadow being ley or leag).lere
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See also (l), (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(ler)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch (m), German (m).Anagrams
* * ----lee
English
Noun
(en noun)- the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
- We lurked under lee .
- Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .