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Ley vs Tey - What's the difference?

ley | tey |

As nouns the difference between ley and tey

is that ley is an alternative spelling of lang=en while tey is an Old English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

As an adjective ley

is fallow; unseeded.

ley

English

Noun

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

    Adjective

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

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    tey

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an Old English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
  • * 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 171:
    • The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.

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