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Webster 1913 Edition


Ley

Ley

(lā)
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To lay; to wager.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Ley

,
Noun.
[OF.]
Law.
Abbott.

Ley

(lī)
,
Noun.
[Obs.]
See
Lye
.

Ley

(lē)
,
Noun.
Grass or meadow land; a lea.

Ley

,
Adj.
Fallow; unseeded.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ley

LEY

,
Noun.
[See Lay.] A meadow or plain. The Welsh write lle, but as this word is from the root of lay, the latter is the more correct orthography.

Definition 2024


Ley

Ley

See also: ley and leþ

Slovak

Noun

Ley

  1. genitive of Lea

ley

ley

See also: Ley and leþ

English

Noun

ley (plural leys)

  1. Alternative spelling of lea
  2. Archaic form of lye.
  3. (obsolete) law
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Abbott to this entry?)

Adjective

ley (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) fallow; unseeded
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

Anagrams


Middle English

Noun

ley (plural leys)

  1. an open field or meadow

Descendants


Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin lēx

Noun

ley f (oblique plural leys, nominative singular ley, nominative plural leys)

  1. law

Portuguese

Noun

ley f (plural leys)

  1. Obsolete spelling of lei

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lēge, singular ablative of lēx, legis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lei/

Noun

ley f (plural leyes)

  1. law (clarification of this Spanish definition is being sought)
  2. religion, credence, worship of a god

Related terms

Derived terms

  • quebraley