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Lea. Lee. Ley. Lax. 



Icel, ^'•leggja, causal of liggja, to lie down, Idgr, low-lying; 

 (Ulf . lagjan-=.TL0ivai. ; A.-S. lecgan ; Engl, lay ; 0. H. G. legjan ; 

 Germ, legen; Sw. Vdgga; Dan. lagge), to lay." Cleasby. 



A.-S. liegan, liggmi, to lie down; leag, leah, leg, legh, leg a, lea, 

 lah, lag, lagu, what is laid or fixed, (item locus, campus, pas- 

 cuum. Lye). " A law, a territory or district in which a particu- 

 lar law or custom was in force." Bosworth. e.g. The Danelagh. 



Dan. mmd, grcesmarJc, eng ; Sw. dng, grdsvall, meadow, hetes- 

 marh, pasture. 



Ger. anger, tviese ; Dut. weide, vlackte. 



"Wei. ddl, giceirglawdd, gicaen, meadow, porfa, porfel ; Gael. 

 cluan, Ion, ailean, meadow, feurach, ionaltradh, pasture. 



Lat. pratum, pascuum ; Ital. prato. 



^^. pradera, praderia, prado, vega; Port, prado, praderia, campo. 



Fr. pre, prairie, terre en pre. 



" Laij, londe not telyd.''^ Prompt Parv. 



" Lea, pasture land, or land allowed to lie for a time in grass." 

 Carr. 



" An open place in a wood." Taylor. 



" Lay, le, lea, lees, high, leighs, leg, ley, Eng., from lege, mea- 

 dow land ; very frequent both as a prefix and suffix. The word 

 is still in use in agriculture, e.g., ' lay for cattle,' ' clover lay.' " 

 Edmunds. 



' Cattle lairs' and ' cow lairs' are in use, as cow stalls or byers. 

 Lea and Ifea are almost synonymous. 



" Lea, adj., not plowed, used only for pasture. A.-S. leag, 

 pasture." 



" To lie lea, to remain some time without being cropped." 

 Jamieson. 



"Meadow, pasture, grass land." Halliwell. 



" Lea, a rich meadow land or pasture, any kind of grass land. 

 The word is used by Spenser, and several times by Shakespeare." 

 Brockett. 



"Lag, humilis ; Belg. laeg ; Angl. low; Isl. lagr, lagd, locus 

 humilis, doubtless from ligga, to lie." Ihre. 



