læ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lae"

Anguthimri

Verb

læ

1. (intransitive, Mpakwithi) to walk around

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlé, from Proto-Germanic *hlewą, cognate with English lee, Dutch lij, and German Lee. The adjective is probably originally a different derivation from the same root: Old Norse hlær, from Proto-Germanic *hlējaz (“warm”), compare also *hlēwaz (“warm”), which is the source of Icelandic hlár, English lew, Dutch lauw, and German lau. These words go back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-, cf. Latin caleō (“be hot”), calidus (“hot”), Lithuanian šil̃tas (“warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛˀ]

Noun

læ n (singular definite læet, not used in plural form)

1. shelter from the wind, lee

   Byen ligger i læ af bjerget.

   The town is sheltered from the wind by the mountain.

Declension

Declension of læ

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	læ	læet
genitive	læs	læets

Adjective

læ (uninflected)

1. being on the lee side

Verb

læ (imperative læ, infinitive at læ, present tense læer, past tense læede, perfect tense har læet)

1. to shelter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlær, from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz.

Adjective

læ (masculine and feminine læ, neuter lætt, definite singular and plural læ or læe, comparative læare, indefinite superlative læast, definite superlative læaste)

1. mild (of the weather)

Related terms

• ly

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlæja.

Verb

læ (present tense lær, past tense lo, past participle lætt, present participle læande, imperative læ)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of le

References

• “læ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• æl