lue
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain.[1]
Verb edit
lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)
- (mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
- 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 116:
- Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.
References edit
- ^ "lue | lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1903), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse logi, from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Compare German Lohe, Swedish låga, Old English līeġ, English low (“flame”).
Noun edit
lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)
Inflection edit
Declension of lue
Synonyms edit
- (flame): flamme c
- (knit cap): tophue c, strikkehue c
Verb edit
lue (imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lue
- present active indicative connegative of lukea
- second-person singular present imperative of lukea
- Lue!
- Read!
- Lue!
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative of lukea
- Älä lue!
- Don't read!
- Älä lue!
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
lue f sg
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin luēs (“plague, pestilence”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lue f (invariable)
- (medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)
- (figurative, literary) plague, misfortune
- (poetic) an evil person
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland][1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto VII, page 25:
- La ſopraueſta di color di ſabbia
Su l'arme hauea la maledetta lue- The damned villain had a sand-colored overgarment over his arms
Latin edit
Noun edit
lue
Verb edit
lue
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
lue
- Nonstandard spelling of lüè.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
lue f or m (definite singular lua or luen, indefinite plural luer, definite plural luene)
References edit
- “lue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.