ley

See also: Ley and leþ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪ/, /liː/
• Rhymes: -eɪ, -iː

Etymology 1

See lea.

Noun

ley (plural leys)

1. Alternative spelling of lea
2. (agriculture) Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
3. A ley line.
   • 2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic:

     For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]

Derived terms

• Blackbird Leys

Translations

arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing

Hungarian: ugar (hu), kaszáló (hu), legelő (hu)

ley line — see ley line

Adjective

ley (not comparable)

1. (agriculture) Fallow; unseeded.
2. (agriculture) Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.

Translations

fallow; unseeded

Hungarian: ugarnak hagyott, ugaron hagyott, vetetlen (hu)

Etymology 2

Noun

ley

1. Archaic form of lye.

Etymology 3

Noun

ley

1. (obsolete) Law.

See also

• peso ley

Anagrams

• Ely, Lye, lye, yel

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ley.

Noun

ley

1. law

Fula

Preposition

ley

1. (Maasina) in

   A ɗuunnii sukkara ley cafe ɗe.

   You put too much sugar in the coffee.

   O tummbeke ley akalawal mobel am.

   He got into the back of my truck.

   Taa ŋawlunduree ley suudu ga, njehee sella.

   Don't wrestle in the house, go outside.

2. under

References

• Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.