læ

Anguthimri

Verb

læ

(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)

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
neuter gender	indefinite	definite
nominative	læ	læet
genitive	læs	læets

Adjective

læ (uninflected)

being on the lee side

Verb

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

to shelter

French

Alternative forms

lae

Etymology

Typographic combination of la +‎ le.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la.ə/

Article

læ n (plural les)

(gender-neutral, nonstandard) the (referring to a non-binary person)
læ comédienne et auteurice ― the comedian and author

Pronoun

læ n

(gender-neutral, nonstandard) them

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)

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)

(pre-1938) alternative form of le

References

“læ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

æl