leye

• ley, legh, lege, liegh

From Old English lēah, from Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.

• IPA^(key): /læi̯/, /liːx/

leye (plural leyes)

1. A piece of open land; field, meadow, lawn

• English: leigh, lea
• Scots: le, ley, lei
• ⇒? Yola: kotlieough, cotleough

• “lei(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.