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leaest

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lea

1  [lee, ley]
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–noun
1. a tract of open ground, esp. grassland; meadow.
2. land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop.
3. a crop of hay on tillable land.
–adjective
4. untilled; fallow.
Also, ley.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME lege, lei, OE lēah; c. OHG lōh, dial. D loo (as in Waterloo), L lūcus
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lea 
O.E. leah "open field, meadow," earlier læch, recorded in place names, from P.Gmc. *laukhaz (cf. O.H.G. loh, and probably also Flem. -loo, which forms the second element in Waterloo), from PIE *louquo- (cf. Skt. lokah "open space," L. lucus "grove," Lith. laukas "open field"), perhaps related to *leuq- "to shine, be bright."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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