læ

læ

1. (intransitive, Mpakwithi) to walk around

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛˀ]

læ n (singular definite læet, not used in plural form)

1. shelter from the wind, lee

   Byen ligger i læ af bjerget.

   The town is sheltered from the wind by the mountain.

læ (uninflected)

1. being on the lee side

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

1. to shelter

• “læ” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse hlé, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛚᚨᛁᚹᚨ (hlaiwa), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwą, cognate with English lee, Dutch lij, and German Lee.

• IPA^(key): /lɛaː/
• Rhymes: -ɛaː
• Homophones: lað, lag, læð

læ n (genitive singular læs, uncountable)

1. shelter from the wind, lee

• lae

Typographic combination of la +‎ le.

• IPA^(key): /la.ə/

læ n (plural les)

1. (gender-neutral, nonstandard) the (referring to a non-binary person)

   læ comédienne et auteurice ― the comedian and author

læ n

1. (gender-neutral, nonstandard) them

From Old Norse hlær, from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz.

læ (masculine and feminine læ, neuter lætt, definite singular and plural læ or læe, comparative læare, indefinite superlative læast, definite superlative læaste)

1. mild (of the weather)

• ly

From Old Norse hlæja.

læ (present tense lær, past tense lo, past participle lætt, present participle læande, imperative læ)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of le

• “læ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• æl