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leam

leam · leams

A gleam or flash of lightA gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

/liːm/

Значення

значень: 2

(Британія, діалектне)A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.
A cord or strap for leading a dog.

Походження

From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, gl

From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”).

See leamer, lien.

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