leam

• leem, leme

• Rhymes: -iːm

From Middle English lemen, from Old English lȳman, *līeman (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *liuhmijaną (“to shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljóma (“to glow”), Latin luminō (“light up”).

leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)

1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.

• leamer

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”).

leam (plural leams)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

• gleam

See leamer, lien.

leam (plural leams)

1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

• -meal, Elam, Elma, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, lema, male, meal, mela, mela-

• le + mi

leam

1. with me, by me

   Is toil leam Glaschu. ― I like Glasgow. (literally Is pleasure with me Glasgow.)

• leam-leat
• leamsa

• prepositional pronoun