lue

• lew

Of uncertain origin.[1]

lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

1. (mining, dialectal, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 116:

     Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.

   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 122:

     Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

• -ule, Elu, LEU, leu, ule

From Old Norse logi, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”). Compare German Lohe, Swedish låga, Old English līeġ

lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)

1. flame
2. tuque, (a knit cap)

• (flame): flamme c
• (knit cap): tophue c, strikkehue c

lue (imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)

1. flame

• IPA^(key): /ˈlueˣ/, [ˈlue̞(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: lu‧e
• Rhymes: -ue

lue

1. Indicative present connegative form of lukea.

   (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät lue.

   I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't read.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of lukea.

   Lue!

   Read!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of lukea.

   Älä lue!

   Don't read!

• leu

lue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of lire

• élu, leu

From Latin luēs (“plague, pestilence”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.e/, [ˈl̺uːe]
• Stress: lùe
• Hyphenation: lue

lue f (invariable)

1. (medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)
2. (figuratively, literary) plague, misfortune
3. (poetic) An evil person; evilist
   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎, Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto VII, page 25:

     La ſopraueſta di color di ſabbia ¶ Su l'arme hauea la maledetta lue

     The damned evilist had a sand-colored overgarment over his arms

lue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of luō

lue f or m (definite singular lua or luen, indefinite plural luer, definite plural luene)

1. beanie

• “lue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.