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单词 leye
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leyen.

Forms: α. Old English lég, Middle English lei, Middle English lai, leȝe, leyȝe, Middle English leiȝe, ley, Middle English–1500s leye, Middle English leyhe, Middle English, 1600s–1700s (dialect) laye. β. Old English líeg líg, lýg, Middle English lie, lyȝe, lyghe, Middle English lye, Middle English ly.
Etymology: Old English líeg (Anglian lég ) strong masculine corresponds to Old High German loug , lauc (Middle High German louc , genitive louges ), Old Norse løyg-r < Old Germanic *laugi-z < pre-Germanic *louk- ablaut-variant of *leuk- : see light n.1
Obsolete.
Flame, blaze, fire. (on) a leye: on fire.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] > a burning feeling of passion
heatc825
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flamea1340
fire1340
swelmea1400
wildfirea1400
burning1822
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > flame or blaze
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blazeOE
lowec1175
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fire-flamea1450
burning1695
α.
971 Blickl. Hom. xii. 133 Hie onfengon þæm Halgan Gaste to heora heortan on fyrenra lega onlic-nesse.
OE Beowulf 3115 Wonna leg.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 41 He him sceaude an ouen on berninde fure he warp ut of him seofe leies.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 49 Ech cristene oh to habben on honden to-dai in chirche leȝe bernende.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1369 I þe reade leie, & i þe leitinde fur.
a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 215 Wið þe lai louerd of þe holigost..tend mine heorte.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 6796 (Kölbing) Þo seiȝe þai al þe cuntray Stonden brenand on rede leiȝe.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 207 As wex and weyke and hote fyre togyderes Fostren forth a flaumbe and a feyre leye [C. xx. 172 lye].
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 78 The leye off the flaumyd furnes.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvi. xxviii. sig. Kviiv/1 Thys stone [sc. Crisolitus] taketh he moost soonest hete: For if it be set by the fyre anone it wexyth on a laye [a1398 BL Add. it wexeþ alie, a1425 Pierpont Morgan it wexeþ a lie, 1535 it wexith on a flame].
1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 11 You may..blacke over your paper with the leye of a Kandle or of a lynke.
1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 104 Laye, as Lowe in the North, the Flame of Fire; tho it be peculiarly used for the steam of Charcoal or any other burnt Coal. [Hence 1787 in Grose Prov. Gloss. Suppl.]
β. OE Beowulf 727 Him of eagum stod ligge gelicost leoht unfæger.OE Genesis 325 Wite þoliað, hatne heaðowelm helle tomiddes, brand and brade ligas.c1300 St. Brandan 496 The Lie of the fur stod on heȝ as hit a was were.1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 555 He was..lechourus of kinde Þat in his licamus lust as a lie brente.a1400 K. Alis. 3458 The fuyr was on so gret lyghe, That Darie hit sone syghe.14.. Tundale's Vis. 716 Owt of the mowthe the fure brast And fowle stynkyng lye com owt fast.1422 Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 229 Tho that haue a brandynge colure like the lye of fyre. 1495 [see α. ].
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