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leam.

To gleam; shine; glow.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/liːm/
  1. To gleam; shine; glow.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lemen, from Old English līeman, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”).

noun/liːm/
  1. A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/liːm/
  1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.

Where this word comes from

See leamer, lien.

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