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# Sailors accustomed to the sea; seadogs.
# Sailors accustomed to the sea; seadogs.
# (''{{glossary|figurative|fig.}}'') A herd of seals (''clade [[w:Pinnipeds|Pinnipedia]]'').
# (''{{glossary|figurative|fig.}}'') A herd of seals (''clade [[w:Pinnipeds|Pinnipedia]]'').
# (''{{glossary|dated}}''; ''{{glossary|poetic|poet.}}, often in simile with {{cd|leobu}}'') Having the characteristics of a lion (positive or negative): savage, noble, or brave.
# (''{{glossary|dated}}''; ''{{glossary|poetic|poet.}}, often in simile with {{cd|leobu}}'') A savage, noble, or brave man.
====''ɴ.ʙ.''====
====''ɴ.ʙ.''====
A singulative meaning is also attested with ɴᴏᴍ. causing no mutation, ɢᴇɴ.: ''lay''<sup>ʜ</sup>, and ᴅᴀᴛ.: ''lay''<sup>ʟ</sup>; the ᴠᴏᴄ. is occ. spelt ''layd''.
A singulative meaning is also attested with ɴᴏᴍ. causing no mutation, ɢᴇɴ.: ''lay''<sup>ʜ</sup>, and ᴅᴀᴛ.: ''lay''<sup>ʟ</sup>; the ᴠᴏᴄ. is occ. spelt ''layd''.
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[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Annerish lemmata]] [[Category:Annerish nouns]]

Revision as of 15:42, 26 April 2023

Middle Annerish

Etymology

Disputed. Per Bernthaler an inherited Germanic borrowing from Latin leō; Teagan argues entirely Pre-Annerish origin.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /lˠay/ [ɫæɯ̯]

Inflection of lay
 Ⅴ ᴍᴀsᴄ.  ɴᴏᴍ. ɢᴇɴ. ᴀᴛ. ᴏᴄ.
ᴄᴏʟ.  lay(ʟ)  lay(d)ʟ  layb   layʟ

Noun

lay (runic:ᚳᛆᚢ)

  1. Sailors accustomed to the sea; seadogs.
  2. (fig.) A herd of seals (clade Pinnipedia).
  3. (dated; poet., often in simile with leobu) A savage, noble, or brave man.

ɴ.ʙ.

A singulative meaning is also attested with ɴᴏᴍ. causing no mutation, ɢᴇɴ.: layʜ, and ᴅᴀᴛ.: layʟ; the ᴠᴏᴄ. is occ. spelt layd.