Old English · noun

leow

Normalised lēow

Part of speech: noun, neuter
IPA: /le͜oːw/
Syllables: le͜oːw (1 syllable)
Modern English: leg thigh ham shank

Meaning

leg (shank or thigh)
ham

Declension

Declension of leow
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēow	lēower lēowera
Accusative	lēow	lēower lēowera
Genitive	lēowes	lēowa
Dative	lēowe	lēowum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lahw, from Proto-Germanic *lahwaz. Cognate with Old Norse lær (“thigh”), Middle High German geliune (“frame, build, physique”).

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