# leie
## Central Franconian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛi̯.ə/

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German liegen, from Old High German liogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ-. Compare Limburgish lege, Luxembourgish léien, Dutch liegen, German lügen.

#### Alternative forms

* lüjje (Ripuarian variant, from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular under standard German influence)
* liehe (southern Moselle Franconian)
* leje, leeje (Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian)
* luje (Kirchröadsj)

#### Verb

leie (third-person singular present leit, past tense leiet or loog, present participle leiend or leiens, past participle jeloage)
* (Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to lie; to tell lies
    Doe kans veule dat heë leit. ― You can tell that he is lying.

##### Derived terms

* aaleie
* beleie
* vuurleie

### Etymology 2

From Middle High German leiten, from Old High German leiten, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną. Compare Limburgish lèèje, Luxembourgish leeden, English lead, German leiten, Dutch leiden.

#### Verb

leie (third-person singular present leit, past tense leiet, present participle leiend or leiens, past participle jeleid)
* (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to lead
* (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to manage (an organization)
* (Kirchröadsj, transitive) to conduct (a liquid, electricity, etc.)
* (Kirchröadsj, intransitive) to lead, to go, to follow a path to

##### Derived terms

* aafleie
* aaleie
* durchleie
* herleie
* Leier
* Leioeng
* umleie
* verleie
* wierleie

## Galician
### Verb

leie
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of lear:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaɪ̯ə/

### Verb

leie
* to lie, to rest

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* lei, leiʒ, leiʒe, leghe, leʒ, lay, lai, laie, lie
* leai, leaie, læi, læie, læʒ, læg, læiʒe, laʒʒ (Early Middle English)

### Verb

leie
* simple past of lien (“to lie (be in a horizontal position)”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse leiga.

### Verb

leie (present tense leier, past tense leide, past participle leid)
* to rent or hire

#### Derived terms

* leiebil
* leieboer
* leiesoldat
* leiesum
* utleie

### See also

* leige (Nynorsk)

### References

* “leie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²lɛɪːə/

### Etymology 1

From the Old Norse noun and verb leiða. Compare with Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną. Related to modern English loathe.

#### Noun

leie f (definite singular leia, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)
* boredom
    Synonym: keisemd
* an annoying thing or person; a bore
* an affliction

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse lægi n.

#### Alternative forms

* lægje

#### Noun

leie n (definite singular leiet, indefinite plural leie, definite plural leia)
* a place to lie down
* a lying down position
* the act of one who is lying down
* (geology, mining) a layer
* (anatomy, rare) a mammalian womb

##### Derived terms

* dødsleie
* elveleie
* ferjeleie
* fistelleie
* gardleie
* høgdeleie
* kalvsleie
* kolleie
* malmleie
* nattleie
* rafteleie
* røysteleie
* samleie
* sengeleie
* sjukeleie
* stemmeleie
* stråleie
* toneleie
* åkerleie

##### Related terms

* lege f
* ligga, ligge, liggja, liggje (verb)

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

leie
* definite singular of lei
* plural of lei

### References

* “leie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German liegen, Dutch liggen, English lie.

### Verb

leie
* to lie, to rest
* to be sick in bed
* to loaf

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈleje]

### Verb

leie
* third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of la