- léasung
- 1. f (-e/-a) leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice; a lie; empty talk, frivolity, laxity; 2. f (-e/-a) indemnity?
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
léasung
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leasing — noun Etymology: Middle English lesing, from Old English lēasung, from lēasian to lie, from lēas false Date: before 12th century archaic the act of lying; also lie, falsehood … New Collegiate Dictionary
leasing — /lee zing/, n. Archaic. lying; falsehood. [bef. 950; ME lesing, OE leasung, verbal n. of leasian to tell lies, deriv. of leas false. See LESS, ING1] * * * … Universalium
leu-2 (*leuĝh-) — leu 2 (*leuĝh ) English meaning: to cut off, separate, free Deutsche Übersetzung: “abschneiden, trennen, loslösen” Note: Root leu 2 (*leuĝh ): “to cut off, separate, free” : Root leuĝ (*leuĝh ): “to break” Note: also leu̯ǝ … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
leasing — [lēz′iŋ] n. [ME lesinge < OE leasung, falsehood < leasian, to lie < leas, lacking, false < base of leosan, to LOSE] Obs. lying, lies, or a lie … English World dictionary
leas|ing — «LEE zihng», noun. Scottish. 1. lying; falsehood. 2. a lie; a falsehood: »Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing (Psalms 5:6). ╂[Old English lēasung < lēasian to lie < lēas false] … Useful english dictionary
