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Subject: Re: Ley lines
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 12:49:00 EDT
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In my dictionary, ley points to lea, which means:

Poetic.  Grassland, meadow.  [Middle English ley(e), Old English leah,
lea.

My New College Edition, "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language" has an appendix of Indo-European Roots.

leuk- ... II.  0-grade form *louk-.  1.  Suffixed form *louk-o- in
Germanic *lauhaz in Old English leah, meadow (<"place where light
shines"): LEA ...