Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!tektronix!hplabs!sri-unix!Gilman.ES@XEROX.ARPA From: Gilman.ES@XEROX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Ley lines Message-ID: <803@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 12:49:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.803 Posted: Mon Aug 6 12:49:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 00:44:44 EDT Lines: 11 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 ...