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• legh- —     legh     English meaning: to put down; to lie down     Deutsche Übersetzung: originally only punktuell aoristisch “(sich) legen”, Lateer durative “liegen”     Material: Gk. λέχεται κοιμᾶται Hes., λέξομαι, λέκτο, ἐλέξατο ‘sich lay, place (to… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

• legh- — To lie, lay. Derivatives include ledge, lair, beleaguer, lees, law, and fellow. 1. Suffixed form *legh yo . a. lie1, from Old English licgan, to lie, from Germanic *lig …   Universalium

• Legh — This interesting surname of English origin is a locational name from any of numerous places in at least sixteen counties, but especially Leigh in Lancashire, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century leah meaning wood or clearing , hence… …   Surnames reference

• Legh Richmond — and similar institutions.In 1805 he became assistant chaplain to the Lock Hospital, London, and rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire, where he remained till his death on the 5th of May 1827. The best known of his writings is The Dairyman s Daughter, of …   Wikipedia

• legh — sb. == lying. Ps. lviii. 13 …   Oldest English Words

• LEGH — legionis heres …   Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions

• St John's Church, High Legh — St John s Church, High Legh, from the west …   Wikipedia

• St Mary's Chapel, High Legh — St Mary s Chapel, High Legh …   Wikipedia

• High Legh — infobox UK place official name= High Legh latitude= 53.352 longitude= 2.451 population = 1,632 civil parish= High Legh shire district= Macclesfield shire county= Cheshire region= North West England country = England constituency westminster=… …   Wikipedia

• Cornwall Legh — Cornwall Legh, Mary Helena Cornwall Legh (May 20, 1857 December 18, 1941) was a highly educated English woman, who devoted herself after age 50, to missionary work in Japan and especially to the welfare, education and medical care of leprosy… …   Wikipedia