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leje

Pronunciation: /lajə/

“leje” is a Danish word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bed, bedding (anything that someone lies on)
  2. lair, den, form, seat
  3. bearing
  4. berth (space for a ship to moor)
  5. fishing hamlet
  6. pitch, range
  7. presentation (position of the foetus in the uterus at birth)
  8. rent, rental
  9. renting, hire, leasing, chartering

verb

  1. rent, hire, lease, charter

Etymology

From Old Danish leghæ, læghæ, a merger of two nouns: 1. Old Norse lega f (“lying in bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legǭ; and 2. Old Norse lægi n (“anchorage”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgiją. Both nouns are derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie”).

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