lē(i)-2

    lē(i)-2

    English meaning: to grant; possession; to acquire, possess

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “gewähren, Besitz”; med. “erwerben, gewinnen”

    Note: originally “ũberlassen” and = lē(i)-3 “lassen”

    Material: O.Ind. rütí - “willing to give, bereitwillig; f. Verleihung, grace “, rǘ ti “verleiht, grants”; Gk. λάτρον n. “earnings, Sold”, λατρεύς, λάτρις “Lohnarbeiter”, λατρέυω “diene um Sold”; Lat.latrō is Gk. Lw.; O.Ice. lüð, O.E. lǣ ð n. “ estate “, Goth. unlēÞs “arm” = O.E. unlǣ d(e) “ woeful, wretched, miserable “, with gradation O.Ice. lōð f., n. “yield of Bodens”; with s-suffix here probably also O.H.G. -lüri (e.g. in gōz-lüri “Goslar”), O.H.G. ga-lüeswes “Angrenzer”, O.E. lǣ s, g. lǣ swe f. “Weideland” (*lēsu̯ ü), die Swe.-Dan. Ortsnamenendung - lösa, -løse and (?) O.Bulg. lěsъ “wood, forest”; maybe Alb. lis “oak, oak forest” from O.C.S.: lěsъ “forest, wood(s)”, Russian: les “forest, wood(s)”, Ukrainian: lis “forest, wood(s)”. O.Bulg. lětь, lětijǫ jestъ “licet”; in Balt only Diphthongformen: Lith. líeta “thing, affair “, Lw. from Ltv. lìeta “thing, supplementary”, and probably also Lith. láima “luck”, laimùs “glũckhaft”, laime ́ti “ gain “.

    References: WP. II 394, WH. I 471, Trautmann 157.