leese

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liːz/ Rhymes: -iːz Homophones: lees, leas === Etymology 1 === From Middle English lesen, from Old English *lēosan (only attested in compounds: belēosan, forlēosan, etc.), from Proto-West Germanic *leusan, from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”). ==== Alternative forms ==== lese ==== Verb ==== leese (third-person singular simple present leeses, present participle leesing, simple past lore or leesed, past participle lorn or leesed) (obsolete) To lose. To destroy. To forsake or abandon. ===== Related terms ===== forlese === Etymology 2 === From Middle English lesen, from Old English lȳsan, līesan (“to loosen, release, redeem, deliver, liberate”), from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną (“to release, loosen”). Cognate with Dutch lozen, German lösen, Swedish lösa. ==== Alternative forms ==== lease ==== Verb ==== leese (third-person singular simple present leeses, present participle leesing, simple past and past participle leesed) (obsolete, transitive) To release; let go; set free. (obsolete) To loosen, unfasten. === Etymology 3 === Compare French léser, Latin laesus. ==== Verb ==== leese (obsolete, transitive) To hurt. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== leese alternative form of lese === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== leese alternative form of lesen (“to lose”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== leese (North Riding) alternative form of lesen (“to release”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== leese alternative form of lesen (“to gather”) == North Frisian == === Etymology 1 === From Old Frisian lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną. ==== Verb ==== leese (Mooring) to read ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== lees (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) === Etymology 2 === From Old Frisian *hletha (attested in the past participle hleden), from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną. ==== Verb ==== leese (Mooring) to load ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== lees (Föhr-Amrum) leer (Sylt)