English

Alternative forms

• leem, leme

Verb

leam ‎(third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)

1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.

Derived terms

• leamer

Etymology 2

From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma ‎(“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô ‎(“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- ‎(“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi ‎(“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen ‎(“light”).

Noun

leam ‎(plural leams)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

See also

• gleam

Etymology 3

See leamer, lien.

Noun

leam ‎(plural leams)

1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Anagrams

• amel, Elam, Elma, lame, lamé, lema, male, Malé, meal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• le + mi

Pronoun

leam

1. with me, by me

   Is toil leam Glaschu.‎ ― I like Glasgow. (literally Is pleasure with me Glasgow.)

Derived terms

• leam-leat
• leamsa

See also

• prepositional pronoun