different between leam vs heam

English

Alternative forms

• leem, leme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English lemen, from Old English l?man, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”).

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 l?oma (“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.
   • 1808, Walter Scott, Conclusion to Queenhoo Hall (written by Joseph Strutt)

     a large blood-hound tied in a leam

Anagrams

• -meal, Elam, Elma, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, lema, male, meal, mela, mela-

Latin

Noun

leam

1. accusative singular of lea

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• le + mi

Pronoun

leam

1. with me, by me

Derived terms

• leam-leat
• leamsa

See also

• prepositional pronoun

English

Etymology

Dialectal form of hame (“membrane”). Compare Old English ?ildhamma (“womb”), Low German hamen (“afterbirth”), Old Dutch hamme (“afterbirth”). More at hame.

Noun

heam (plural heams)

1. The afterbirth or secundus of an animal.

Anagrams

• HEMA, Hema, Mahé, ah me, ahem, haem, haem-, hame, hæm-