different between lye vs fye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: lie, lai

Etymology 1

From Old English l?ag, from Proto-Germanic *laug?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh?- (“to wash”).

Noun

lye (countable and uncountable, plural lyes)

1. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
2. Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).

Derived terms

• lyed

Translations

Verb

lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lyeing or lying, simple past and past participle lyed)

1. To treat with lye.

Further reading

• lye on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lye (plural lyes)

1. (Britain, rail transport) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.

Verb

lye (third-person singular simple present lyes, present participle lying, simple past lay, past participle lain or layn)

1. Obsolete spelling of lie.

   • But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,
     He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;
     And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,
     Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.

   • 1654, John Donne, Loves Diet

     Now negligent of sports I lye,
     And now as other Fawkners use,
     I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe:
     And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe.

References

lye in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Ely, Ley, ley, yel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlýja, from the adjective hlýr.

Alternative forms

• lya (a infinitive)

Verb

lye (present tense lyer, past tense lydde, past participle lydd/lytt, passive infinitive lyast, present participle lyande, imperative ly)

1. to warm up, give off warmth

Etymology 2

Verb

lye (present tense lyar or lyer, past tense lya or lydde, past participle lya or lydd, present participle lyande)

1. Eye dialect spelling of lyde.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

lye

1. inflection of ly:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• “lye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Lye, yle

English

Adjective

fye (comparative more fye, superlative most fye)

1. (nonstandard, Internet slang) Alternative form of fire (with a heavy southern accent)

   Dude dat man just hit dem folks, and it was so fye m8.

Interjection

fye!

1. Alternative form of fie

Anagrams

• Fey, fey