lue

• lew

Uncertain.[1]

lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

1. (mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 116:

     Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.

   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 122:

     Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

• -ule, Elu, LEU, leu, ule

From Old Norse logi, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”). Compare German Lohe, Swedish låga, Old English līeġ.

lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)

1. flame
2. tuque, (a knit cap)

• (flame): flamme c
• (knit cap): tophue c, strikkehue c

lue (imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)

1. flame

• IPA^(key): /ˈlueˣ/, [ˈlue̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ue
• Syllabification^(key): lu‧e

lue

1. present active indicative connegative of lukea

   (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät lue.

   I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't read.

2. second-person singular present imperative of lukea

   Lue!

   Read!

3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of lukea

   Älä lue!

   Don't read!

• leu

• IPA^(key): /ly/

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lue f sg

1. feminine singular of the past participle of lire

• élu, leu

From Latin luēs (“plague, pestilence”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.e/
• Rhymes: -ue
• Hyphenation: lù‧e

lue f (invariable)

1. (medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)
2. (figurative, literary) plague, misfortune
3. (poetic) an evil person
   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎, Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto VII, page 25:

     La ſopraueſta di color di ſabbia ¶ Su l'arme hauea la maledetta lue

     The damned villain had a sand-colored overgarment over his arms

lue

1. ablative singular of luēs

lue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of luō

lue

1. Nonstandard spelling of lüè.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

lue f or m (definite singular lua or luen, indefinite plural luer, definite plural luene)

1. beanie

• “lue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.