lea-rig
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of lea-rig
Old English lǣghrycg
Example Sentences
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What brought you to Galloway, where the Celt sits on every hill-top, names every farm and lea-rig, and lights his Baal-fires about the standing stones on St. John’s Eve?”
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Lea-rig, unploughed land or hill-side.
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“On reading over the Lea-rig,” he says, “I immediately set about trying my hand on it, and, after all, I could make nothing more of it than the following.”
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Altho’ the night were ne’er sae wild, And I were ne’er sae wearie, O, I’d meet thee on the lea-rig, My ain kind dearie O!
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For instance, on reading over “The Lea-rig,” I immediately set about trying my hand on it, and, after all, I could make nothing more of it than the following, which, Heaven knows, is poor enough.
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