lea-rig

/ ˈliːˌrɪɡ /

noun

1. a ridge of unploughed land

Word History and Origins

Origin of lea-rig¹

Old English lǣghrycg

Example Sentences

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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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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“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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The old words began thus: “I’ll rowe thee o’er the lea-rig, My ain kind dearie, O, I’ll rowe thee o’er the lea-rig, My ain kind dearie, O, Altho’ the night were ne’er sae wat, And I were ne’er sae weary, O; I’ll rowe thee o’er the lea-rig, My ain kind dearie, O.”—

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