leiger

English

Noun

leiger (plural leigers)

  1. Obsolete form of ledger.
    • 1850, Edward Wedlake Brayley, “The Hundred of Godley, or Chertsey”, in A Topographical History of Surrey, volume II, London: G. Willis, […], →OCLC, page 177:
      John de Rutherwyke was chosen abbot in 1307. In the Landsdowne Library is a Leiger-book of the abbey of Chertsey, containing a regular account of the affairs of the monastery under his presidency, from the time of his election till within two years of his death, which took place in 1346. In the Exchequer Leiger the abbot is styled "a most religious Father, and a most prudent and most profitable Lord;" […]

Noun

leiger (plural leigers)

  1. Alternative form of lieger

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

leiger f

  1. indefinite plural of leige

Verb

leiger

  1. present tense of leiga
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