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lee (n.) O.E. hleo "shelter, cover, defense, protection," from P.Gmc. *khlewaz (Cf. O.N. hle, Dan. læ, O.S. hleo, Du. lij "lee, shelter"). No known cognates outside Germanic; original sense uncertain and might have been "warm" (Cf. Ger. lau "tepid," O.N. hly "shelter, warmth"), which might link it to PIE *kele- (1) "warm." As an adjective, 1510s, from the noun.

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