lair

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 236 words | Copyright

lair †lying down; grave, tomb; bed, couch OE.; animal's place of rest XV. OE. leġer=OS. legar bed (Du. leger bed, camp), OHG. leger bed, camp (G. lager, infl. by lage situation), Goth. ligrs; f. Gmc. *leʒ- (see LIE1).

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