lliet

Norman

Alternative forms
  • llit, lit (continental Normandy)
  • llet (Guernsey, continental Normandy)
  • liet (Jersey)
  • lyet (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French lit, from Latin lectus (“bed”).

Noun

lliet m (plural lliets)

  1. (Guernsey) bed
    • 2006, Marie de Garis, “La Julie et la Princesse”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 30:
      L'Eibram s'assievi drat dans l'lliet.
      Abraham sat up straight in bed.
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