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lea (lee, lay) noun
A grassland.
[From Old English leah (meadow). Ultimately from Indo-European root leuk-
(light) that has resulted in other words such as lunar, lunatic, light,
lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, and lynx.]
Hmm--all the ref.'s relating to light...did lea come about because a grassland is open? Nothing to make shadows, or to hide behind?
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and the lee of the stone?
formerly known as etaoin...
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The Shadewell Shenanigans or The Coldstone Conflict?
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My Etymological Dictionary of the English Language doesn't directly address the connection with light, but what it does say supports your theory:
LEA ... lea is cognate with prov. G loh, a morass, bog, wood, forest ... ... L. lucus, a grove, glade, open space in a wood (?) ...
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