valeye

• valei, valeie, valey, valowe, valleie, valy
• valai, valaye (London); valay, wallay (especially Northern, Northwest Midland); faleye, valeiȝe (Southern)

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman *valeie, valey, from Latin vallis. Compare vale.

• IPA^(key): /vaˈlæi̯(ə)/, /ˈvalæi̯(ə)/, (Northern) /vaːˈlæi̯/, /ˈvaːlæi̯/, (rare) /-eː/

valeye (plural valeyes)

1. valley (depression between hills)
2. battlefield (place of battle)
3. underworld, hell
4. (rare) An indentation or depression.

• English: valley

  Ottawa Valley: vally

• Middle Scots: valay, valee
  • Scots: vailey

• “valei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.