lewen

Ai sal beniamin wið me bi {} lewen. ðor q {u} iles ic sal on werlde liuen. ðo q {u} að iudas us sal ben hard

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

While they were in this condition, a man stepped in under the arch, darkening the lewen.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

Yet later in the evening the wise men were lying in a lewen of the khan awake.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

In fact, a cave was the model and first suggestion of the lewen.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

The Syrian summer day drives the seeker of comfort into the darkened lewen; night, however, calls him forth early, and the shadows deepening over the mountain-sides seem veils dimly covering Circean singers; but they are far off, while the roof is close by, and raised above the level of the shimmering plain enough for the visitation of cool airs, and sufficiently above the trees to allure the stars down closer, down at least into brighter shining.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901