Part 11
#Ipotayne#, _n._ hippopotamus, IX 240. [_Ipotaine_, mistake (_in_ for _m_) for OFr. _ypotame_, convenient corruption of L. _hippopotamus_.]
#Ire#. _See_ Yre, _n._^2
#Irnebandis#, _n. pl._ iron bands, X 24. [OE. _īren_ + ON. _band_; cf. OE. _īren-bend_.] _See_ Bond; Yre, _n._^1
#Is#, #Ys#, #His# (XI), _3 sg. pres. ind._ is, I 9, 19, VIII _b_ 105, XI _b_ 256, &c.; exists, IX 146; (without _pron._) it is, I 253, 254, V 121, &c.; _2 sg._ art, XVI 360; _pl._ are, VIII _b_ 48, X 124, XVII 10, &c.; rime requires Es (_q.v._) at I 128 (note), XVII 10. [OE. _is_.] _See_ Es, Nis.
#Is#, _gen. sg._ _See_ He.
#Iseȝe#, #-seye#, #-seiȝe#. _See_ Se(n).
#Isold#. _See_ Selle(n).
#Issue#, _n._ way out, IX 198, 235. [OFr. _issue_.]
#Ist#, is it, XVII 517. _See_ Is.
#It#; #Itake#. _See_ Hit; Take(n).
#Iueler#, _n._ jeweller, XII _b_ 150. [OFr. _juel(i)er_.]
#Iuelis#, _n. pl._ jewels, XI _b_ 283. [OFr. _juel_.]
#Iuge#, _v._ to judge, XVI 320. [OFr. _jugier_.]
#Iuggement#, _n._ judgement, XII _b_ 207. [OFr. _jugement_.]
#Iuntly#, _adv._ close, X 97. [From OFr. _joint_, _juint_, pp.]
#Iustice#, _n._ justice, VIII _a_ 324. [OFr. _justice_.]
#Iwis#, #Iwysse#, _adv._ certainly, indeed (often, _esp._ in rime, practically meaningless), V 121, 172, VI 34, XIV _b_ 17, XVII 550. [OE. _ge-wiss_, adj.; cf. _mid (to) gewisse_.]
#K-#. _See_ also C.
#Kache#, _v._ to chase, catch; _kacheȝ his caple_, urges on his horse, V 107; #Kaȝt# (_to_), _pa. t._ took hold (of), V 308; #Cawht#, _pp._ caught, XII _a_ 161. [ONFr. _cachier_, conjugated on anal. of ME. _la(c)chen_.]
#Kaies#, #Kayes#, _n. pl._ keys, XIV _a_ 36, _b_ 88, 89. [OE. _cǣg_.]
#Kalf#, _n._ calf, VIII _a_ 282. [OE. _calf_.]
#Kanel#, _n._ (wind-pipe), neck, V 230. [ONFr. _canel_.] _See_ Chanel.
#Karol(l)e#, _v._ to perform a 'carol' (_see_ next), I 54, 83, &c.; #Karollyng#, _n._ I 55. [OFr. _carol(l)er_.]
#Karolle#, _n._ a carol, a dance accompanied with song (often used with ref. to song only), I 1, 14, &c. [OFr. _carolle_.]
#Kauelacion#, _n._ cavilling, quibbling objection, V 207. [OFr. _cavillacion_.]
#Keyng(es)#. _See_ Kyng.
#Kele#, #Keill#, #Keyle#, _v._ to cool, IV _a_ 26 (_intr._); _to kele (keill) cares_, to assuage sorrows, XVI 84, XVII 300; with person as dir. obj., _from cares the to keyle_, to preserve thee from grief, XVII 118. [OE. _cēlan_.]
#Ken#, #Kenne#, _v._ to make known, VII 25 (see note); to teach, VIII _a_ 14, 22, 24, XIV _b_ 4 (_see_ Crede), XVI 50, &c.; to know, in _daw to ken_, to be known for a fool, XVII 248; _will ȝe it ken_, if you will recognize the fact, XIV _b_ 8; understand, I _introd._; _pp._ (well) known, XIV _b_ 9. [OE. _cennan_, prob. infl. by senses of ON. _kenna_.] Cf. Knowe(n).
#Ken#. _See_ Cou, Kyn.
#Kene#, _adj._ keen, bold, eager, XIV _a_ 2, _b_ 9, 76; bitter (enemy), V 338. [OE. _cēne_.]
#Kepe#, _n._ heed; in _tok no kepe of_, XII _a_ 159. [From next.]
#Kepe#, _v._ to guard, preserve, keep, tend, II 208, V 80, 230, VIII _a_ 85, 134, 153, IX 206, XI _b_ 146, XVII 235 (_see_ Charité), &c.; _kepe seyntewarie_, minister in the sanctuary, VIII _b_ 83; to care to, in _þe lette I ne kepe_, I have no wish to stop you, V 74; #Kepynge#, _n._ XI _b_ 70. [OE. _cēpan_.] _See_ Vnkept.
#Kertel#. _See_ Kirtel.
#Kerue(n)#, _v._ to cut, VIII _a_ 98; prune, VI 152. [OE. _ceorfan_.]
#Kest#, _n._ a 'cast' (_see_ Cast, _v._); a blow, V 230; plot, treachery, V 345; used as 'treacherous thing' (_cf._ Falssyng), V 308. [ON. _kast_.]
#Kest(e)#. _See_ Cast, Kysse.
#Ketten#. _See_ Kutten.
#Keuer(e)#, _v._ to (re)gain, recover; _intr._ recover, survive, V 230; _keuereȝ_, 'gets', makes his way, V 153. [OE. _ā-cofrian_, intr., and OFr. _(re-)covrer_, 3 sg. _-keuvre_, trans.] _See_ Recoueren.
#Kidde#, #Kyd#; #Kyend#; #Kyȝn#, #Kyn(e)#. _See_ Kyþe; Kinde; Cou.
#Kille#, #Kylle#, _v._ to kill, VIII _a_ 32, V 43. [? OE. _*cyllan_; earliest ME. sense appar. 'beat'.]
#Kyn#, #Kynne#, #Ken# (III), _n. sg._ kindred, relatives, III _introd._, VIII _b_ 81, XVI 232 (_see_ Ende); kind, sort: #Cunnes#, #Kyns#, _gen. sg._ in _enes cunnes_, (of any kind), any sort of, XV _g_ 22; _eny kyns_, VIII _b_ 20; _nones cunnes_, (of no kind), no sort of, XV _g_ 20; (with loss of inflexions) _na kyn_, X 59 (_see_ Þing); _nor ... no kyn_, nor ... any (sort of), XVII 138; _cf._ Alkyn, Wolues-kynnes. [OE. _cynn_ (Kt. _cenn_).] _See_ Eny, No(ne).
#Kinde#, #Kynd(e)#, #Kyend# (IV), _n._ nature, natural character (of body or mind), kind, IV _a_ 41, 44 (_see_ note), V 312, VIII _a_ 157, IX 56, XII _a_ 8, 125, &c.; _in hir kinde_, in her own way, XII _b_ 128; species, in _ich kynd_ (without _of_), every kind of, XVII 151; #Kyndis#, _pl._ characteristics, IV _b_ 1. [OE. _(ge-)cýnd_.]
#Kynde#, _adj._ inborn, naturally belonging to one, VIII _a_ 243, _b_ 58; _to his kynde name_, as his proper name, VII 70; _Kynde Witt_, natural intelligence, common sense, VIII _a_ 243 (personif.). [OE. _(ge-)cýnde_.] _See_ Vnkinde.
#Kynd(e)ly#, _adv._ kindly, VI 9, VII 173, &c. [From prec. in developed sense 'having natural feeling'; OE. _ge-cýnde-līce_, naturally.]
#Kindel#, _v._ to kindle; _trans._ to cause (sorrow), XIV _a_ 10; _intr._ to begin, XIV _a_ 19. _Cf._ Kele. [Rel. to ON. _kynda_ (cf. _kyndill_, torch); distinct from ME. _kindlen_, beget.]
#Kyndom#, _n._ kingdom, VI 85. [OE. _cyne-dōm_.] _See_ Kyngdome.
#Kyng#, #King#, #Keyng# (IV), _n._ king, I 27, II 25, IV _a_ 8, 66, V 207 (note), XIV _d_ 10 (note), &c.; #Kynggis#, _pl._ XI _b_ 284. [OE. _cyning_, _cyng_, &c.]
#Kyngdome#, #Kingdom#, _n._ kingship, XI _b_ 268, XVI 186; kingdom, II 206, &c. [OE. _cyningdōm_.]
#Kirke#, #Kyrk#, _n._ church, Church, V 128, VIII _a_ 85; _see_ note to VIII _b_ 63. [ON. _kirkja_.] _See_ Cherche.
#Kirtel(l)#, #Kertel# (III), _n._ kirtle (a short coat reaching about to the knees, worn under an outer garment), II 229, III 39, XIV _b_ 61. [OE. _cyrtel_, Kt. _*certel_.]
#Kysse#, _v._ to kiss; #Kyssedes#, _2 sg. pa. t._ V 283; #Keste#, _3 sg._ XII _a_ 178. [OE. _cyssan_ (Kt. _cessan_).] _See_ Cosseȝ.
#Kiþ#, #Kyth#, _n._ country, people, V 52, XIV _c_ 92. [OE. _cȳ̆þþu_.]
#Kyþe#, _v._ to make known, reveal; #*Kyþeȝ# (MS. lyþeȝ), _imper. pl._ show, VI 9; #Kidde#, _pp._ revealed, XII _b_ 188, XVI 251; #Kyd#, shown, offered, V 272; acknowledged, VII 173; #Kud#, famed, XIV _c_ 91. [OE. _cȳþan_, pp. _(ge-)cȳ̆dd_.]
#Knacke(n)#, _v._ to sing in a lively or ornate manner (ref. esp. to the breaking up of simple notes into runs and trills; cf. _smale brekynge_), XI _b_ 161, 173, 177; #Knackynge#, _n._ trilling, XI _b_ 159, 182. [Prob. same as ME. _knacken_, to crack, snap, &c.]
#Knackeris#, _n. pl._ trill-singers, XI _b_ 145. [From prec.]
#Knape#, _n._ fellow, V 68. [OE. _cnapa_.]
#Knappes#, _n. pl._ studs, bosses, VIII _a_ 265. [OE. _cnæpp_.]
#Knarreȝ#, _n. pl._ ? crags, ? gnarled boulders, V 98. [? Cf. LG. _knarre_, knot.]
#Knaue#, #Knafe# (XVII), _n._ a lowborn man, servant, VIII _a_ 51, _b_ 66, XVI 244, XVII 173; #Knauene#, _gen. plur._ VIII _b_ 56, XV _h_ 4. [OE. _cnafa_.]
#Knaw(e)#. _See_ Knowe.
#Kne#, #Kneo# (XIII), _n._ knee, II 507, XIII _a_ 39, XVII 488 (_distrib. sg._; _see_ Herte). [OE. _cnēo_.]
#Knele#, #Kneole# (XIII), _v._ to kneel, II 223, 418, 472, V 4, XIII _a_ 48; #Kneland(e)#, _pres. p._ II 250, VI 74, XVII 488. [OE. _cnēowlian_.]
#Knet#; #Knew(e)#. _See_ Knit; Knowe.
#Knight(e)#, #Knyght(e)#, #Kniȝt#, #Knyȝt(e)#, #Kniht# (XIV), _n._ knight, II 86, III 14, V 63, VII 87, VIII _a_ 22, IX 108, XIV _c_ 58, &c.; #Kniȝte#, _dat. sg._ III 11, 25; #Cnistes# (for Cniste, _gen. pl._) XV _g_ 30 (note). [OE. _cniht_, servant; on _cnistes_, see Appendix, p. 278.]
#Knyght-fees#, _n. pl._ estates of land (held by a knight under obligation of armed service), VIII _b_ 81. [Prec. + OFr. _fé_.]
#Knit#, #Knyt#, #Knet# (XII), _pp._ tied, bound, closed together, XII _b_ 30, 54, XIV _c_ 29, XVII 451. [OE. _cnyttan_.]
#Knok(ke)#, #Knock(e)#, _n._ knock, blow, V 311, XV _h_ 4, XVII 342. [From next.]
#Knokkeþ#, _3 sg. pres._ knocks, II 379. [OE. _cnocian_.]
#Knokled#, _adj._ knobbed, rugged, V 98. [From ME. _knok(e)le_, knob, knuckle; _cf._ OFris. _knok(e)le_.]
#Knorned#, _adj._ ? gnarled, V 98. [Unknown.]
#Knowe(n)#, _v._ to know, V 26, IX 75, &c.; #Cnowe#, VIII _a_ 213; #Knaw(e)#, I, IV, VI, XVI, XVII; #Knewe(n)#, #Knew#, _pa. t._ II 408, IV _a_ 43, IX 291, &c.; #Knowe(n)#, _pp._ VII 46, XI _b_ 231, XIV _c_ 91; #Knowun#, XI _a_ 2, 7, &c.; #Yknowe#, XIII _a_ 12, _b_ 1: to know, understand, recognize, I 220, IV _b_ 86, V 174, VI 50, VIII _a_ 51, IX 75, 114 (_subj._), XI _a_ 40, &c.; _knowe_ (_fro_, _fram_), distinguish (from), VIII _a_ 50, XIV _d_ 12; to experience, in _vnrid to knowe_, grievous to endure, XVII 41; to confess, acknowledge (_cf._ Biknowe), XVI 315; _the soth for to knaw_, to tell the truth, XVII 246; to make known, declare, XVI 283. [OE. _(ge-)cnāwan_.] _See_ Icnowe, Ken.
#Knowing#, _n._ knowledge, XI _a_ 41, 66. [From prec.]
#Knoweleche#, #Knowlage#, _n._ knowledge, VII 73; _for knoweleche_, for fear of recognition, II 482. [? Stem of ME. _knowelechen_, OE. _*(ge-)cnāwlǣcan_; but the noun is recorded first.]
#Koyntly#. _See_ Queynt.
#Kokeney#, _n._ (_lit._ cocks' egg), small egg, VIII _a_ 280. [ME. _cokken(e)_, gen. pl. (OE. _cocc_) + _ey_ (OE. _ǣg_); see _N.E.D._, s.v. _Cockney_.]
#Kole-plantes#, _n. pl._ cabbages (and similar vegetables), VIII _a_ 281. [OE. _cāl_ + _plante_.] _See_ Coyll.
#Kongons#, _n. pl._ changelings, misshapen creatures, XV _h_ 5. [ME. _conjoun_ (frequent); from ONFr. _*ca(u)ngiūn_, OFr. _changon_ (very rare).]
#Konne#. _See_ Can, _v._
#Kort#, _n._ court, V 272; #Court(e)#, I 232, II 376, &c. [OFr. _co(u)rt_.]
#Kowarde#, _adj._ coward(ly), V 63. [OFr. _couard_.] _See_ Cowardyse.
#Kowe#, _n._ tail, (verse in) tail-rime; _couthe not haf coppled a k._, could have made nothing of an intricately rimed verse, Introduction xv. [OFr. _coue_.] _See_ Couwee.
#Kronykeles#, _n._ chronicles, I 251. [OFr. _cronicle_.]
#Kud#. _See_ Kyþe.
#Kun#, #Kunne(n)#. _See_ Can, _v._
#Kutten#, _v._ to cut, IX 140; #Cut#, VII 146; #Ketten#, _pa. t. pl._ VIII _a_ 182. [? OE. _*cyttan_; see _N.E.D._]
#Labour(e)#, _n._ labour, VIII _a_ 27, 247, _b_ 44, &c. [OFr. _labour_.]
#Labor(e)#, #Labour(e)#, _v._ to labour, VIII _a_ 118, _b_ 8, 70, &c.; _laboure with londe_, till the soil, VIII _a_ 267; _trans._ to labour upon, cultivate, VI 144. [OFr. _labo(u)rer_.]
#Laborer(e)#, _n._ labourer, VIII _a_ 302, 313, _b_ 77, XI _b_ 296. [From prec.; cf. OFr. _laboreor_.]
#Lac#, _n._ blemish, flaw, II 460. [Cf. MLG. _lak_.] _See_ Lakke.
#Lacche#, _v._ to catch; to get, VIII _a_ 223; #Laghton#, _pa. t. pl._ in _laghton þe watur_, put to sea, VII 119. [OE. _læccan_, _læhte_.]
#Lace#, _n._ thong, V 158 (_see_ note).
#Lacyd#, _pp._ ensnared, caught, IV _a_ 79. [OFr. _lac(i)er_.]
#Ladde#, _n._ low-born fellow, XVI 243. [Obscure.]
#Ladde#. _See_ Lede(n).
#Ladyschyp#, _n._ queenly state, VI 218. [OE. _hlǣ̆fdige_ + _-scipe_.] _See_ Leuedi.
#Laghton#. _See_ Lacche.
#Lay#, #Legge# (VIII), #Lei#, #Ley(e)#, #Leyn#, _v._ to lay, set, put, I 217, IX 125, XV _f_ 12, _g_ 13, XVII 461; _lay on_, smite, XVI 143; _leid to wedde_, deposited in pledge, mortgaged, VIII _b_ 77; to wager, VIII _a_ 263, XVII 479; lay down, establish (law), XVI 329. #Layde#, _pa. t._ in _layde þeron_, applied to it, II 38; #Leyde#, VIII _a_ 116; #Ileyd#, #Ileid#, _pp._ in _ileid ... lowe_, laid low, XIV _c_ 71, 81; #Layd#, #Laide#, I _introd._, XVI 83, XVII 282, &c.; #Leyd#, #Leid(e)#, I 109, XII _b_ 33, 119, &c. [OE. _lecgan_, _leg-_; _legde_.] _See_ Ligge(n).
#Lay#, #Layȝ#. _See_ Ligge(n).
#Lay(e)#, _n._ lay, II 3, 13, 599, &c.; _see_ note to II 12. [OFr. _lai_.]
#Layf#, #Laiff#, _n._ remainder, rest, X 132, 142. [OE. _lāf_.]
#Layne#, _v._ to conceal; _layne yow_ (_me_), keep your (my) secret, V 56, 60. [ON. _leyna_.]
#Laite#, _n._ lightning, VII 135, 153. [OE. _lēget(u)_.]
#Laited#, _pa. t._ searched for, VII 170. [ON. _leita_.]
#Lake#, _n._ lake, IX 182, XIII _a_ 63, 64. [OE. _lacu_, stream infl. by unrelated OFr. _lac_, lake.]
#Lakke#, _v. intr._ with _dat._ to be lacking (to); _yow lakked a lyttel_, you were somewhat at fault, V 298; _trans._ to find fault with, VIII _a_ 219. [From Lac, _n._; cf. MDu. _laken_.]
#Lammasse#, _n._ Lammas (August 1st), VIII _a_ 284 (note). [OE. _hlāf-mæsse_, _hlā̆mmæsse_.]
#Lance#, _v._ to utter, V 56. [OFr. _lanc(i)er_, cast.] _See_ Launchet.
#Land(e)#; #Lang-#. _See_ Lond; Long-.
#Langage#, #Longage# (XIII), language, VII 59, IX 185, XI _a_ 12, XIII _b_ 2, 4, &c. [OFr. _langage_.]
#Langett#, _n._ thong (for tying hose, shoes, &c.), XVII 224. [OFr. _languette_.]
#Lante#. _See_ Lene, _v._^1
#Lanterne#, _n._ lantern, VIII _a_ 170. [OFr. _lanterne_.]
#Lapidarye#, _n._ treatise on precious stones, IX 75 (_see_ note). [L. _lapidārium_.]
#Lappe#, _n._ loose end, or fold, of a garment, VIII _a_ 288, XV _f_ 11. [OE. _læppa_.]
#Large#, _adj._ generous, II 28; ample, VI 249; broad, large, V 157, IX 18, 155, 254 &c.; #Largelich#, _adv._ generously, II 451. [OFr. _large_.]
#Larges#, _n._ generosity, V 313. [OFr. _largesse_.]
#Lascheth#, _3 sg. pres._ ? belabours, XV _h_ 17. [See _N.E.D._, s.v. _Lash_.]
#Lasse#, #Les(se)#, _adj. compar._ less, smaller, IV _a_ 92, V 158, VI 131, IX 29, 48, XIII _b_ 36, &c.; _quasi-sb._, less, VI 241, &c.; ? a smaller piece, XV _h_ 17; _þe lasse in werke_, those who have worked less, VI 239, 240 (_see_ Longe, _adv._); _more and les(se)_, _les and more_, _see_ More; _adv._ less, V 300, VIII _a_ 161, XI _a_ 58, &c.; _neuer þe lesse_, nevertheless, I 71. #Leest#, #Leste#, _superl._ least, IV _b_ 85; _both the most and the leest_, all, XVII 452. [OE. _lǣ̆ssa_ (_lǣ̆s_, adv.); _lǣ̆st_.]
#Last#, #Lest#, _conj._ lest, XI _b_ 242, XV _c_ 31, XVII 55. [OE. _þe lǣ̆s-þe_.]
#Last(e)#, _superl. adj._ last, VI 187, 211, &c.; _quasi-sb._ in _at þe_, _atte_, _ate last(e)_, at last, in the end, II 93, VIII _b_ 99 (MS. latiste), XII _a_ 105, _b_ 188, &c.; _at þe laste ende_, in the end, VIII _b_ 101. [OE. _latost_, _lætest_.] _See_ Atte, Late, Furst.
#Last(e)#, _v._ to endure, last, extend, IV _a_ 1, 25, IX 199, XVI 66, XVII 265, &c.; #Last# (OE. _lǣ̆st_), _3 sg. pres._ II 335; #Last#, _pa. t. sg._ VII 56; _be lastand_, endure, IV _a_ 58; _euer to last_, everlasting, VII 2; #Lastynge#, _n._ endurance, perseverance, IV _b_ 73, XI _b_ 122. [OE. _lǣ̆stan_.]
#Lat(e)#. _See_ Lete.
#Late#, _adv._ late, I 108, VI 178, XIV _b_ 91, &c.; lately, recently, XVII 442; _erly and late_, at all times, VI 32; _nowe late_, just lately, XVI 162, 329. [OE. _late_.] _See_ Laste.
#Lateyn#, #Latyn(e)#, _n._ and _adj._ Latin, I 58, 96, XI _a_ 18, &c. [OFr. _latin_.]
#Latte#. _See_ Lete.
#Laþed#, _pa. t._ invited, V 335. [OE. _laþian_.]
#Laude# (_of_), _v._ to praise (for), XVI 384. [L. _laudāre_.]
#Laue#, _v. trans._ and _intr._ to pour, VI 247, XV _g_ 16. [OE. _lafian_.]
#Launce#, _n._ lance, V 129. [OFr. _lance_.]
#Launchet#, #-it#, _pa. t._ darted, leapt, VII 135, 153; _launchet to_, reached, VII 163. [ONFr. _lancher_.] _See_ Lance.
#Launde#, _n._ glade, grassy space, V 78, 86, 103, 265. [OFr. _la(u)nde_.]
#Laund-syde#, _n._ shore, VII 170. [OE. _land_ + _sīde_.] _See_ Lond(e).
#Law#. _See_ Lowe, _adj._
#Law(e)#, _n._^1 law, VIII _a_ 159, 313, XI _a_ 2, 22, XIV _b_ 63, XVI 313, &c.; practice, customary behaviour, in _doþ at Crystyn mennys l._, behave as Christians, I 82. [OE. _lagu_, from ON.]
#Lawe#, _n._^2 mound, knoll, V 103, 107. [OE. _hlāw_.]
#Lawse#, _v._ to loose(n), undo, V 308; #Lowsyd#, _pa. t._ delivered, XVII 209. [From ME. _laus_, _lous_, adj.; ON. _laus-s_.]
#Leche#, _n._ physician, VIII _a_ 268. [OE. _lǣce_.]
#Lechecraft#, _n._ (art of) medicine, VIII _a_ 251. [OE. _lǣce-cræft_.]
#Lechery(e)#, _n._ sensuality, VIII _a_ 137, XVII 53. [OFr. _lecherie_.]
#Ledderis#, _n. pl._ ladders, X 53. [OE. _hlǣ̆dder_.]
#Lede#, _n._^1 man, knight, V 27, VII 62, 75; _voc._ my good man, VI 182; #Leyde#, XVII 48, in _euery liffyng l._, everybody; #Leude#, V 265, 321, 353. [OE. (allit.) _lēod_, prince.]
#Lede#, #Leede#, _n._^2 people, country, in _þurgh land and lede_, over the earth, I 227; _in leede_, on earth, XVI 70, 135. [OE. _lēode_, pl., and _lēod_, fem.]
#Lede(n)#, #Ledyn#, #Leyd# (XVII), _v._ to lead, bring, I 153, IX 214, XVI 391; guide, direct, XI _a_ 55; to pass, lead (life), IV _a_ 49, 63, VI 32, XV _h_ 20, XVII 393. #Ledys#, _pres. pl._ IV _b_ 55; #Ladde#, _pa. t._ II 584; #Ledde#, I 63, III 55; #Led#, _pp._ treated, XVII 202. [OE. _lǣdan_.]
#Ledeing#, _n._; _at his l._, under his control, XIV _b_ 54. [From prec.]
#Leder#. _See_ Lyþer.
#Leders#, _n. pl._ leaders, XIV _b_ 94. [From Lede(n).]
#Leede#. _See_ Lede, _n._^2
#Leef#, #Lef#, _n._ leaf; item (with ref. to books), VIII _a_ 251; _sette ... at a lef_, made light of, VIII _b_ 101; #Leues#, #Leves#, _pl._ II 244, VII 103, IX 154, XV _b_ 14. [OE. _lēaf_.]
#Leel#; #Leere#. _See_ Lele; Lere.
#Lees#, #Lese#, _n._ falsehood; _without(en) lees_, &c., truly, XVI 127, XVII 390. [OE. _lēas_.] _See_ Lesing.
#Leest#; #Leet#; #Leeue#. _See_ Lasse; Lete; Leue, _v._^2
#Lef#, #Leof# (XIV), _adj._ dear, II 102, *406; eager, XIV _c_ 6; #Leue# (_wk._ in _voc._), XV _g_ 10; as _sb._, dear one, VI 58. #Leuer#, _compar._ in _l. me were to_, I would rather, II 177; #Leueste#, most pleasing (to God), VIII _b_ 89. [OE. _lēof_.]
#Lef#, _see_ Leef; #Lef(f)e#, #Lefte#, _see_ Leue, _v._^1
#Leggaunce#, _n._ (performance of) duty to his liege lord, XIV _c_ 67. [OFr. _legiance_.]
#Legg#, _n._ leg, VI 99, V 160, VIII _a_ 116. [ON. _legg-r_.]
#Legge#, #Lei#, #Ley(e)#, &c. _See_ Lay, _v._
#Leid(e)#, #Leyd(e)#. _See_ Lay, _v._; Lede, _n._^1; Lede(n).
#Leif(f)#, #Leyf#, #Leyue#. _See_ Leue, _v._^1 and _v._^3
#Leymonde#. _See_ Leme.
#Lele#, #Leel#, _adj._ lawful, VIII _b_ 109; faithful, XVI 65; according to covenant, XVII 446. [OFr. _leël_.]
#Lelly#, _adv._ loyally, faithfully, V 56, 60, XVI 403. [From prec.]
#Leme#, _v._ to shine, flash, V 158; #Leymonde#, _pres. p._ VII 153. [OE. _*lēomian_; ON. _ljóma_.]
#Lemes#. _See_ Lym(e).
#Lemman#, _n._ lover, XV _a_ 20. [OE. _*lēof-man_; early ME. _leofmon_.]
#Lende#, _v. trans._ and _intr._ to 'land'; _lende (on)_, to come, fall (upon), XVI 47, 54; _lendes (in)_, brings (into), IV _a_ 44; #Lended#, _pa. t._ remained, XIV _b_ 45; #Lent#, _pp._ gone, taken away, XV _c_ 11, 39; #Ylent# (_on_), come (upon), XV _c_ 24. [OE. _lendan_, go, arrive; the ME. sense development is obscured by confusion with Lene, _v._^1]
#Lene#, _adj._ lean, II 459. [OE. _hlǣne_.]
#Lene#, _v._^1 to grant, give, VIII _a_ 17, (_absolutely_) VIII _a_ 215; #Lante#, _pa. t._ V 182; #Lent#, _pp._ IV _a_ 21. [OE. _lǣnan_.]
#Lene#, _v._^2 to lean; _lened (with)_, inclined, V 187: _lened (to)_, leant (on), V 264. [OE. _hleonian_.]
#Leng#; #Lengar#, #-er#. _See_ Long(e), _adv._
#Lenghe#, _n._ length, VI 56. [OE. _lengu_.)
#Lent#. _See_ Lende, Lene, _v._^1
#Lenten#, _n._ spring, XV _b_ 1; #Lenten-tyde#, Lent, I 242. [OE. _lencten_, _lencten-tīd_.]
#Lenþe#, #Lennthe#, #Lenght#, _n._ length, V 248, XVII 123, 257. [OE. _lengþu_.]
#Leof#. _See_ Lef.
#Lepe#, _v._ to leap, run; _lepeȝ hym_, gallops, V 86; #Lepte#, _pa. t._ leapt, XII _a_ 160. [OE. _hlēapan_, str.]
#Lepys#, _n. pl._ leaps; _wyth sundyr lepys_, ? dancing separately, I 234 (but _see_ Sonder, and note). [OE. _hlēp_.]
#Lere#, _n._ face, VI 38. [OE. _hlēor_.] _See_ Lyre.
#Lere#, #Leere#, _v. trans._ to teach, instruct, VIII _a_ 251, XVI 55, 127, 330, 391; _intr._ to learn, IV _a_ 17, XIV _b_ 57, XVI 313, 321; #Lerid#, _pp._ educated (_i.e._ clergy), XI _a_ 38. [OE. _lǣran_, teach.]
#Lerne(n)#, _v._ to learn, II 39, VII 20, &c. #Lurne(n)#, XIII _b_ 29, 34, 36. [OE. _léornian_.]
#Lernyng(e)#, _n._ learning, XI _b_ 169; instruction, in _for l. of us_, for our instruction, VII 32; knowledge, XVI 85. [OE. _léornung_, intr.]
#Les(e)#. _See_ Lasse, Lees.
#Lese#, _v._^1 to lose, II 178, V 74, IX 130; #Lose#, XVII 363; #Lore#, _pp._ XII _a_ 187; #Lorne#, XVI 198; #Lost#, VII 148, VIII _b_ 99; #Ylore#, II 209, 545. [OE. _(be-, for-)lēosan_, pp. _-loren_; cf. _losian_, be lost.] _See_ Forlorn.
#Lese#, _v._^2 to glean, VIII _a_ 68. [OE. _lesan_.]
#Lesing#, _n._ a lie, II 465; #Lesyngis#, _pl._ XI _b_ 39; _lesyngis on_, lies against, XI _b_ 98. [OE. _lēasing_.] _See_ Lees.
#Lesse#. _See_ Lasse.
#Lesso(u)n#, _n._ lesson, VIII _a_ 272, XIII _b_ 19. [OFr. _leço(u)n_.]
#Lest(e)#. _See_ Lasse; Last, _conj._
#Lete#, #Lette# (IV _a_ 88), _v._ to let, &c.; #Lat(e)#, IV _b_ 41,X 30; #Lat(e)#, #Latte#, _imper. sg._ VIII _a_ 40, 262, XVI 194, &c.; #Let(e)#, II 114, V 140, &c.; #Leteȝ#, _pl._ V 319. #Leet#, _pa. t. sg._ IX 223, 232; #Let(e)#, II 386, III 34, &c.; #Lette#, V 189; #Lete#, _pl._ II 74; #Ylete#, _pp._ III 32, *VIII _b_ 3. (i) To let, allow, II 74, IV _b_ 41, &c.; bequeathe, III 32, 34; cause to (as _leet make_, caused men to make, had it made), IX 223, 232, XII _b_ 192; _let untrusse_, unloaded, XII _b_ 52; forming periphrastic imper., XIV _b_ 90; _lete ben_, _latte be_, cease, stop, II 114, XVI 234; _let be_, left unheeded, XII _b_ 94. (ii) To give up, abandon, IV _a_ 88, VIII _a_ 266, XIV _c_ 6; lose, II 177; cease, II 279; neglect (to), XIV _c_ 70. (iii) _Lette as_, behaved as if, V 189; _lete liȝte of_, make (made) light of, give little thought to, VIII _a_ 161, XIV _c_ 63; _lytel ylete by_, held in small esteem, *VIII _b_ 3. [OE. _lǣtan_, _lētan_; forms with _a_ perhaps due partly to ON. _láta_, and partly to early shortening (? orig. in imper. sg.).]
#Lette#, _n._ hindrance, obstacle, XII _a_ 72; delay, XII _a_ 154. [From next.] _See_ Ylet.
#Lette(n)#, #Let# (_of_, _fro_), _v._ to hinder, prevent, keep (from), V 74, 235, XI _a_ 41, _b_ 3, 155, 179, XVII 341 (_subj._), 470; #Let#, _pp._ XII _b_ 10; #Lettid#, XI _b_ 181; _lette to sue_ (_studie_), prevent from following (studying), XI _a_ 41, _b_ 112. [OE. _lettan_.] _Distinguish_ Lete.
#Lettynge#, #-ing# (_to_), _n._ hindering (from), hindrance, XI _a_ 26, _b_ 307; delay, interruption, VIII _a_ 7, XI _b_ 80. [OE. _letting_.]
#Lettres#, _n. pl._ letters, III _introd._; #Letturs#, writings, VII 26, 59. [OFr. _lettre_.]
#Leþeȝ#, _3 sg. pres._ softens, is assuaged, VI 17. [OE. _(ge-)liþian_, _-leoþian_, distinct from _līþian_.]
#Leude#. _See_ Lede, _n._^1
#Leue#, _n._ permission, VIII _a_ 68; leave, in _tok his leve_, XII _a_ 31. [OE. _lēaf_, fem.]
#Leue(n)#, _v._^1 to leave (alone, behind, off), abandon, neglect, cease (to), V 86, XI _b_ 10, 50, 301, XIII _a_ 56, XVI 284, &c.; #Lef(f)e#, IV _b_ 66, XVI 376; #Leif(f)#, X 156, 198; #Leueþ#, _imper. pl._ stop, I 265. #Left(e)#, _pa. t._ and _pp._ I 71, IV _b_ 74, VII 26, XI _b_ 261, XII _b_ 179, XVI 314, &c.; #Leuid#, #Leuyt#, #Levit#, VII 74, 126, X 159, XIV _b_ 78; #Yleft#, _pp._ XIII _b_ 8, 41. _For to leue for to_, that you may cease to, I 21; _to lefe_, to be left undone, avoided, IV _b_ 66. [OE. _lǣfan_.] _See_ Bleue.
#Leue(n)#, #Leeue#, _v._^2 to grant, in _Crist leue_, Christ grant, XIV _c_ 87, 95. [OE. _lēfan_.] _See_ Leue, _n._
#Leue(n)#, _v._^3 to believe, V 60, 353, VI 65, 109, VIII _a_ 84; #Leyf#, #Leyue#, _imper._, VIII _b_ 3, 24. [OE. _(ge-)lēfan_.] _See_ Beleue, Ylefde.
#Leue#, #Leu-#, &c. _See_ Leef, Lef, Liue(n).
#Leued#, _adj._ leafy, I 62. [From Leef.]
#Leuedi#, _n._ lady, mistress, II 53, 89, 347, 455, XV _c_ 23, &c.; #Ladi#, XII _a_ 50, 144, &c.; #Lady#, _gen. sg._ in _oure Lady day_, I 242. [OE. _hlǣ̆fdige_.]
#Levyn#, _n._ lightning, XVII 346. [? OE. _*lēfn-_ < _*lau(h)mni-_ (cf. Goth. _lauhmuni_).]
#Levyr#, _n._ liver; _l. and long_, allit. elaboration of _hert_, XVII 399. [OE. _lifer_.]
#Lew#. _See_ Lo.
#Lewed(e)#, #Lewid#, _adj._ lay, ignorant, uneducated, III _introd._, VIII _b_ 4, XI _a_ 3, XII _b_ 144; _lerid and lewid_, XI _a_ 38. [OE. _lǣwede_.]
#Lewté#, _n._ loyalty, fidelity, V 298, 313. [OFr. _le(a)uté_.] _See_ Lele.
#Lhord#, &c. _See_ Louerd.
#Lyand#. _See_ Ligge(n).