L.

La, _interj._ == lo. O. and N. 1541

Labour, _sb._ 49 B.

Lace, _v. a._ K. Horn, 870

Lack, _sb._ == fault. HD. 190. RG. 389

---- == want, defect. Pol. S. 154. Dut. laecke

---- _v. n._ == be wanting. Pol. S 154

Lad, _sb._ HD. 890. W. llawd

Ladder, _sb._ RG. 148; pl. landren. RG. 410. AS. læedder

Lady, _sb._ RG. 451; [levede], RG. 441, 380. AS. hlæfdige. See on this word the Ormulum, vol. ii. pp. 632-634

Lahte, Laute, Lauthe, _vb._ == received, took. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. HD. 744, 1673. AS. læccan

Laite, _v. n._ == look. Ps. 31, 9. AS. wlítan. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 449

---- _v. a._ == look for, seek. Ps. xxiii. 6

Lake, _sb._ Body and Soul, 160. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Lamb, _sb._ RG. 369

Lame, _adj._ HD. 1938

---- == defective. O. and N. 364

---- _v. a._ HD. 2755

Lammas, _sb._ == Lady-mass. RG. 557

Lamp, _sb._ Alys. 5253

Lamprey, _sb._ RG. 442

Land, _sb._ RG. 377, 494

---- _v. a._ == bring to land. K. Horn, 779

Landfolk, _sb._ O. and N. 1156

Langmode, _adj._ == patient, long-suffering. Ps. cii. 8. AS. langmód

Language, _sb._ RG. 118, 150

Lantern, _sb._ Ps. xvii. 29

Large, _adj._ == big. 1195 B.

---- == liberal. HD. 97

Largely, _adv._ RG. 510, 511, 383

Largeness, _sb._ == liberality. Alys. 6879

Largess, _sb._ RG. 181

Laroun, _sb._ == robber. Alys. 4209. Fr. larron

Las, _sb._ == snare. Alys. 7698. Fr. las. ON. lás

Last, _sb._ == a shoemaker’s last. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. læst

Last, _sb._ == sin. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. ON. löstr. Dan. last

Last, _sb._ == load, burden? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. AS. hlæst; or possibly == trace. AS. hlast

Last, _v. n._ == endure, continue. 464 β; pret. ‘ylaste.’ RG. 263; part, ‘ilast,’ RG. 509

Last, _adj._ ‘atte laste.’ RG. 377

Lasteles, _adj._ == faultless. Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Late, _adj._ RG. 381; comp. ‘later.’ RG. 382

---- _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 99

Lathe, _sb._ == loathing, harm. Alys. 7722. AS. láð

Latter, _adj._ == last. Creed of St Athan. 56

Latymer, _sb._ == latiner, interpreter. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. Alys. 7089

Laue, _sb._ == a hill. Alys. 3857. AS. hlǽw. See Lowe

Laugh, _v. n._ [lihe], RG. 93; [lyȝhe], RG. 101; pret. ‘louȝ’ 710 B.; ‘low.’ HD. 903

Launch, _v. n._ == shoot into water. Alys. 3746

Laute, Lauthe, == received. See under Lahte

Lave, _vb. a._ == pour out upon. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. Rel. Ant. i. 144. AS. lafian

Lavender, _sb._ == launder, washer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Laveroc, _sb._ == lark. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 40. AS. lawerc

Law, _sb._ RG. 381; [lay]. 346 B.

Lawfulness, _sb._ == sense of justice. O. and N. 1739

Lax, _sb._ == salmon. HD. 754. AS. leax. ON. lax

Lay, _adj._ == pertaining to the laity, ‘lay fee.’ RG. 470

Lay, _v. a._ pret. ‘leyde.’ RG. 393

---- == lay aside. Body and Soul, 166

---- == lay on, attack. Alys. 5832

---- == allay. Ps. lxxxiv. 4

Lay, _sb._ == song. Alys. 5211. Fr. lai. AS. leoð

Lay, _sb._ == religious observance. Alys. 4690. AS. lagu

---- == faith, belief [laȝe]. K. Horn, 69

Layk. See Leyk

Lea, _sb._ == meadow; pl. ‘lesen.’ RG. 1; ‘lese.’ RG. 375; AS. lǽsu

Leach, _sb._ == physician. RG. 380. AS. lǽce

Leachcraft, _sb._ RG. 141, 150

Lead, _v. a._ RG. 376; pret. ‘ladde.’ RG. 380

Lead, _sb._ RG. 1

Leader, _sb._ Ps. liv. 14

Leaf, _sb._ 180 B.

Leafworm, _sb._ Ps. lxxvii. 46

Lealté, _sb._ == loyalty. Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Lean, _v. n._ RG. 308. AS. hlinian

Lean, _adj._ Pol. S. 150. AS. lǽne

Leap, _v. n._ pret. ‘lepte.’ RG. 396; 3 pl. ‘lopon.’ Alys. 861

---- _v. a._ == forsake (an oath). HD. 2009

Learn, _v. a._ RG. 519; pret. ‘lernede.’ RG. 434; part, ‘ylerned.’ RG. 29; ‘ylere.’ HD. 12

Leasing, == falsehood. See Lesing

Least, _adj._ RG. 37

Leave, _v. a._ 39 B.; [lef]. 136 B.; part. ‘ileved.’ 616 B.

Leave, _sb._ == permission. 569 B.

Lecche, _v. a._ == comprehend. HD. 252. AS. læccan

Leche, _sb._ == look. O. and N. 1138. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 454

Lecher, _sb._ == lecherous person. RG. 351. Fr. lecher. AS. liccera

---- == blockhead. Alys. 3916

Lechery, _sb._ RG. 405, 334

Lechure, _sb._ Alys. 6306

Led, _sb._ == song. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. AS. leoð

Led, _sb._ == a cauldron. HD. 924. Rel. S. v. 242. AS. líð, a cup, hollow vessel; or possibly it may be contracted from ‘lebet.’ Lat. lebes

Ledandlike, _adj._ == ductile. Ps. xcvii. 6

Lede, _sb._ == speech. Body and Soul, 11. AS. leden

Ledron, _sb._ == thief, robber. Alys. 3210. Fr. larron. Lat. latro. Or possibly == leper. Fr. ladre. See Roq. _s. v._ ladrerie, and the Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ Lydron

Leek, _sb._ RG. 341

Lees, _adj._ == bad, wicked. Wright’s L. P. pp. 42, 49

---- == false [les]. Pol. S. 214; pl. ‘leses,’ false persons. Ps. lxxxi. 4. AS. leas

---- _sb._ == falsehood. Alys. 5790

Left, _adj._ (sinister) [lift]. RG. 22

Leg, _sb._ RG. 338

Legate, _sb._ RG. 499, 506

Legh, _sb._ == lying. Ps. lviii. 13

Leik, _sb._ == a body. HD. 2793. AS. líc

Leisure, _sb._ Alys. 234

Leman, _sb._ RG. 496; applied to a man. HD. 1322

Leme, _sb._ == flame. RG. 416, 151, 548. AS. leoma

---- _v. n._ == shine. Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 31

Lenche, _v. n._ == stoop. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. In Dutch ‘loncken’ means to distort the eyes, squint

Lend, _v. a._ 775 B.; [lene]. Wright’s L. P. p. 51

Lende, _sb._ == the loins. RG. 377. AS. lendenu

Lene. See Lend

Length, _sb._ RG. 385; [leinþ]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217

---- _v. n._ == go a long way off. Ps. liv. 8

Lent, _part._ == gone, departed? Wright’s L. P. p. 28. See Gloss. to Orm. _s. v._ ‘lendenn’

Lent, _sb._ RG. 495

Leode, _sb._ == people. Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. leóde

Leofmon, _sb._ == lover. O. and N. 1428

Leopard, _sb._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 170

Lepe, _sb._ == basket. RG. 265. O. and N. 359. AS. leap. ON. laupr

Ler, _sb._ == countenance. HD. 2918; [leor]. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. hleor

Lere, _v. a._ == teach. Wright’s L. P. p. 92. AS. lǽran

Lere, _adj._ == empty. O. and N. 1526; [ilere]. RG. 541. AS. lær, lærnes. Germ, ‘leer’

Lere, _sb._ == loss. RG. 526; [leore]. Alys. 1122. AS. lyre

Lered, _sb._ == the learned, i. e. the clergy. Pol. S. 155

Les, _v. a._ == loose. Wright’s L. P. p. 29

Lese. See Lose

Leser, _sb._ == looser, liberator. Ps. cxliii. 2

Lesing, _sb._ == falsehood. O. and N. 846. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. leas

Lesing, _sb._ == gleaning. Pol. S. 149. AS. lesan, to gather

Lesness, _sb._ == absolution. RG. 173

Less, _adj._ RG. 379, 558

---- _v. a._ == lessen. Ps. lxxxviii. 46; xi. 2

---- _v. n._ [lasse] == become less. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Lesson, _sb._ Alys. 4823

Lest, _conj._ RG. 506, 563

Lest, _v. a._ == listen to. Alys. 38

Let, _v. a._ == hinder. RG. 380. AS. lettan

Let, _v. a._ == permit, cause a thing to be done. RG. 383; [late]. RG. 445; ‘to let blood’ == cause blood to flow; part. ‘ilate.’ RG. 565

---- == let alone. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

---- == consider, think. 757 B. Body and Soul, 57. AS. lǽtan

---- _v. n._ == cease. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. Pol. S. 201. ON. letta. AS. latian

Let, _adj._ == disturbed, troubled. Ps. vi. 8; xlv. 3 Lit. ‘hindered,’ from AS. lǽtan, lettan

Lete, _sb._ == countenance. O. and N. 35; [i-lete]. O. and N. 403. AS. wlite. ON. læti. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ, iii. 449

Letter, _sb._ == epistle, in pl. RG. 494, 552

Lettrure, _sb._ == book, literature. Alys. 3516

Leve, _v. a._ == grant, allow. HD. 334. AS. lefan

---- == believe [ileove]. 2357 B.; pret. ‘levede.’ RG. 334; ‘ilefde.’ O. and N. 123; ‘leovede.’ 687 B.

Leven, _v. a._ == flash out. Ps. cxliii. 6

Levening, _sb._ == lightning. Ps. xvii. 15

Levin, _sb._ == lightning. HD. 2690. W. llafn, a blade, or flake, from the sword-like shape of a flash. Gael, lann, a blade, whence ‘lannair,’ glitter, or gleaming

Lew, _adj._ == warm. HD. 498. AS. hleow

Lewd, _adj._ == lay. RG. 471. Pol. S. 155. From AS. leóde, leúd, the people

Leyk, _sb._ == play. HD. 1021; [layk], Ritson’s AS. viii. 121. AS. lác

Leyken, _v. n._ == to play. HD. 950. AS. lǽcan

Liar, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Liard, _sb._ == a grey horse. Pol. S. 71. Fr. liard, from W. llai, raven gray

Libel, _sb._ == a writ of accusation. RG. 498

Lich, _sb._ == body. 259 B. AS. líc

Lichamlic, _adj._ == bodily. M. Ode, st. 190

Lick, _v. a._ Rel. Ant. i. 114. Ps. lxxi. 9

Licome, _sb._ == body. O. and N. 1052; countenance. Ps. xx. 10. AS. lichama

Licoris, _sb._ == liquorice. Alys. 428. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Lat. glycyrrhiza

Licorous, _adj._ == sweet. Wright’s L. P. p. 68

Lie, _sb._ == flame. 512 β. AS. lig

Lie, _v. n._ 2s. pres. ‘list.’ O. and N. 150; 3 s. pres. ‘leth.’ O. and N. 1492; 2 pl. pres. ‘liggeth.’ RG. 7; 3 pl. pres. ‘leyȝen.’ Pol. S. 190; pret. ‘lay.’ RG. 11, 13. AS. licgan

---- == wait, expect. Pol. S. 222

Lie, _v. n._ == speak falsely; part. ‘ylow.’ RG. 160; ‘i-loȝe.’ O. and N. 845

---- _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100

Lief, _adj._ == dear [leof]. 37 B.; pl. ‘leove.’ 463 B.; ‘lef or loth.’ HD. 2379; ‘The lef the’ == may the right or truth flourish. HD. 2606; comp. ‘levere.’ RG. 263, 382. AS. leóf

Liefer, _adv._ == rather. RG. 263

Liege, _adj._ RG. 457

Life, _sb._ RG. 301, 376; gen. abs. ‘lives’ == alive. HD. 1307. O. and N. 1632

---- == position in life. Pol. S. 195

Liflode, _sb._ == sustenance in life. RG. 41, 404. AS. lif-láde, from lád, a way

Lift, _sb._ == air. Fragm. Sci. 204; sky, 200 β, AS. lyft

Light, _sb._ RG. 379, 380

---- _v. a._ == enlighten. Ps. xxxiii. 6

---- == kindle. HD. 585

Light, _adj._ == active. RG. 452

Light, _v. n._ == alight. Cok. 128; part. ‘liht.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 30

Lightly, == easily [liȝtliche]. RG. 515; actively [lyȝtlyche]. RG. 377

Lightness, _sb._ == light. Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Ps. cxxxv. 7

Lightning, _sb._ [lyȝtyng]. RG. 378, 415; [leyȝt]. RG. 308

Likand, == similarly, Creed of St Athan. 36

Like, _adj._ [i-liche]. O. and N. 1458; [ilek]. Pilate, 111

Like, _v. a._ == approve of. RG. 92

Like, _v. n._ == take delight in. Ps. xxxvi. 4; please, be pleasing. O. and N. 342; _impers._ ‘hym likede.’ RG. 21

Likeful, _adj._ == pleasant. Cok. 70

Likeness, _sb._ == similitude. RG. 463

Liking, _sb._ == pleasure. Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Lily, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Lilywhite, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 30

Limb, _sb._ [lyme]. RG. 278, 411

Limbmeal, _adv._ 1815 B.

Lime, _sb._ == calx. St Swithin, 54

Lime, _sb._ == birdlime. O. and N. 1054

Limed, _part._ == caught. Alys. 5701

Lin, _sb._ == linen. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. lín

---- _v. n._ == cease, for ‘blin.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. linnan

Linde, _sb._ == tree. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. Alys. 2489. AS. lind

Line, _sb._ == cord. HD. 539; net. K. Horn, 701. AS. líne

---- == course of proceeding. Alys. 7266

Linen, _sb._ RG. 405

Ling, _sb._ == a fish. HD. 833

Lion, _sb._ RG. 457

Lip, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 34

Lisse, _sb._ == comfort. Wright’s L. P. p. 57. M. Ode, 119. AS. liss

List, _sb._ == craft. O. and N. 172. AS. list

List, _v. a._ == listen to [lest]. Alys. 38; imper. ‘lust.’ O. and N. 263

Listen, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 24

Listening, _sb._ == attention. Alys. 4798

Litany, _sb._ 1084 B.

Lited, _part._ == stained. Ps. lxvii. 17. ON. lita

Litelhede, _sb._ == smallness. Ps. lvii. 4

Lith, _sb._ == body. Body and Soul, 39 AS. líð

Lith, _sb._ == people, possessions. HD. 2515. AS. leode. Germ. leute

Lith, _sb._ == comfort. HD. 1338; [lythe]. Ib. 147. AS. liðs

---- _v. a._ == to comfort, give ease. Alys. 433

Lith, _v. n._ == listen. Ps. xxx. 3. Ritson’s AS. viii. 187. ON. hlyða

---- _adj._ == fallow. Pol. S. 152. Probably from AS. liðs, rest

Lithe, _adj._ == gentle. Ps. cvi. 29. AS. líðe

Lither, _v. n._ == do harm. Ps. civ. 15. See Luther

---- == act wickedly. Ps. xxxvi. 9

Litherand, _adj._ == wicked. Ps. xxv. 5

Littene, _part._ == cut up? HD. 2701

Little, _adj._ [lytul], RG. 19; [lute]. RG. 378; [lutel]. RG. 376

---- _v. a._ == make little. Ps. viii. 6; lxxiv. 9; [lutli]. O. and N. 540

---- _v. n._ == become little. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Littleless, == almost. Ps. xciii. 17

Live, _v. n._ RG. 381

Liver, _sb._ (part of the body). Alys. 2156

Liver, _v. a._ == deliver. RG. 39

Liverede, _adj._ == red. RG. 39

Livering, _sb._ == delivering of provisions. Alys. 7171

Liversoon, _sb._ == sustenance. Alys. 1011. Fr. livraison

Lo! 1769 B. AS. lá

Load, _sb._ Body and Soul, 238

Loaf, _sb._ 278 β; pl. ‘loves.’ 293 β; ‘laves.’ Ps. xli. 4

Loath, _adj._ == hateful. RG. 40; [yladh]. O. and N. 1605; [lath], Ps. xvii. 8

---- _v. n._ == be angry, displeased. RG. 32

Loathly, _adj._ Body and Soul, 56; [lolich]. Pol. S. 203

Loc, _sb._ == gift. M. Ode, 37. AS. lác

Lock, _v. a._ == enclose. O. and N. 56. AS. lúcan

---- == lock, fasten, as a door. RG. 495; pret. ‘lek.’ Body and Soul, 236; part. ‘iloke.’ 824 B.

---- _sb._ == lock of a door. Ps. cxlvii. 13. O. and N. 1555

Lock, _sb._ == a tress of hair. Wright’s L. P. p. 34. AS. locc

Locket, _sb._ Pol. S. 154

Lodge, _v. a._ Alys. 3132. AS. logian

---- _v. n._ Alys. 4098

---- _sb._ Alys. 4295

Lofe, _sb._ == praise. Ps. xxi. 26; [loof]. Ib. 4

Loft, _sb._ == air. RG. 7; ‘upo lofte’ == aloft. Pol. S. 154

Loftsang, _sb._ == song of praise. Ps. lxiv. 2. Germ. lob-gesang

Logede, == lewd, lay? Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21

Loin, _sb._ Pol. S. 191

Loke, _v. a._ == decide. RG. 53; part. ‘iloked.’ RG. 534

---- == guard. Pilate, 69; [loki], O. and N. 604

Loking, _sb._ == decision. RG. 506

Loking, _sb._ == care. K. Horn, 350

Lome, _adv._ == frequently. Pol. S. 197

Lome, _sb._ == spade, or mattock. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. lóma, gelóma

---- == instrument, tool. Ps. vii. 14

---- == vessel. Ps. xxxii. 7

Londisse, _adj._ == of the country. K. Horn 648

Lone ? Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Long, _adj._ RG. 376, 410; ‘longer.’ RG. 377

---- _adv._ == for a long time. O. and N. 466

---- _v. n._ == become long. Alys. 139

Long, _v. n._ == desire. RG. 176. AS. langian

Longing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29

Look, _v. n._ RG. 14

Loose, _v. a._ [louse]. Pol. S. 239; part. ‘losed.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 99

Lopered, == coagulated, clotted. Ps. cxviii. 70; lxvii. 17. Dan. löbe, runnet, from löbe, to run, run together, hence to coagulate. Sw. löpa i hop, to curdle

Lord, _sb._ RG. 432

Lording, _sb._ RG. 431, 524

Lordless, _adj._ RG. 142

Lordswike, == traitor. Pol. S. 220. RG. 313. See ‘laverdswike’ in Laȝ, ii. 506

Lore, _sb._ ‘a lore.’ M. Ode, st. 1, either means ‘in learning,’ or should be written ‘alore,’ otherwise, in other respects. Fr. allors

---- _sb._ == learning, teaching. 2065 B.

Lore, _sb._ == loss. Alys. 7247

Loreless, _adj._ == without learning. Cok. fin.

Loren, _part._ == lost. See Lose

Loreyns, _sb._ == reins. 190 B. Fr. lorain. Lat. lorum

Los, _sb._ == fame. RG. 180, 330, 137. Fr. los

Lose, _v. a._ [lese]. RG. 436; 2 s. pres. ‘lust.’ 859 B.; pret. ‘las.’ Body and Soul, 123; part. ‘y-lore.’ RG. 160; ‘loren.’ RG. 39

Lot, _sb._ RG. 111. Ps. xxi. 18

---- == deceit? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. AS. lot

Lote, _sb._ == play, sport. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. ON. lota

Loting, _part._ == struggling? Alys. 6203. Fr. lutter

Loud, _adj._ RG. 140. HD. 2079; comp. ‘louder.’ 450 β

Lour, _v. n._ [lure]. K. Horn, 276; part. ‘luring.’ O. and N. 423. Lat. luror

Louring, _adj._ Alys. 526

Louse, _sb._ Pol. S. 238

Lout, _v. n._ == go low. Body and Soul, 80; crouch, lie hid. O. and N. 373. AS. lútan

Love, _v. a._ [luvie]. Rel. S. v. 262; pret. ‘lovede.’ RG. 370, 375. AS. lufian

---- _sb._ RG. 18. 39 B.

Love, _v. a._ == praise. Ps. cl. 2, sing. Ps. cv. 12; [loove]. AS. lófian

---- _adj._ == agreeable. O. and N. 1033

Loveing, _sb._ == praise. Ps. ix. 15

Lovely, _adj._ K. Horn, 464

Lovesome, _adj._ [lossom], Wright’s L. P. p. 26; comp. ‘lussomore.’ Ib. p. 51

Lovesong, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 74

Low, _adj._ == humble, ‘high and low.’ RG. 514; [loȝe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 73; sup. ‘lowest.’ 1187 B.

---- == soft (of sound). HD. 2079

---- _v. n._ == become low, sink. Alys. 5746

Lowe, _sb._ == flame. Body and Soul, 216. ON. log

Lowe, _sb._ == hill. Alys. 4348. AS. hlǽw

Lud, _sb._ == voice. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. ON. hljoð

Lugge, _sb._ == log, rod. O. and N. 1607. Dut. blok. Cf. ‘lin’ and ‘blin,’ ‘liss’ and ‘bliss’

Lugre, _sb._ == a precious stone. Cok. 89. The ligure of our version of the Bible. Ex. xxviii. 19. Gr. λυγκουρίον

Lumbar, _sb._ == a ship of burthen. Alys. 6063

Lung, _sb._ Alys. 2156

Lure, _sb._ == loss. RG. 181. O. and N. 1151. AS. lor, lyre

Lurk, _v. n._ HD. 68. Sw. lura

Lust, _sb._ == sensuality. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

---- _vb. impers._ ‘him luste.’ RG. 472; ‘me lust.’ O. and N. 39, 287

Luther, _adj._ == wicked. RG. 389, 524. AS. lýðer

Luther, _sb._ == leather, a sling. RG. 394

Lutherhood, _sb._ == wickedness. RG. 454

Lutherness, _sb._ == wickedness. RG. 389, 465

Ly, _sb._ == voice. St Andrew, 84. AS. hlýd

Lye, _sb._ == moisture, [leȝe]. Pol. S. 154. AS. leah

Lyen, _sb._ == reward. M. Ode, 32. AS. leán

Lying, _sb._ Ps. iv. 3