GLOSSARY
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- Lein, 26, 258, Go. linen, lint, Sc. flax plant, Eng. linen, Go. lein, also Eng. *line, Lat. linum, flax
- Len, 69, n. and v. lend, loan
- Lered, 38, O.E. learned, Sc. lair, Eng. lore. See lais, lore
- Lethir, 13, 15, ladder, Go. hlethra in hleithra-stakins (stakes), tabernacles; letherin, Fi., ledderin, Shet., a severe drubbing
- "Let on," 69, 88, to betray a fact by word or look: in N.E.D. under Eng. let, O.E. laetan, Du. latan, Ger. lassen. Go. lêtan
- Lettern, 73, precentor's desk, lectern
- Lewed, 4, lewd, illiterate, lered and lewed=clergy and laity
- Lib, 148, to castrate, Du. lubben, to maim
"Lib ye o' yere German gear."
"Old Song."
- Libel, 72, 84, Sc. law, indictment
- Libelled, 72, for labelled
- Licentiate, 75
- Lich-gate, 17, Eng. O.E. líc, a body, corpse (later sense), O.N. lik, Go. leih. See leiks, leek-strae, lyke-wake
- Licht, 12, Eng. light, O.E. léoht, Ger. licht, Go. liuhath, inliuhtjan=en-lichten enlighten
- Licht, 12, not heavy. Go. leihts
- Lids, 207, C. Du. le'e, Du. leden. See lith
- Lidy, 79, 84
- Liftin' (at the), 69
- Likdoorns, 210, C. Du. body-thorns=corns. See leiks, lyke-wake
- Like, 90. Not in N.E.D. in this sense
- Like, 35, 40, 76, Eng., as conj.
- Like, 40, 90, as adv., still heard in Ger.
- Likely, 68, 169, seemly, good Sc.; but N.E.D. says only "U.S. dialect," as verb, to lay to one's charge, "A wid a' niv'er tean't inta ma heid to hae likliet it till him."—Gregor
- Lily-oak, 121. N.E.D. laylock, obsc. and dial, form of lilac
- Limb of Sawtan, 137
- Limmer, 85, 137, a hussy; "obsc. or., conn, with limb, possible."—N.E.D.
- Linens, 15, 94, underclothing
- Lippen, 151, obsc. or., prob. cog. with Go. laub-jan, to trust, Ger. glauben, to believe
- Liquids (consonants), 82, 84, 111, effect on vowels
- Lisk, 172, the groin, O.E. leske. Da. lyske
- Lith, 27, 207, spec. Sc. a limb; O.Er. lith, Du. lid, Go. lithus, a limb, with pref. ge Ger. g-lied. Klüge says glied can hardly be from leiden, leiten, to go, as it is not confined to the "foot." He connects with limb through O.N. lim-r, limb, branch. See lids.
- Lithan, 48, A.S. to lead, to travel, go by water, laedan, to cause to go, i.e. conduct, all from base, lith, to go, as in Go. ga-leithan; A.S. lith-ulé, joint-oil
- Liths of an orange, 156, sections of; not in N.E.D. in this sense
- †Little, 29, Eng. a synonymous and phonetically similar adj., ¤litilo, as found in Go. leitils, is radically unconnected
- Little booket, 69, of small bulk
- Liuthâreis, 27, singers, liuthon, to sing. Go.; Du. and Ger. lied, A.S. lèoth, Go. ¤liuth
- †Loafer, 17, Eng., obsc. or.; not conn, with Ger. laufen.—N.E.D.
- Loaning, 200, 206, var. of loan, lane
- Loehans, 119, small lochs
- Lock, 181, in sense of "a lot."
- Lodd, lade, 48, load. Go. hlathan, A.S. hladan, Du. laden
- Long-settle, 180, Cu.
- Loo, 67, 139, 211, tepid; not in N.E.D.
- Loof, loofie, 17, 135, A.S. lôf, palm, Ic. lófi, Gael. lamh, whence lamh-ainn, a glove. Go. lofa, O.H.G. Laffa, blade of an oar
- Loon, 1, 137, obsc. or., loon-lookin' dog
- Loot, 32, to bend down, stoop, O.E. lutan. O.N. lúta. Go. liuta, a hypocrite. Not in N.E.D.
- Losh, 33, 86, 98; loshtie, exclamation, corr. of Lord
- Lost myself, 88
