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