LEOUN, _s._ lion, L. 627, 829, 1214, 1605; T. i. 1074; A 1598, B 3106, 3215, 3288, D 429, 692, F 491; Leouns, _pl._ B 3451; L['e]on, the sign Leo, F 265. See LYOUN. LEP['A]RT, _s._ leopard, A 2186; Lep['a]rdes, _pl._ B 3451; Libardes, R. 894. LEPE (l[`e][`e]p[*e]) _v._ run, T. ii. 955; A 4378; leap, L. 2008; _ger._ to run, T. ii. 512; to run fast, HF. 946; Lepe up, _v._ leap up, HF. 2150; Lepe, _pr. pl._ spring, G 915; L['e]['e]p, _pt. s._ leapt, L. 2709; A 2687, 4228, E 2411; Leping, _pres. pt._ running, T. ii. 939; HF. 1823; Lepinge, _pres. pt._ running, D 2157; Leping, _pres. pt._ leaping, R. 1403. A.S. _hl[=e]apan_. LERE, _s._ flesh, skin, B 2047. This is quite a different word from O.E. _ler_, the face, countenance, from A.S. _hl[=e]or_. Properly it means the muscles, especially the muscles of the thigh, which special sense is perfectly suitable here. It is the A.S. _lira_, flesh, muscle; Icel. _laer_, the thigh, the leg above the knee, the ham; Danish _laar_, the thigh. Halliwell gives: '_Lire_ (1), flesh, meat; _swynes lire_ [swine's flesh], Ord. and Reg. p. 442; _lyery_, abounding with lean flesh; North of England; (2) face, countenance'; &c. LERE, _ger._ (1) to teach, 7. 98; _v._ teach, T. iv. 441; HF. 764; _ger._ (2) to learn, T. v. 161; B 181, 630, G 838, 1056, 1349; _v._ HF. 993, 1997, 2026; B 1702, C 325, 578, D 982; Lere, _ger._ to learn, find out, D 909; Lere, _pr. pl._ (1) teach, 5. 25; (2) learn, F 104; Lere, _pr. s. subj._ may learn, G 607; Lere, _imp. pl._ (1) teach, T. ii. 97; Lered, _pp._ (2) learnt, T. iii. 406; L. 1153. A.S. _l[=ae]ran_, to teach. LERED, _adj._ instructed, learned, C 283; 5. 46. A.S. _l[=ae]red_. See above. LERNE, _v._ learn, A 308, D 994; _ger._ 3. 1091; 5. 1; Lernen, _ger._ HF. 1088; Lerne, _imp. s._ L. 477; Lerned, _pp._ learnt, 3. 786; A 613, 640; Lerned of, taught by, G 748. (Chaucer here uses the word wrongly, as so does mod. prov. English. The A.S. _leornian_ meant to _learn_, like mod. G. _lernen_.) LERNED, _pp. as adj._ learned, A 480, 575, B 1168. LERNINGE, _s._ learning, A 300; instruction, G 184. LESE (l[`e][`e]z[*e]), _s. dat._ pasture, T. ii. 752; HF. 1768. A.S. _l[=ae]s_; dat. _l[=ae]swe_. LESE (l['e]['e]z[*e]), _v._ lose, 5. 402; T. iv. 188; L. 1362, 1810, 2595, 2698; A 1215, 1290, 3521, B 4332, C 145, G 229, 833; _ger._ T. ii. 472, iii. 832; L. 2389; E 508, F 691, G 321; Lesen, _v._ B 2. p 4. 100, 114; T. v. 798; B 2266; Lese me, _v._ lose myself, be lost, 5. 147; Lese, _1 pr. s. subj._ B 225; Leseth, _pr. s._ 3. 33; Leseth, _2 pr. pl._ 21. 19; Lesen, _pr. pl._ R. 448; Lees, _pt. s._ lost, L. 945; HF. 1414; Leseth, _imp. pl._ B 19; Loren, _pp._ lost, T. iv. 957; L. 1048; Lorn, _pp._ lost, T. i. 373, iii. 1076, iv. 1613; HF. 346; L. 659; A 3536, 4073, B 774, 843, 2183, 3230, E 1071, F 629, 1037, I 224; forlorn, wasted, R. 366; Lore, 2. 77; 3. 748. A.S. _l[=e]osan_, pt. t. _l[=e]as_, pp. _loren_.