Sweys into Swaldye with his snelle houndes, For to hunt at the hartes in thas hye _laundes_.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 6.) Lawe, hill, B. 992. Sc. _law_. A.S. _hlæw_, mound, mount. Goth. _hlaiw_. Lawles, C. 170. Lay, put down, B. 1650. Layke, _sb._ sport, play, amusement, B. 122, 1053. Layke, _vb._ to play, B. 872. A.S. _lác_, play; _lácan_, to play. Layke, device, B. 274; C. 401. Layned, kept secret, A. 244. N.Prov.E. _lane_, to hide. O.N. _leyna_. Layth, vile, evil, C. 401. A.S. _láth_, evil, harm; _láth_, hateful, evil; “_laithe_ hurtes,” T. B. 1351. Layte, seek, search, B. 97, 1768. N.Prov.E. _late_. Icel. _leita_. Sw. _leta_, to look for; “_laytyng_ aboute,” T. B. 2348. Laȝares, lepers, B. 1093. Laȝe, laugh, B. 653, 661. {Laȝte, Laȝt,} = laught, took, A. 1128, 1205. See _Lache_. Le, shelter, C. 277. A.S. _hleo_, shade, shelter. Cf. T. B. 2806. O.N. _hlja_, to protect. Cf. _Leeside_ = the sheltered side of a ship. “---- thar I the tell Is the richt place and sted for ȝour cite, And of ȝour travell ferm hald to rest in _le_.” --(G. Doug. vol. i. p. 152.) “Þe wicked alsua þe gode sal se, Wit-in þair gamen stad and gle, Þat þai þe sorfuller sal be, Þat losen folili has þat _le_.” (_i.e._, heaven). --(“De Penis,” quoted in “Hampole’s Pricke of Conscience,” l. 4, p. xii.) Leauty, loyalty, B. 1172. Lebarde, leopard, B. 536. Lecherye, B. 1350. {Led, Lede,} man, person, A. 542; B. 412. A.S. _leód_, man. {Led, Leede,} people, nation, B. 691, 772, 909. A.S. _leóde_, people, folk. Ledden = leden, sound, A. 878. Chaucer uses the word _leden_ in the sense of _speech_, _language_. A.S. _hlyd_. O.N. _hliod_, a sound. Ledisch, national, pertaining to a people or country, B. 1556. S.Sax. _leodisce_. See _Lede_. {Leef, Lef,} _adj._ dear, precious; _sb._ dear one, wife, A. 266, 418; B. 772, 939, 1066. A.S. _leóf_. Lefly, dear, beloved, B. 977. A.S. _leóflíc_. Lefsel, bower, house formed of leaves, C. 448. “By a lauryel ho (Dame Gaynour) lay, vndur a _lefe-sale_, Of box and of barberè, byggyt ful bene.” --(The Anturs of Arther in Robson’s Met. Rom. p. 3, vi. 5.) “With _lefsales_ uppon lofte lustie and faire.” (T. B. 337.) A.S. _leaf_, a leaf, and _sel_, dwelling, hall. Sw. _löfsal_, a hut built of green boughs. _Levesel_ (another form of _lefsel_) is used by Chaucer (Reve’s Tale, 4059), but is left unexplained in the glossary to Wright’s edition. Tyrwhitt’s derivation of this term from A.S. _lefe_, folium, and _setl_, sedes, is certainly very near the mark. Cf. “_levecel_ beforne a wyndowe, or other place. Umbraculum.” (Prompt. Parv.) Lege, liege, subject, B. 94, 1174. Legioune, A. 1121, B. 1293. Lel, true, B. 425. “Leve this for _lell_.” T. B. 239. Lelly, truly, faithfully, A. 305; B. 1066. See T. B. 420. Leme, glide away, A. 358.