LEISTER, _sb._ a three-pronged salmon spear. Burns, 16, 1. Dumfries and Ayr., any spear for striking or spearing fish with. O.N. _ljóstr_, a salmon spear. Norse _ljoster, ljøster_, Dan. _lyster_, Sw. _ljuster_, vb. _Ljostra_, vb. in Norse, to spear fish. Cu. _lister_, _leester_. See also Worsaae, p. 260. Vb. _leister_ in Sco., to strike fish with a spear or leister. LINK, _vb._ to walk briskly, smartly. Burns, 1291, 6, 5, 2. Norse _linke_, to hurry along, cp. Sw., Dan. _linke_, to limp along. Stevenson in _Ille Terrarum_ 6, 3, uses _link_ in the sense of "walking along leisurely," which is nearer the Dan. meaning of the word. LIRK, _vb._ to crease, to rumple, shrivel. Ramsay, I, 307. O.N. _lerka_, to lace tight, _lirk_, sb. a crease, a fold. LIPIN, LIPPEN, _vb._ to trust. R.R., 3501; Psalms, XVIII, 30, etc. O.N. _litna_ (?), very doubtful. See B-S. LITE, _vb._ to dye, to stain. Dalr., I, 48, 24; Douglas, IV, 190, 32. O.N. _lita_, to dye, Shetland, to _litt_. See Wall. LITLING, _sb._ dyeing. Sat. P., 48, 1. See _lit_. LOFT, _sb._ upper room, gallery. O.N. _lopt_, Norse _loft_, Aberdeen _laft_. See Skeat. LOFT, _vb._ to equip with a loft. C.S., 96. See _loft_, sb. LOKMEN, _sb. pl._ executioners. Wallace, 134. O. Dan., O. Sw. _lagman_. O.N. _lögmaðr_, literally "the law-man," was the speaker of the law. In Iceland, particularly, the _lögmaðr_ was the law-speaker. In Norway a _lögman_ seems also to have meant a country sheriff or officer, which comes closer to the use in Wallace. A little doubtful. LOPPRIT, _pp._ clotted. Douglas, II, 157, 28; III, 306, 4. O.N. _hlaupa_ (of milk), to curdle (of blood), to coagulate. So Norse _lopen_, _løpen_ (from _læupa_, _løypa_), thick, coagulated. Dan. _at löbe sammen_, to curdle, _löbe_, make curdle, _löbe_, sb. curdled milk. O.N. _hlöypa mjolk_, id., literally "to make milk leap together." O. Sw. _löpa_. In Cu. milk is said to be _loppert_ when curdled. LOUN, LOWN, _adj._ quiet, calm, sheltered. O.N. _logn_, O. Sw. _lughn_. See Wall under _lownd_. LOUP, LOWP, _vb._ to leap, to jump. O.N. _hlaupa_, to leap, Norse _læupa_, run, O. Sw. _löpa_, Dan. _löbe_. Cp. Cu. _lowpy- dike_, a husband of unfaithful habits, and the secondary meanings of Norse _laupa_ given in Aasen. LOUP, LOWP, _sb._ a jump, a spring. Bruce, VI, 638; X, 414; Sco. Pro. 3. See the verb. LOUSE, LOWSE, _adj._ loose, free, unfettered. Wyntoun, IX, 2, 63; Douglas, I, 95, 9; I, 95, 23. O.N. _lauss_, Norse _læus_, loose. See Wall. Sco. _to be louse_, to be abroad, about. The Norse word is similarly used. Cp. Germ. _los_, and Dan. _lös_. Waddell has the word _godlowse_, godless. LOUSE, LOWSE, _vb._ to make loose, release. C.S., 121; Lyndsay, 460, 232; K.Q., 34. O.N. _lauss_. The O.N. vb. was _løysa_. See _louse_, adj.