Lene, _v._ to lean, 124/35. Lenger, _adj. compar._ longer, 3/38, 3/55, 70/13; _adv._ 67/4, 128/32. Lente-corne, _s._ Lent corn, spring corn, 148/7. Let hym blode, bleed him, 48/7. Let, _v._ hinder, 24/19: lette, _pr. pl._ 82/2, 164/1. Lette, _s._ hindrance, 135/6. Leue, _v._ leave off, 41/15. Leue, _s._ leave, 143/7. Leuse, _v._ to loosen, 126/16, 129/10. Ley, _v._ to lay, lay eggs, 146/23. Leycestershyre, 2/26. Leye-hey, _s._ meadow hay, 25/34. Leys, _s. pl._ pasture-grounds, 6/17, 8/5. Leysshe, _s._ leash, 10/25. Like, _pr. pl._ thrive, 53/9. Linsede, _s._ linseed, 146/53. Lockes, _s. pl._ pieces torn off a fleece, 146/79. Lode, _v._ load, carry, 32/2. Lodynge, _s._ loading, 22/11. Loken, _pp._ locked or closed up, 146/53. See note. Lollers, _s. pl._ lollards, 166/45. Long-eare, _s._ long-ear, a kind of barley, 13/22. Longe-rained, _pp._ long in the reins, 78/2. Longe-soughte, _s._ lung disease, 59/2. A.S. _suht_, disease (Grein). Loode, _v._ to carte, 146/87. Loppe, _v._ to lop, 132/1. Lose, _adj._ loose, 27/4. Louyngely, _adv._ lovingly, kindly, 152/16. Lowe-brawned, _pp._ strong in the lower muscles, 75/2. Lower, _adj. compar._ lower, 125/5. Lowsy, _adj._ full of lice, 117/1. Luke-warme, _adj._ lukewarm, tepid, 44/12. Lye, _s._ urine, _note_ to 44/8. Cf. 1 Hen. IV. ii. 1. 23. O.F. _lie_, lees. Lyfte, _adj._ left, 28/4. Lyke, _v._ to thrive, 57/10, 123/14, 140/8. Lyncoln, 2/27. Lyne, _s._ measuring line, 124/28. Lyngel, _s._ a shoemaker’s thread, 142/6. “_Lyngell_, that souters sowe with, _lignier_;” Palsgrave. Lyn-pinnes, _s. pl._ linch-pins, 5/19. See _Linchpin_ in my Etym. Dict. Lytter, _s._ litter, straw for a horse’s bed, 100/3. Lyuer, _s._ liver, 55/15. Malander, _s._ a sore place on the inside of the fore-leg of a horse, 94/1. “_Malandres_, the malanders, a horses disease;” Cotgrave. “_Malendre_,” the same. Male, _s._ bag, pack, portmanteau, 142/2. Mall, _s._ a mallet or club, 126/14; malles, _pl._ 15/46. Mallet, _s._ mallet, wooden hammer, 136/15. Malte, _s._ malt, 146/14. Mane, _s._ a piece of grass left unmown, 23/17. Maple, _s._ maple, 126/3. Marke, St. Mark, 170/3. Marle, _s._ rich earth used as manure, 2/6; a blue marble-like earth, _note_ to 16/29-35. Marley, _s._ marl, 138/26. See above. Marre, _v._ mar, spoil, 70/50. Marreis, _adj._ marsh, 5/15; marreys, 124/20. Marreys, _s._ marsh, 54/13. Martok, Martock (Somersetshire), 27/17. Martilmas, Martinmas, St. Martin’s day, Nov. 11, 134/21. Mathes, _s. pl._ maggots, 18/8, 45/1. “Cimex, _maðu_;” Wright’s Vocab. i. 24. Mathes, _s. pl._ stinking chamomile, corn chamomile, _Anthemis Cotula_, 20/4. Called _stynkynge maydweede_ in Turner’s Names of Herbes. Matter, _s._ pus in a sore, 87/3.
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