Leued, _pa. t._ S. left, 225. Leuedi, _n._ S. lady, 171, &c. _Leuedyes_, _pl._ 239. V. Hickes, Diss. Ep. p. 52, n. Leuere. _See_ Lef. Leues, _pr. t. 3 p._ S. believes, 1781, 2105. From _lefan_. Leuin, _n._ S. lightning, 2690. R. Br. p. 174. Yw. and Gaw. Chauc. C. T. 5858. Doug. Virg. 200, 53. Lewe, _adj._ S. warm, 498, 2921. A opened wes his breoste, þa blod com forð _luke._ _Laȝam._ l. 27556. Leyd, Leyde. _See_ Leyn. Leye, _n._ S. lie, falsehood, 2117. Leve, _v._ S. to lie, speak false, 2010. Leyke, Leyken. _See_ Layke. Leyk, _n._ S. game, 1021, 2326. So in Beowulf, l. 2084, _sweorda-gelác_, and Sir Tr. p. 118, _love-laike_. In the pl. _laykes_, Minot, p. 10. In Lanc. a player is still called a _laker_. Leyn, _v._ S. to lay, 718. _Leyde_, _pa. t._ laid, 50, 994, &c.; stopped, 229. _Leidest_, _pa. t. 2 p._ laidest, 636. _Leyden_, _pa. t. pl._ laid, 1907. _Leyd_, _part. pa._ laid, 1689, 1722, 2839. Lich, _adj._ like, 2155. Lict, Lith, _n._ S. light, 534, 576, 588, &c. Lift, _adj._ S. left (_lævus_), 2130. Ligge, Liggen, _v._ S. to lie down, 802, 876, 882, 1374. _See_ Lyen. Lime, Limes. _See_ Leme. Lite, _adj._ S. little, 276, 1730. _Litel_, 1858, &c. _Litle_, 2014. Lith. _See_ Lict. Lith, _imp._ S. light (thou), 585. Lith, _adv._ S. lightly, 1942. Lith, _n._ S. alleviation, comfort, peace, 1338. _Lyþe_, 147. It also occurs as a sb. in Laȝam. l. 5213. As an adj. it occurs in Laȝam. l. 7242. Sir Tr. p. 43, 82. R. Cœur de L. 2480, and Emare, 348, from the v. _líðian_, alleviare. Cf. Icel. _lið_, sometimes used to mean _help_. See _Leathe_ in Atkinson’s Cleveland Glossary. Lith, _n._ S. 2515. This word is explained by Ritson _plains_, by Hearne _tenements_, and by Jamieson a _ridge_ or _ascent_. Its real signification seems unknown, but may be conjectured from the following passages. No asked he lond no _lithe_. _Sir Tristr._ p. 101. Ther wille not be went, ne lete ther lond ne _lith_. _R. Brunne_, p. 194. where it answers to the Fr. Ne volent lesser tere ne _tenement_. Who schall us now geve londes or _lythe_. _Le Bone Flor._ 841. Here I gif Schir Galeron, quod Gaynour, withouten ony gile, Al the londis and the _lithis_ fro laver to layre. _Sir Gaw. and Sir Gal._ ii. 27. [_See_ Glossary to _William of Palerne_, s.v. _Lud._] Lithes, _n. pl._ S. the extreme points of the toes, or articulations, 2163. _Fingres lith_, extremum digiti, Luc. 16, 24. Liþes, _imp. pl._ S. listen, 1400, 2204. _Lyþes_, 2576. The verb in the Sax. is _hlystan_, but in Su.-G. _lyda_, and Isl. _hlyda_, which approaches nearer to the form in the poem. So also in K. Horn, 2, _wilen lithe_, MS.; R. Br. p. 93; R. Hood, i. p. 2; Minot, p. 1. Still used in Sc. and N.E. V. Jam. and Brockett.