Kude = _cuðe_, could, 2114, 2366. Ku[n]glond, kingdom, 1262. Kumeling, stranger, 834. O.H.Ger. _chomeling_. O.E. _comeling_. Kumen, to come, 399, 984, 1007. Kumen, (_p.p._) come, 902, 1556. Kuppe, cup, 2047. Kuð, renowned, 2666. A.S. _cúð_, known. Kuðe, could, 289. La, lo! 3113. Lage, marriage, 538; 'in _lage_,' in marriage, 2764. Cf. Goth. _liugan_, to marry, _liuga_, wedlock. Lages, Laiges, laws, 2446, 2456. Lagt, seized, 2081, 2621; caught, 3141. A.S. _læhte_, pret. of _læccan_, to seize. Laken, to fail, lack, 1231. O.E. _lac_, _lak_, fault. Du. _lack_, want, fault; _laecken_, to decrease. Laten = _leten_, to let, 3071. Laðes, barns, 2134. Dan. _lade_. Lay, law, 1201. Leate, (_imp._) leave, 1811. Leateð, (_imp._) let, 3726. Leaued, leafy, 3839. Lecher-crafte, lechery, 1064. Lecher-fare, lechery, 776. Lecherlike, lecherously, 770. Lecherie, lechery, 3510. Lechur-hed, lechery, 1997. Led, song, 27. A.S. _leoð_. Ger. _lied_. Led, (_p.p._) brought, 649; (_imp._) lead, 3607. Ledde, (_pret._) led, 89, 92. Leddede = _ledde_, led, 3995. Ledden = _ledde_, led, 2845. Ledden, (_pl._) led, 858, 1990. Leded = _ledeð_, (_imp._) lead, pass, 398. Leden, to lead, 2193; pass, 304; take up, 699; act, 2301, 2304. Leddre, ladder, 1607. Leet, left, 1280. A.S. _lǽtan_, to leave (pret. _lét_, p.p. _lǽten_). Lef, agreeable, pleasant, 340, 2664; dear, precious, 793, 1774, 3431; joyful, 4136. A.S. _leóf_. Lefful, dear, precious, 155, 2524; faithful, 3447. Legeð, lies, speaks falsely, 1281. Leid, (_p.p._) laid, 817, 2426, 2427. Leide, (_pret._) laid, 943, 2693. Leiden, (_pl._) laid, 1969. Leigen, (_pl._) lay, 1920. Leiste, least, 198. Leið, layeth, 3994. Leman, wife, 782. A.S. _leof-man_. Len, reward, 2838. Lene, lean, 2099, 2101, 2106. Lene, grant, 4159. Lened, leaned, 1610. Lenen, lend, grant, 3170. A.S. _lǽnan_. Leng, Lengere, longer, 1594, 1736. Lentil, 1488. Lep, leapt, 2726. Lepre, leprosy, 3690. Lered, learned, 4. Lerede, taught, instructed, 791, 2300, 2963; learnt, 1383. Lereden, (_pl._) learned, 3137. Leren, to learn, 354. A.S. _lǽran_, to teach, inform. Lereð, (_imp._) learn, 3486. Les, less, 3595. Les, delivered, _loosed_, 2874. Les, falsely, 3498. A.S. _leas_, false. Lese, lie, 3514. Lesen, loosed, 3152; deliver, 2897. Lesing, lies, 2578. Lesse, less, 994. Leste, least, 189. Lested, Lestede, lasted, 600, 2952, 4147. Lested = _lesteð_, lasteth, 111. Lested = _lesteð_, (_imp._) listen _or_ perform, 2510. Lesteful, everlasting, 304. Lesten, (_inf._) to last, 12; (_pl._) last, 4119. Lesten, to perform, 2906. Ger. _leisten_. "And thei ben false and traiterous and _lasten_ not that thei bihoten."—(Mandeville.)