lakken (A.S.) 46, 218, 219, 262, 310, 365, 423, _to lack, to be wanting_. _pret. s._ lakkede, 402, _was wanting_ lambren (A.S.) 307, _lambs_. So Lydgate (Minor Poems, ed. Halliwell), p. 169,-- Takith to his larder at what price he wold, Of gretter _lambren_, j., ij., or thre, In wynter nyghtis frostis bien so colde, The sheppard slepithe, God lete hym never the! lang (A.S.) _long_ lape (A.S.) 426, _to lap, as a dog_ large (A.N.) 398, _largess_ (?) lasse (A.S.) _less_ late, lete (A.S.) 76, 386, _to let_. _pres. s._ leet, 305, 384. _pret. s._ leet, 25, 74, 127, 209, 346, _pl._ leten, lete, 294, 393. _subj. s._ late +lath ( .) 476. Perhaps an error of the old edition for _lay_? +latun (A.N.) 462, _a mixed metal of the colour of brass_ laughen (A.S.) 439, _to laugh_. _pret. s._ lough, 423. _part. pas._ lowen, 82. launde (A.N.) 155, 183, 312, _a plain, a level space clear of trees in the midst of a forest, a lawn_ lave (A.N.) 273, _to wash_ lavendrye (A.N.) 306, _washing_ +lavoures (A.N.) 462, _lavers, ewers, basins to receive water_ leauté (A.N.) _loyalty_ leche (A.S.) 443, _a physician_ lechecraft (A.S.) 336, 435, _the art of healing, medicine_ lechen (A.S.) 261, _to cure_. _pret. s._ leched, 337 leden, lede (A.S.) 355, 393, _to lead_. pret. s. ladde, 352. _part. act._ ledynge. _part. pas._ lad, 160, 246 ledene (A.S.) 242, 243, _speech, language_. This is applied, as here, to birds, by Chaucer, C. T. 10749:-- This faire kynges doughter, Canace, That on hir fynger bar the queynte ryng, Thurgh which sche understood wel every thing That eny foul may _in his lydne_ sayn, And couthe answer him in _his lydne_ agayn. ledes (A.S.) 326, _people attached to the land, peasants_ leef (A.S.) _dear, love_. his leef, _his dear_ leef (A.S.) 301, _pl._ leves, _a leaf_ leelly (A.N.) 19, lelly, 45, 146, _loyally, faithfully_. leele, lele, _loyal_. lelest, 349, _most loyal_ leere, lere (A.S.) 15, 173, _countenance, mien, complexion_ leggen (A.S.) 30, 133, 235, 306, 426, leyen, 374, _to lay, to bet (to lay down a wager)_. _pret. s._ leide, 352, 372, 432, leyde, 98, 436 legistre (A.N.) 139, _a legist, one skilled in the law._ ley, _pl._ leyes (A.S.) 138, _a lea_ (Lat. _saltus_) leye (A.S.) 360, 364, _flame_ leme (A.S.) 376, 377, _brightness_ lemman (A.S.) _pl._ lemmannes, 303, _a sweetheart, a mistress_ lene (A.S.) _lean_ lenen, lene (A.S.) _to give_; hence our _lend_. _pret._ lened, 269. _part. past_, lent, 275 lenen (A.S.) _to lean_. _pret. s._ lened, 369 lenge (A.S.) 27, 421, _to rest, remain, reside long in a place_. _pret. s._ lenged, 151, +_pret. pl._ lengeden, 469, _dwelt, remained_ Lenten (A.S.) _Lent_ lenten (A.S.) 369, _a linden tree_ leode (A.S.) 352, _people, a person_, whence our _lad_ lepen (A.S.) 41, 236, _to leap_. _pret. s._ leep, 10, 41, lope, 71, lepe, 107, lepte, 434. _pl._ lopen, 14, 22, 86, lope, 74. _part. pas._ lopen, 88