leperis (A.S.) _leapers_. lond leperis heremytes, _hermits who leap or wander over different lands_ lered (A.S.) 45, _learned, educated, clergy_ leren (A.S.) 146, _to teach_. _pres._ he lereth. _pret._ lerned, 146, 412, lered, 292, 336, 410 lerne (A.S.) 350, 351, 437, 441, _to learn_. _part. pas._ y-lerned, 141 lesen (A.S.) _to lose_. _pres. s._ lese, lees, 107, 148. _part. act._ lesynge. _part. pas._ lost, lore, 374, y-lorn, 388 lese (A.S.) 121, _to glean_. The word is still used in Shropshire and Herefordshire. lesynge (A.S.) 66, 387, 388, _a lie, fable, falsehood_ lethi (A.S.) 184, _hateful_ letten, leten, lette (A.S.) 352, 435, _to hinder, to tarry_, _pret. s._ lette, 368, letted, 335. _part. past_, letted, 418. lettere, 19, _a hinderer_. lettyng, _a hindrance_ lettrede (A.N.) 49, _lettered, learned_. y-lettrede, _learned, instructed_ lettrure (A.N.) _learning, scripture, literature_ leve (A.S.) 385, _leave, permission_ leve (A.S.) _pl._ leeve, _dear, precious_. levere, _dearer, rather_. leveste, levest, 364, _dearest_ leved (A.S.) 300, _leaved, covered with leaves_ leven (A.S.) 299, 301, _to leave_. _part. s._ lafte, 447 leven (A.S.) _to dwell, remain_. _pret._ lafte, 440. +_pret. s._ lefte, 473, _dwelt, remained_. leven, leeve (A.S.) _to believe_, 304, 319. _pret. s._ leeved, 435. leved, 393. _pl._ leveden lewed (A.S.) 26, 420, _lay, ignorant, untaught, useless_. lewed of that labour, 237, _ignorant of_, or _unskilful in, that labour_. lewednesse, 45, _ignorance, rusticity_ lewté (A.N.) _loyalty_ lyard (A.N.) 352, 368, a common name for _a horse_, but signifying originally _a horse of a grey colour_ libben, libbe (A.S.) 275, _to live_. _part. act._ libbynge lyen (A.S.) _to lie_. _pres. s. 2 pers._ thow lixt, 86. _pret._ thow leighe, 393, _thou didst lie_ liere (A.S.) _a liar_ lif (A.S.) _pl._ lives, _life_ liflode (A.S.) _living, state of life_ lift (A.S.) 316, _air, sky_ lige (A.N.) 76, 390, _liege_ liggen, ligge (A.S.) 361, _to lie down_. _pres. s._ I ligge, he lith, lyth, 355, thei ligge, 421. _pret. sing._ lay. _part. act._ liggynge. _part. pas._ leyen, 45, y-leye, 82, y-leyen, 198, 399 lighten (A.S.) _to alight, descend, or dismount from_. _pret. s._ lighte, 352 lightloker (A.S.) 112, 237, 321, _more lightly, more easily_ lik, lich, y-lik (A.S.) 389, _like, resembling_. liknesse, _likeness_, y-liche, 401 liche (A.S.) 173, _the body_. Chaucer, C.T. l. 2960, speaks of the _liche-wake_, or ceremonies of waking and watching the corpse, still preserved in Ireland:-- Ne how the _liche-wake_ was y-holde Al thilke night, ne how the Grekes pleye. In the romance of Alexander (Weber, p. 145), the word is applied to a living body (as in Piers Ploughman):-- The armure he dude on his liche-- _he put the armour on his body_ likame, lycame (A.S.) _the body_ liken (A.S.) 455, _to please, to like_ (i. e. _be pleased with_). liketh, 17, 262. _pret. s._ liked likynge (A.S.) 203, _pleasure, love, liking_