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laa law.
lachters, lauchters IV, 166, (Child #214 B) (Child #214 C) 14: locks.
lack, lake adj. = laigh, low, humble, in lack o luve, II, 376, (Child #98 C) 24, 27, 30. so lack a knight as bid her ride, II, 97, (Child #63 J) 10. thought his father lack to sair, II, 408, 1 (lake, V, 235 b, 1; cf. thought father's service mean, II, 178, (Child #72 C) (Child #72 D) 2); V, 272 b, 8, 10: of mean position.
lack, lake n. (think, hae, lack), reproach, discredit, IV, 15, (Child #191 E) (Child #191 F) (Child #191 G) 16; 518, 8. woman, lack o our kin, IV, 325, 13. had ye nae lack (reproach or fault), IV, 281, (Child #230 A) 3. what other ladies would think lack, II, 159, (Child #69 A) 22 (but here lack may laigh, and mean beneath them, as in II, 97, (Child #63 J) 10). tooke a lake, III, 419, (Child #177 A) 2: incurred a reproach or blame? of his friends he had no lack, IV, 11, (Child #191 A) (Child #191 B) 18: corrupted from, of him his friends they had no lack (or the like). See lauch.
lad in surgeon-lad, IV, 484, after 25: man. lad nor lown, IV, 304, (Child #233 A) (Child #233 B) 8, 9: should probably read, laird.
lad-bairn II, 299, (Child #89 A) 12, 21; III, 392, (Child #173 H) (Child #173 I) 7; 395, L 1, 5; IV, 610, V 3: boy.
lad pret. of lead, III, 75, (Child #117 A) 388.
lade led, taken.
lader V, 265 b, 20: leather.
laid III, 35, (Child #116 app) 15: laid a plan, laid about, III, 329, 1: invested.
laid laid her bye, V, 169, (Child #296 A) 6: lay down by her.
laidler II, 503 f., 10, 11, etc.: corruptly for laidley (as in 7).
laidley, laily, layle, layely etc. (A.S., láðlic), I, 312, 8, 13; 348, 14, 20; II, 503 f., 7, 32, 35; V, 214 f., 2, 3, 5, etc.: loathly, loathsome.
laigh II, 188, (Child #73 E) 3; III, 384, (Child #173 A) 2; 397, A b 1; IV, 200, (Child #217 H) 9; 268, 21; V, 236, 11: low, mean, oer laigh, III, 480, (Child #187 B) 12: too low, too short. See lack.
laigh, leugh n., III, 162, (Child #134 A) 49: low ground. III, 489, (Child #188 A) (Child #188 B) 10: lower part; so, leugh, 487, 6, 14, 16.
laily, layle, layly, layelly V, 214 f. See laidley.
lain, laine, layne, leaue, lene, len (Icel. leyna), III, 332, (Child #166 A) 7; IV, 7 f., (Child #190 A) 30, 47; V, 250 f., 27, 40: conceal.
lain alone. See lane.
laine p.p., III, 401, (Child #174 A) 16: laid.
lair, lear (A.S. lár), II, 175, (Child #72 A) (Child #72 B) 16; 305, 15: instruction, unco lair, to learn, get: II, 118, (Child #65 C) (Child #65 D) 1; 119, 1; 174, 1; 178, 2; III, 385, (Child #173 A) (Child #173 B) 1; IV, 411, (Child #254 A) 1; unco lear, IV, 467, 1: strange lesson, applied to one who is to have an extraordinary experience; cf. English lair, IV, 466, 1. See lear.
lair, lear II, 311, (Child #91 A) 1: lying-in.
laird a landholder, under the degree of knight; the proprietor of a house, or of more houses than one. Jamieson.
lairy IV, 22, (Child #192 E) 10: miry, boggy.
laith loath. See leath.
lake n., III, 419, (Child #177 A) 2; V, 235 b, 1; 272 b, 8, 10. See lack.
lake I, 254, (Child #26 A) 8: pit, cavity. See laigh, n.
lake V, 235 b, 1; 272, 8, 10 = laigh, of mean position. See lack, adj.
lake-wake, leak-wake, lyke-wake II, 311, (Child #91 A) 19: watching of a dead body.
lamar, lamer, lammer II, 131, (Child #66 B) (Child #66 C) 6; 323, 24; IV, 203, (Child #217 L) 5; 204, 14: amber.
lambes woole V, 85, (Child #273 app) 18: pulp of roasted apples mixed with ale.
lammas beds II, 96, J (Child #63 J) 4, in virtue leave your: corrupt. See note, II, 100 b. Dr. Davidson, correcting by sound, would read, never to leave. For lammas beds we may perhaps read, families. Cf. 87, B 1, that ye dinna leave your father's house.
lammer, lamer, lamar amber. See lamar.
land V, 128, (Child #282 A) 29: country (opposed to town).
land-lieutenant IV, 517, 17. lord lieutenant, III, 492 f., (Child #188 C) (Child #188 D) 7, 11, 17. lieutenant, III, 488, (Child #188 A) 32, 33, 35, 37. See and-sergant, land-sergeant.
land-sergant, land-sergeant III, 481, (Child #187 B) (Child #187 C) 33; 482, 27; IV, 2, (Child #189 A) 9, 14: officer of the gendarmerie of the Borders, called land-lieutenant, IV, 517, 17.
landart V, 106, E (Child #277 E) 1; 111, 1: belonging to the country, rural.
landen II, 29, (Child #58 J) 17: landing.
landen span III, 511, 16, 18: corrupted from London band, or the like.
landsman III, 489, (Child #188 A) (Child #188 B) 44: land owner.
lane III, 357, (Child #168 app) 51: lane, as where poor men live? (Rhymed with aye, and perhaps corrupt. 361, C 51, lawne.)
lane, lain, leen, lean, lone], alane, alone annexed to the dative or genitive of the personal pronoun (as in Old Eng. him ane, hire ane), my, mine, thy, our, your, her, his, him, its: I alone, by myself, etc. my lane, I, 79, (Child #5 F) (Child #5 G) 22. thy lane, IV, 197, (Child #217 E) (Child #217 F) 8. our lane, I, 72, 20. your lane, II, 69, (Child #62 A) 1. your lone, IV, 195, 16. her lane, lean, I, 350, (Child #39 G) 10; IV, 456, 1. his lane, lean, IV, 227, 6; 345, 5. him lane, leen, I, 368, (Child #41 A) 26, 28; II, 90, 18. their lane, I, 254, c 1. its lone, I, 132, J (Child #10 J) 4; II, 308, (Child #90 D) 3. its leen, IV, 418, (Child #257 A) 1. it lane, II, 82, J; 307, 22; III, 388, (Child #173 D) (Child #173 E) 5. me ane, I, 333, 1. by my lane, I, 330, B 1. mine alone, alane, I, 332, E (Child #38 E) 1, P 1; III, 489, (Child #188 A) (Child #188 B) 1. him alone, III, 159, (Child #134 A) 2; cf. IV, 464, 1.
lane IV, 281, (Child #230 A) 2: misprint for bane.
lang at lang, IV, 318, F (Child #235 F) 9: at length.
lang kell V, 110, (Child #279 A) 9, 10: coleworts not cut up and mashed, "lang kail [a tall-growing cabbage?] became extinct about 60 years ago, giving place to finer-flavored varieties." W. Forbes.
langin she's gane langin hame, IV, 198 a, (Child #217 F) (Child #217 G) 7: perhaps simply longing, languishing; lingering would be more appropriate if the interpretation were justifiable.
lang-sought V, 35, B (Child #269 B) 5: been long (and fruitlessly) seeking for some object (if the reading is right), indicating a hopeless passion.
lap grip her in his lap, II, 325, (Child #93 C) 18: (possibly) embrace, clutch.
lap, lappe III, 59, (Child #117 A) 70; 65, 194; 353, 12; 430 f., 15, 17: wrap, roll.
lap pret. of loup, leap, I, 330, A (Child #38 A) 5, 7, B 5; 331, C 5, 7; III, 270, (Child #157 D) (Child #157 E) 1; V, 228, 16. lap him, III, 266, (Child #157 A) 2: the old construction of dative of the subject after a verb of motion.
lappen p.p. of loup, leap.
lapperin III, 395, L (Child #173 L) 4; IV, 224, (Child #221 F) 23: clotting.
lappin IV, 510, V 3: covering; probably corrupted from lapperin of L 4, clotting.
lard, leard V, 36, B (Child #269 B) 8, 9: laird.
lass-bairn, lassie-bairn I, 350, (Child #39 G) 20; II, 301, (Child #89 B) (Child #89 C) 10, 11; IV, 418, (Child #257 A) 5: girl.
lat I, 310, (Child #34 B) 8; 351, 37: let.
lat down III, 281, (Child #158 C) 2, 5, 6: give over, discontinue.
late III, 164, b 51: let, hindrance.
late pret. of let, allow, V, 256, 13.
latten p.p. of let, II, 189, (Child #73 E) 26; IV, 493 f., 7, 25, 31 (left).
lau low.
lauch n., II, 20, (Child #58 A) 4; 385, 6; 390, 7; IV, 259, (Child #226 C) 9: laugh. IV, 327, (Child #236 E) (Child #236 F) 12: perhaps laughing-stock; but cf. lack, 325, 13, reproach.
lauch, lawhe v., IV, 121, G (Child #208 G) 2; V, 80, (Child #273 app) 48: laugh, pret. laugh, laughe, leuch, leugh, luke, lough, low, lowe, lowhe, laucht, lought.
laucht pret. of laugh, II, 106, (Child #64 B) (Child #64 C) 14.
lauchter IV, 385, (Child #246 A) (Child #246 B) 6: laugh.
lauchters I, 74, (Child #5 C) (Child #5 D) 68, 72; 79, 25: locks.
lauchty V, 213 a, No 33, 10: the reading in Sharpe's Ballad Book corresponding to tauchy, I, 302, A (Child #33 A) 10. In the copy of Sharpe used (a presentation copy), a line is drawn through the 1, indicating, probably, the editor's intention to emend to tauchty or tauchy.
laue law.
laugh, laughe pret. of laugh, II, 418, (Child #103 A) 34; 420, 59; III, 287, (Child #159 A) 59.
launde, lawnde III, 27, (Child #116 A) 105; 33, 105: plain ground in a forest; "a small park within a forest, enclosed in order to take the deer more readily, or to produce fatter venison by confining them for a time."
launsgay III, 63, (Child #117 A) 134: a kind of lance, javelin (compound of lance and the Arabic zagaye).
lave, leve II, 78, (Child #62 I) 11; III, 495 b, 23, 24; IV, 220, (Child #221 B) (Child #221 C) 3; 428, 6; 517, 20: rest, remainder.
lauede ablode I, 244, (Child #23 A) 9; V, 288, 16: swam in blood.
lavrock, laverock I, 201, (Child #17 A) 3; 202, 3; 205, F 4; IV, 266, 16: lark.
law I, 209 a: faith, creed.
law Castle-law, II, 149, (Child #68 D) (Child #68 E) 4, 7; Biddess-law, III, 460, 29: hill (A.S. hláew).
lawhe V, 80, (Child #273 app) 48: laugh, pret. lowhe.
lawin, lawing III, 472, (Child #186 A) 7; IV, 151 f., A (Child #212 A) 2-4, B 5, 9, 10, etc.; 157, 5, 6: tavern-reckoning.
lawing V, 266, 8: lying (reclining).
lawnde See launde.
lax IV, 233, (Child #222 A) 18: relief.
lay II, 59, (Child #61 A) 25: law, faith.
lay II, 483, (Child #112 A) 1; IV, 203 f., (Child #217 L) 6, 7, 23; V, 260, 10, 11: land not under cultivation, grass, sward, lays, IV, 224, (Child #221 F) 23: fields, plains, ground.
lay v., lie.
lay I, 399 a, E 11: seems to be nonsense; probably we should read gray, as in No 248, IV, 389 f.
lay by IV, 519, 5, 7, 11; 520, 5, 10 (lay'd = lay it): lay aside, let be, cease, lay bay, V, 275 b, 3: put aside or behind, outsail.
layelly loathsome. See laidley.
laying IV, 174, (Child #214 L) (Child #214 M) 1: lawing, reckoning.
lay-land II, 59, (Child #61 A) 23: (Old Eng. ley land) lea land, untilled land; simply plain, ground.
laylë loathsome. See laidley.
layn (withouten), III, 97, (Child #119 A) 17; 100, 81: lie (truly).
layne (Icel. leyna), IV, 7 f., (Child #190 A) 30, 47: conceal. See lain.
layne v. (A.S. légnian), III, 297, (Child #161 A) 35, 40: lie.
layne v., II, 87, (Child #63 A) (Child #63 B) 33: lean.
lazar, lazer II, 44-46, 4, 5, 9, 11, etc.: leper.
lea, lee, lie, loe, loi, loie, loy, loo, low, lue v., I, 438, (Child #49 A) (Child #49 B) 10; II, 260, (Child #82 A) 4; 408, 23; 417, 2; 419, 62; V, 116, (Child #280 A) (Child #279 app) 2, 3; 117, 3; 220, 6; 221, 9; 242, 14; 260, 13; 272 b, 3, 7, 11; 277 f., 1, 4, 23, 31: love.
lea, lee lie, mentiri.
lea III, 467, A (Child #185 A) 2; IV, 100, (Child #204 H) (Child #204 I) 4; 102, L 6; 263, 2: leave, (so leave, IV, 94, (Child #204 A) (Child #204 B) 15, is to be sounded.)
lea n. See lee.
lea, lee lie lea, lie lee: IV, 26, (Child #193 A) (Child #193 B) 5; 350, B b after 2; 520, 2: untilled. lay lee, V, 189 b: lay waste.
leace withouten leace, III, 27, (Child #116 A) 108, 115: falsehood.
lead III, 460, (Child #184 A) 26: lead their horses?
lead V, 36, (Child #269 B) (Child #269 C) 11; 117, 14; 221, 18; 268, 18: led.
lead laid.
lead, leade I, 232, (Child #21 A) (Child #21 B) 9; V, 53, (Child #271 A) 103: vat, boiler.
leaf loaf.
leaf gae out under the leaf, IV, 379, (Child #245 B) (Child #245 C) 6: luff, loof, after part of a ship's bow; or here, as opposed to lee, the weather side. See lowe.
leak adj., V, 111, (Child #279 A) (Child #279 B) 20; 224, 26: like.
leak v., V, 242, 15: like.
leak II, 193, (Child #73 G) (Child #73 H) 28; V, 224, 26; 228, 28: = lyke, for lyke-wake, watching of a dead body.
leak-wake V, 228, 13, 14, 23, 24: lyke-wake, watching of a dead body. See lake-wake, lyke-wake.
leal, leel, leil, liel III, 464, (Child #185 A) 12: loyal, faithful, true. I, 70(Child #5 A) (Child #5 B) , 24; 73, 34, 45, 46; II, 73, (Child #62 C) 19; III, 437, (Child #178 G) 36; IV, 212, (Child #219 A) 1; 240, 13; 283, 11; 289, 11: virginal, chaste, expers viri; so, lealest, leelest, I, 220, A (Child #20 A) 3; 221, D 6. III, 464, (Child #185 A) 3; 465, 30: veracious. V, 115, (Child #279 app) 5: upright, honest, love me leel, I, 345, (Child #39 B) (Child #39 C) (Child #39 D) 9: faithfully.
lea-lang I, 352, (Child #39 G) (Child #39 H) 7. See lee, adj.
leall V, 248, 4: perhaps only faithful; but possibly lief, lee (dear), leman, the final l being caught from leman.
leam, leem v., II, 410, (Child #101 B) (Child #101 C) 24: gleam.
lean, leen his, him, IV, 345, I (Child #238 I) 5: lane, lone. See lane.
lean, leane, lene, len v., II, 403, (Child #100 F) (Child #100 G) 8 (see len); III, 330, (Child #165 A) 19; 420 f., 30, 32, 34, 52; IV, 277, (Child #229 A) 15, 17; V, 36, B (Child #269 B) 8, 9: conceal. II, 164, (Child #69 F) 8, 11, 14: conceal, or lie. See lain, to conceal.
leap pret. of leap, loup, V, 227, 17. See leepe.
lear II, 176, C (Child #72 C) 1, 2: instruction. IV, 413, (Child #254 B) 2; 414, 1; 467, 1: learning. III, 473, (Child #186 A) 24: information. See lair.
lear II, 313, (Child #91 B) 25: apparently meant for lair, bed; but rhymed with white, and the reading should undoubtedly be lyke, that is, lyke-wake, as in II, 117, (Child #65 C) 16.
leard laird. See lard.
lease = leash, II, 265, (Child #83 A) 19: a thong or string (as if for bringing back the deer he should kill?). I, 211, (Child #18 A) (Child #18 B) 20: a leash (of hounds), pack. III, 216, (Child #149 A) 31: a leash (of bucks), three.
leasing, leasinge, leasynge, lesynge, leesin I, 412, (Child #45 A) 26; III, 28, (Child #116 A) 132, 134; 359, 86; IV, 465, 22: falsehood.
leath, laith III, 162, (Child #134 A) 54; IV, 479, 4; V, 216, 6: loath.
leaugh, leugh, lewgh, leiugh, lieugh III, 465 f., (Child #185 A) 33, 39, 42, 49; 487, 6, 14, 16 (see laigh): low.
leave gie them a' thier leave, I, 431, D (Child #47 D) 13, E 10: take leave of them all.
leave = leeve, dear, II, 414, (Child #102 B) 24. leaver, III, 362, 82.
leave (to weepe), IV, 140, (Child #209 app) 10: cease.
leave live.
lede III, 74, (Child #117 A) 368: leading, conduct.
ledes-man, lodesman III, 74, (Child #117 A) 369; 88, 369: guide.
ledyt I, 242, (Child #22 A) 11, old imperative plural: lead.
lee, lea I, 100, (Child #7 A) (Child #7 B) 4; III, 171, (Child #137 A) 9; 174, 20: untilled ground, grass land, open plain, ground.
lee lie lee, IV, 26, (Child #193 A) (Child #193 B) 5: untilled. lay lee, V, 189 b, lay waste.
lee adj., the (this, a) lee-laug, lief-lang day, I, 100, (Child #7 A) (Child #7 B) 11, 12; 440, 3; II, 96, (Child #63 I) (Child #63 J) 1 2: (Old Eng. the leevë longë day) livelong, from A.S. léof, used like German lieb in der liebe lange tag, die Hebe lange nacht. So lee, le, lei, ley, licht o the moon, I, 389, (Child #42 C) 5; II, 188 f., (Child #73 E) 4, 14, 35; 195, 37; 233, P 1; 374, B 3; 413, 7, as in die liebe sonne, der liebe mond, regen, wind, and other formulas in great variety, (lee licht o the moon is replaced, II, 103 f., (Child #64 A) 10, 12; 106, 10, by hie light, ae light.)
lee v., lie, mentiri.
lee II, 256, K (Child #81 K) 5: live.
lee v., love. See lea, love.
leech IV, 426, (Child #259 A) 11: meant for leesh, and so spelt in another copy.
leed, lied (A.S. láeden), I, 207, (Child #17 H) 18; 430, 5, 9; II, 366, (Child #96 G) 19; IV, 379, (Child #245 B) (Child #245 C) 14: talk.
leed (A.S. léod), III, 355, (Child #168 app) 3: man. pl. leeds, 6: people.
leed laid.
leed n., II, 366, (Child #96 G) 37: lead.
leedginge II, 58, (Child #61 A) 7: leeching, doctoring.
leeft pret., IV, 220, (Child #221 B) (Child #221 C) 1: lived.
leel loyal, faithful, etc. love me leel, I, 345, (Child #39 B) (Child #39 C) (Child #39 D) 9: faithfully. See leal.
lee-lang See lee.
leemin II, 361, (Child #96 C) 33: gleaming.
leems IV, 460 a, No 47: gleams; but langs, belongs, is the word required; cf. I, 430, (Child #47 C) (Child #47 D) 6.
leen, lean her, your leen, him leen, IV, 291 b; 345, 9; V, 171, (Child #298 A) 2, 6: lone. See lane.
leepe, leap pret. of leap, loup, II, 445, (Child #109 A) 76; V, 227, 17.
lees, leeze me on thee, III, 495 a, after 7; IV, 517, 15: blessings on, commend me to. (lees me, originally leeve is me, dear is to me, my delight is.)
leese III, 37, (Child #116 app) 75; 189, 4; 228, 17; 374, 3: lose.
leesin IV, 465, 22: a lie. See leasinge, leasinge.
leesome I, 182-3; IV, 432, (Child #262 A) 2; 455, 18; V, 178, (Child #302 A) 1: lovely, pleasing, leesome blew the wind, IV, 410, (Child #253 A) 10: pleasantly.
leeve, leve, leave, lefe, lieve, live adj., II, 305, (Child #90 B) 13; 414, 24; V, 227, 13: lovely, dear, pleasant; camp, leifer, leuer, I, 328, 43; III, 24, (Child #116 A) 35; 189, A 9; 297, 42; 436 f., 10, 25; V, 83, (Child #273 app) 51. epithet of London, II, 265, (Child #83 A) 5, 12; 440, 14; III, 276, (Child #158 A) 1; 284, 6, 7; 330, 16; 406, 35; V, 227, 8. So, lovely London, III, 352, (Child #168 A) 1; 355, 7. lilly Londeen, IV, 485, 19. whether he were loth or lefe, III, 67, (Child #117 A) 225 (properly, him were): disagreeable or agreeable; here, unwilling or willing. For had lever see leuer.
leeve III, 105, (Child #120 A) 15: believe.
leeve III, 287, (Child #159 A) 62: grant.
leeze See lees.
lefe III, 28, (Child #116 A) 128: pleasing, agreeable. III, 67, 225: pleased. See leefe.
leffe (A.S. láefan), wolde not leffe beheynde, III, 112, (Child #121 A) 60: remain.
leg V, 126 f., (Child #282 A) 1, 2, 5, etc.: highwayman.
legg V, 275, 7: league.
leguays lequays V, 217, 12, 13: likewise.
lei, ley lei light o the moon, II, 188 f., (Child #73 E) 4, 14, 35; 195, 37. See lee, adj.
letter, leifar III, 436 f., (Child #178 G) 10, 25; IV, 196, (Child #217 D) (Child #217 E) 13: rather. See leeve.
leil See leal.
leiugh low. See leaugh.
leman, lemman Old Eng. leofman, beloved (of both sexes). I, 232, (Child #21 A) (Child #21 B) 6, 7; 314, 2-4, 6; II, 271, (Child #83 E) 18; 273, 24, 400, 6; IV, 151, B I, 2; 154, 2, 3; V, 283, 3: lover, paramour. I, 72, (Child #5 C) 30, 32; 117, 8; 254, 10; II, 73, (Child #62 C) 27, 28; 81, 40; 289, B 2, 3; V, 248, 4; 283, 12: love, mistress, loose woman.
lemanless III, 434, (Child #178 D) (Child #178 E) 28: without lovers.
lemaury V, 25, (Child #268 A) 4: illicit love.
len v., lean. See lend.
len, lene III, 420 f., so, (Child #177 A) 32, 34, 52; neither lee nor len, IV, 277, (Child #229 A) 15, 17: conceal. II, 164, (Child #69 F) 8, 11, 14: conceal, or lie. that cannot longer len, II, 403, (Child #100 F) (Child #100 G) 8: remain concealed (but the reading should probably be, I cannot). See lain, lean.
len, lene III, 79, 40, 81; V, 283, 14: lend, give, grant.
lend II, 229, (Child #77 A) 5, 8; III, 63 f., (Child #117 A) 153, 165; 82, 76; 85, 76; V, 49, (Child #271 A) 21: grant, give.
lend n., II, 185, (Child #73 B) 38: loan.
lend I, 207, (Child #17 H) 19, lend ye till your pike-staff: we should no doubt read len = lean, lent, I, 223, I (Child #20 I) 4: leaned.
lende III, 75, (Child #117 A) 395: dwell.
lene conceal. See len.
lenger, lengre III, 61, (Child #117 A) 105; 73, 341; 78, 443: longer.
lenght III, 478, (Child #187 A) 17: length.
length this length, IV, 271, A (Child #228 A) 4: for so long.
lent pret., I, 223, I (Child #20 I) 4: leaned.
lequays likewise. See leguays.
lere (A.S. hléor), III, 57, (Child #117 A) 28: cheek, face.
lere III, 57, (Child #117 A) 16; 77, 426: learn.
lese, leese III, 59, (Child #117 A) 56: lose.
less (age), IV, 64 a: minor.
less o him I, 332, G (Child #38 G) 1: smaller of him, than him.
lesse III, 296, (Child #161 A) 25: false, falsehood.
lest II, 81, (Child #62 J) 45 (reading in earlier Manuscript for rest): last.
lesynge, falsehood See leasing, leasinge.
let lat (A.S. láetan), allow, leave. II, 54, (Child #60 A) 48; 265, 8, 15, 24; III, 58, (Child #117 A) 38: omit, fail. pret. late, loot, lute, lett. p.p. latten, letten, lotten, looten, loot (?).
let, lette (A.S. lettan), I, 334, 8; III, 110, (Child #121 A) 22, 23; 128, 75; 307, 2: hinder.
letten p.p. of let, I, 87, (Child #6 A) 43; 452, 6: allowed, left.
letters, letturs III, 99, (Child #119 A) 55 (the kyng did hit vnfold); III, 297, (Child #161 A) 36: letter.
leuch, luke pret. of laugh, II, 30, K (Child #58 K) 1; 81, 33; 366, 23; IV, 272, (Child #228 B) (Child #228 C) 9.
leugh n., lower part. See laugh.
leugh pret. of laugh, I, 388, A (Child #42 A) 7; II, 134, (Child #66 E) 21; III, 69, (Child #117 A) 273; 467, 60; 490, 17.
leugh, leaugh, lewgh etc., IV, 465, 34, 38; 484 f., 8, 10: low.
leutye, lewtë III, 64, (Child #117 A) 154, 169: loyalty, faith.
leuve I, 17, (Child #2 D) 14: palm of the hand. See loof.
leve, lave m., II, 75, (Child #62 E) (Child #62 F) 20: rest.
leue v., III, 61, (Child #117 A) 112; 79, 76: permit, grant.
levedys I, 334, 9: ladies.
leven I, 324, (Child #37 A) (Child #37 B) 13; 325, 12: lawn, glade, open ground in a forest. See launde.
leuer, leifer pleasanter, preferable, rather, had leuer, III, 24, (Child #116 A) 35; 189, A 9; 297, 42; 436 f., 10, 25; V, 83, (Child #273 app) 51. See leeve.
lewde (lye), III, 171, (Child #137 A) 8: base, vile.
lewgh low. See leaugh.
lewte See leutye.
ley, lea, lee III, 109, (Child #121 A) 4; for a' his father's leys, II, 333, (Child #93 J) (Child #93 K) 11; 334, M 4; riding the leys, IV, 137, (Child #209 J) (Child #209 K) 34: land not under cultivation, simply land, plain, field, lands and ley, V, 157, (Child #291 A) 2: arable land and pasture; a common phrase in Scots conveyancing, "all and whole the lands and leas."
ley-land I, 15, (Child #2 A) (Child #2 B) 11; 16, B 11: land lying lea, not under cultivation. See lay-land.
ley licht See lei, lee.
leyngger V, 80, (Child #273 app) 37: longer.
leyt V, 80, (Child #273 app) 37: lighted.
leythe III, 112, (Child #121 A) 62: light.
liag V, 237, 5: leg.
libertie lying at, II, 464, (Child #110 D) 11: possessed in one's own right, unencumbered.
liberty, lybertye place of, II, 443, (Child #109 A) 39; 449, 44, 52: where one can fight without fear of interruption?
liberty-wife II, 291, (Child #88 B) (Child #88 C) 2: mistress.
licence V, 155, C (Child #290 C) 3, make their licence free: pay the licence of an inn-keeper.
licht I, 146, (Child #11 B) 19, 20: alight, lichted, lichtit, II, 92, 16; IV, 195, D (Child #217 D) 2; 337 b, g after 20.
lichter I, 21 b, (Child #2 L) 8; II, 105, (Child #64 B) 10: delivered. See lighter.
lichtlie, lichtly, lightly IV, 94, (Child #204 A) (Child #204 B) 3; 98, 8; 100, 7; 337 a, g 16: make light of, treat, or speak of, with disrespect.
lick II, 470, (Child #110 F) 45: gratuity (of meal from the miller).
lick III, 163, (Child #134 A) 87: take for one's self; cf. II, 470, 45.
lidder, lither III, 464, (Child #185 A) 1: lazy, as adv., 467, b 1: excessively. (A.S. lýðre, bad.)
lie, ly, lye I, 103, (Child #7 D) (Child #7 E) (Child #7 F) 10; III, 123, (Child #123 A) 5; 432, 17; V, 191, (Child #305 A) 5: reside, live.
lie, lee, lea, love See lea.
lie III, 301, E: lea.
lie thou lie, IV, 197, (Child #217 E) (Child #217 F) 17: for thou liest, ye lie.
lied (A.S. láeden), I, 430, (Child #47 C) (Child #47 D) 5, 9: language, talk. See leed.
lied pret., V, 220, 6: loved.
lief-lang See lee-lang, under lee.
liel I, 70, (Child #5 A) (Child #5 B) 24: chaste. See leal.
lien p.p., II, 135, (Child #66 E) 32: lain, she's nouther pin'd nor lien, IV, 484, after 25: has not been lying bed-rid, does not look like one who has long been confined to bed.
lierachie III, 319, (Child #163 A) (Child #163 B) 20: hubbub. "leerach = the bottom of a dung-pit after the dung has been removed, but left in a filthy state. The word is used to signify anything in a disordered state. Hence, confusion, hubbub." Rev. Walter Gregor.
lieugh low. See leaugh.
lieve II, 345, (Child #94 A) 34: dear. See leeve.
life leaf.
life man of life, II, 244, (Child #81 A) 10: man alive (Chaucer's lives man).
lift I, 370, (Child #41 B) (Child #41 C) 16; 440, 18; II, 26, (Child #58 G) (Child #58 H) 14: air, sky.
lift V, 82, (Child #273 app) 37: lifted.
lig, ligg, ligge, lygge imperat., I, 328, 36; II, 437, (Child #107 A) 72; 439, 4, 7; IV, 396, 6; inf., III, 212, (Child #148 A) 17: lay.
lig, ligge, lygge I, 328, 38-41; II, 244, (Child #81 A) 6, 7: lie.
light pret., II, 46, (Child #59 A) (Child #59 B) 38; 54, 49; V, 53, (Child #271 A) 93: lighted, alighted. See lyght.
light III, 156, (Child #133 A) 1: corruption of lith, listen.
lighter of a bairn, I, 86 f., (Child #6 A) 7, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25, 43; II, 98, (Child #63 J) 35; 108, 12; 109, 11; 115, 23; 117, 10, 11; 118, 13; 123, 25, 26: delivered. (Icel. verða léttari, Old Eng. to lighten.) lighter a dochter, II, 132, (Child #66 C) 15: ellipsis of of. See lichter.
lightly, lightlie, lyghtly, lyghtlye III, 23 ff., (Child #116 A) 11, 41, 45, 61, V, 82, (Child #273 app) 36: quickly. III, 35, (Child #116 app) 35: easily. V, 84, (Child #273 app) 3: for slight reason.
lightly, lichtlie, lichtly III, 472, (Child #186 A) 10; IV, 351, (Child #240 A) 2, 9: treat with disrespect. IV, 92, 2: slight (in love). IV, 94, (Child #204 A) (Child #204 B) 3; 98, 8; 100, 7; 103, M 1; IV, 337 a, g 16: speak disparagingly of.
like, liken like to be dead (dee), II, 58, (Child #61 A) 7; 372, 24; III, 386, (Child #173 B) (Child #173 C) 7; 392, 6; 394, J 4; 395, M 2 (cf. L 2): in a condition, in a fairway, or likely, liker, II, 97, (Child #63 J) 22: more likely (?). See lyken.
like III, 355, (Child #168 app) 13; 358, 60, 80; 360, 109, 111: please. III, 400 a, (7): be pleased, satisfied.
likesome II, 433, (Child #107 A) 5, 6, 8; 440, 23; 442, 4; 446, 89: pleasing, lovely.
lilt I, 187 b; IV, 266, 16: to sing cheerfully, lilted, IV, 95(Child #204 B) (Child #204 C) , 3: sang, chanted.
lily, lilly, lilye, lillie, liley, lillie, lea, lee, lie I, 325, B (Child #37 B) 11; III, 299, (Child #161 B) (Child #161 C) 8, 11; 300, 26; 301, 32, E; 435, 2; IV, 454, 6; 455, 14; 458, 7; V, 244, 16, 19; lillie leven, I, 324, (Child #37 A) (Child #37 B) 13; 325, C 12; lilly bank, brae, IV, 220, (Child #221 B) (Child #221 C) 13, 14: explained as "overspread with lilies or flowers," but clearly from A.S. léoflic, Old Eng. lefly, etc., lovely, charming. So, lilly feet (i.e. leely), I, 130, E (Child #10 E) 13; lily leesome thing, IV, 432, (Child #262 A) 2. We have lilly Londeen, IV, 485, 19 = the frequent leeve London, lovely London. See leeve, lee-lang.
limmer (French limier, a kind of hound), a term of opprobrium, or simply of dislike. II, 322, (Child #93 A) 6; III, 466, (Child #185 A) 47: wretch (m. or f.), rascal, limmer thieves, 439 f., 4, 20; 441, 34. limmer loon, IV, 146, (Child #211 A) 15, 17. of a woman, II, 219, (Child #76 B) (Child #76 C) 9: jade.
lin See linn.
Lin, Linn, Linne, Line, Lyne a stock ballad-locality (like Linkum): I, 78, (Child #5 F) 38; 466, 5; 478 f., 5, 10, 16, 34; II, 240, (Child #80 A) 2; 290, 19; IV, 379, (Child #245 B) (Child #245 C) 18; 381, 12; 382, 15; V, 14, (Child #267 A) 1 ff.; 182 f., 2, 11, 29; 219, 6; thro Linkum and thro Lin, II, 124, (Child #65 H) (Child #65 I) 37.
lin III, 105, (Child #120 A) 11; 174, 15: stop.
lin'd III, 164, (Child #134 A) 91: beat.
ling, lyng III, 3, (Child #114 A) 6; 7, 5; 99, 53: a species of rush, or thin long grass, bent grass, Scotland; in England, heath, furze.
lingcan I, 299, (Child #32 A) 5: lichame, body.
linger I, 334, 8: longer.
Linkem See Linkum.
linkin, linken IV, 332 b; V, 124, (Child #281 B) (Child #281 C) 4; 240, 1: tripping, walking with a light step, on a horse, II, 285, (Child #87 A) (Child #87 B) 11. linking ladie, IV, 355 b: light of movement, key gaed linking in, V, 18, b 23: passing in quickly, slipping in.
linkit his armour oer a tree III, 270, E (Child #157 E) 7, comparing A 9; B 8; D 8, and observing the crooked carle in E 8, seems likely to be corrupt, and perhaps we should read leaned his arm out-oer. Otherwise, hung his armor, etc.
Linkum an indefinite ballad-locality, not a bell in merry Linkum, II, 106, (Child #64 B) (Child #64 C) 21, 22. thro Linkum and thro Lin, II, 124, (Child #65 H) (Child #65 I) 37. cock crew i the merry Linkem, II, 239, B (Child #79 B) 4. a the squires in merry Linkum, IV, 432, 1.
linn, lin, lynn, lynne water-course, torrent, river, pool in a river (A.S. hlynna, torrens): I, 303, D (Child #33 D) 4; II, 147, (Child #68 C) 9; 153, 24; III, 274, (Child #157 G) (Child #157 H) 1. of a mill-stream, I, 129, D (Child #10 D) 6. o'er the linne, II, 282 f., (Child #86 A) 9, 17, 18; IV, 479, 10 (= in the lynn, IV, 479, 5); II, 283, (Child #86 A) (Child #86 B) 8, 9: over the bank into.
Linne II, 225, D 3: Lunnon, London.
linsey linsey-woolsey.
lint IV, 433, (Child #262 A) 32: linen, linen mutch or cap.
lippen on me II, 94, (Child #63 G) 10: depend, to God, III, 269, (Child #157 C) (Child #157 D) 12; to good = God, V, 243, 15: trust.
lirk IV, 198, (Child #217 F) (Child #217 G) 2: crease, hollow.
lish leash.
list n., III, 137, (Child #126 A) 2; 181, 16: inclination.
list v., III, 171, (Child #137 A) 9; 179, 4; 311, 19: desire, be disposed. pret. list, III, 171, (Child #137 A) 11. impersonal, me list, III, 97, (Child #119 A) 9. See lyste.
lith, lyth I, 135, O (Child #10 O) 15, 17; 345, C 4; II, 412, (Child #102 A) 1; 413, 8: member, joint.
lith I, 334, 7: light.
lith, lithe, lythe (Icel. hlýða), I, 334, 10; III, 22, (Child #116 A) 5; 198, 1; 411, 1: hearken.
lither II, 54, (Child #60 A) 51; 138 f., 9, 13, 22, 23: bad. See lidder.
Litle Brittaine I, 284 f., (Child #30 A) 4, 24, 33, 37: generally understood as French Brittany, but it is inexplicable that Arthur should be reigning there. Perhaps Litle means no more in this piece than in Litle England, II, 440, (Child #108 A) 20, 22; III, 278, (Child #158 A) (Child #158 B) 34; 285, 27; Litle London, III, 285, (Child #159 A) 22; Litle Durham, III, 285 f., (Child #159 A) 29, 39, 40. All these places, it will be observed, are in the Percy Manuscript.
live leave.
live V, 227, 13: dear.
live best IV, 146, (Child #211 A) 2: are the best of those living.
lively I, 184, (Child #15 A) (Child #15 B) 47: alive.
liuer adj., III, 180, (Child #140 A) (Child #140 B) 10: deliver, agile.
liuerance III, 411, (Child #176 A) 8: payment for delivering.
livery-man I, 419, (Child #46 A) 1; 421, 1: servant.
liues II, 59, (Child #61 A) 25: 'lieves, believes.
liuor III, 411., (Child #176 A) 8, 9, 10, 14: deliver, hand over, surrender.
load III, 267, (Child #157 A) (Child #157 B) 10: loaded (with liquor).
loaden p.p. of load, IV, 395, A b 5.
loan, lone a common, any free or uncultivated spot where children can play or people meet, even the free spaces about a house: II, 62 a, (Child #61 app) 14, 16; 140, 1; V, 118, (Child #280 B) (Child #280 C) 2. (loan-head, IV, 285, (Child #231 B) 11, is toun-head in the original.)
locked, lockit in a glove, II, 461, (Child #110 B) 21; 464, 6; 477, D 17: fastened.
lockerin comes lockerin to your hand, IV, 213, (Child #219 B) 14; lockren, V, 258 b, 7: curling, closing as if to embrace.
loddy IV, 70 f., G (Child #200 G) 4, 5, etc.: laddy.
lodder, loder V, 283, 6, 16: louder.
lodesman See ledesmaii.
lodging-maill III, 474, (Child #186 A) 38: rent for lodging.
lodly I, 285 f., (Child #30 A) 31, 43, 56; II, 44, (Child #59 A) 12: loathly, disgusting.
lodomy IV, 398 f., (Child #251 A) 9, 34: laudanum.
loe, loie, loy, lou v., I, 438, (Child #49 A) (Child #49 B) 10; V, 221, 9; 260, 13; 272 b, 3, 7, 11; 277, 1, 4: love. See lea.
loffe n. and v., V, 79, (Child #273 app) 26, 28: love.
logie IV, 175, N (Child #214 N) 11: lodge.
loie, loy love. See loe.
lome II, 44, (Child #59 A) 12: lame man.
lone n., II, 333, (Child #93 J) (Child #93 K) 1; 489, 17. See loan.
long tall. Long Lankyn, Long lamie, II, 328, l, etc.; III, 358, (Child #168 app) 63, 65, etc.
long of II, 436, (Child #107 A) 53; III, 98, (Child #119 A) 22: owing to, the fault of.
loo love, II, 408, (Child #101 A) (Child #101 B) 23. pret. lood, II, 417, 2; 419, 52. See lea.
lood loud.
loof, looff, lufe, luve, leuve I, 15, (Child #2 A) (Child #2 B) 15; 16, B 16, C 16; 17, 14; 18, F 9; 19, 14; III, 374, (Child #170 B) (Child #170 C) 8: palm of the hand. (Icel. lófi.)
looke IV, 503, 12: look up.
loon See loun.
loord See lourd.
loose V, 300, No 191: lose.
loot bend. See lout.
loot pret. of let, I, 68, (Child #5 A) 7; 204, 19: allowed.
loot, p.p. (?) of let, I, 351, (Child #39 G) 49; III, 436, (Child #178 G) 13; IV, 33, (Child #194 C) 26: allowed, allowed to come.
looten p.p. of let, II, 168, (Child #70 A) (Child #70 B) 8: allowed (to come). See lotten.
lope pret. of loup, II, 59, (Child #61 A) 30; 434 f., 28, 47; 436, 58; III, 479, (Child #187 A) (Child #187 B) 39.
lord nor loun III, 301, (Child #161 C) (Child #161 D) (Child #161 E) 32: man of high or low rank. In II, 159, (Child #69 A) 26, lord is a wrong reading; rogue nor loun, or the like, is required, as in 160, 20.
lordane, lurden III, 25, (Child #116 A) 61: dolt, clodpoll, etc.
lore, lorne III, 59, (Child #117 A) 51; V, 79, (Child #273 app) 32: lost.
loset III, 94, (Child #118 A) 52: loosed, delivered.
loss V, 200 a, 65; 262, No 223, 10; 277, 6: lose.
lotten p.p. of let, I, 87, (Child #6 A) 38: allowed. See looten.
loudly III, 440, (Child #179 A) 12: loud.
lough, loughe pret. of laugh, II, 54, (Child #60 A) 58; 444, 48; V, 254 b, 2. See leuch, leugh.
lought pret. of laugh, III, 82, 74; V, 51, (Child #271 A) 55.
loukynge V, 283, 17: expectation, hope deferred.
loun, lown, lowne, loon IV, 501, 36, 37: a person of low rank, laird or (nor) loun (lown), I, 69, (Child #5 A) 40, 41; 71, 32; III, 435, F (Child #178 F) 8; IV, 514, 12. lord nor (or) loun (lowne), III, 301, (Child #161 C) (Child #161 D) (Child #161 E) 32; 430, 13; 435, E 5; 436, 6, 8. IV, 11, (Child #191 A) (Child #191 B) 2; 519, H 2, I 2: rogue, often a mere term of general disparagement (as in, English loun): (of a man) II, 118, (Child #65 C) (Child #65 D) 3, 4; 140, 25; V, 171, (Child #298 A) 4; (woman) I, 100, (Child #7 A) (Child #7 B) 30; 491, G 24, H 22. fellow, without disparagement, IV, 258, (Child #226 B) (Child #226 C) 21. naughty girl, II, 419, 37. mistress, concubine, whore, II, 181 b; IV, 14, (Child #191 D) (Child #191 E) 13; 330 a, 3; 332 b; 469, 3; 519, 9; 520, 13. See lown.
loup I, 102, D (Child #7 D) 3; II, 464, (Child #110 D) 1; IV, 44 f., (Child #196 A) 14, 15, 17, 23; 47, 4, 5: leap. pret. lap, leap, leepe, lope, loup, louped. p.p. loupen, luppen. loupin, V, 213, 3, has been explained as a form of leeping, heating (warming herself over the coal; cf. cowering oer a coal, I, 304, (Child #33 E) (Child #33 F) 2). We have, however, whisking ore the coal, I, 302, (Child #33 A) (Child #33 B) 4; reeking (= raiking) oer the coal, 304 E 3; and across agrees better with leaping than with heating.
loup pret. of loup, II, 461, (Child #110 B) 5.
loupen, louped p.p. of loup, III, 465, (Child #185 A) 27; IV, 462, 36.
lourd, loord pret. and p.p. of lour = prefer, verb made from lever, rather. I had lourd, IV, 199, (Child #217 G) 18. I wad lourd have, IV, 7, (Child #190 A) 43. loord a had, V, 251, 36. I rather lourd it had been, II, 275 b.
lout, loot I, 56, B (Child #4 B) 12; 351, 36, 48; II, 401, C (Child #100 C) 5: bow, bend, lean. pret. louted, looted, louted in, I, 331, D (Child #38 D) 5: bent our heads to enter? louted twafauld, three-fauld, V, 242 b, 7: bent double, treble, p.p. louted, lootit, louten.
louten p.p. of lout, II, 168, (Child #70 A) (Child #70 B) 9: bent.
love I, 476, J (Child #53 J) 4: loaf.
love-clapped II, 165, (Child #69 F) (Child #69 G) 10; 169, 8; 171, 13; 370, 8; 371, 8; IV, 392, (Child #249 A) 8; V, 277, 8: embraced lovingly, caressed.
loverd I, 243 f., (Child #23 A) 1, 6, 17: lord.
louesome III, 431, (Child #178 A) (Child #178 B) 30: lovely.
lovly, lovely, louelie epithet of London: III, 199, (Child #145 A) 19; 310, 61; 352, 1; 355, 7. See leeve.
low, lowe I, 211, (Child #18 A) (Child #18 B) 35; III, 93, (Child #118 A) 46: hill.
low, lowe III, 435, F (Child #178 F) 5, 10; 436 f., 13, 20, 24, 34; IV, 47, (Child #196 C) (Child #196 D) 5; 514, 8: flame.
low, lowe pret. of laugh, III, 110, (Child #121 A) 16; 112, 63; V, 78, (Child #273 app) 4. See lowhe.
lowe doggs bite soe, III, 342, (Child #167 A) 66: a phrase for, take mean advantages.
lowe bye lerbord or by lowe, IV, 504, 30: loof, luff, the after part of a ship's bow (Falconer, Marine Dictionary); or perhaps the weather side. See leaf.
lowhe, low, lowe pret. of laugh, V, 80, (Child #273 app) 44, 46-48.
lown IV, 304, (Child #233 A) (Child #233 B) 8, 9: must mean here a young man in a low social position, since there can be no question of her kissing a disreputable fellow. There is no proper contrast with lad, and probably we should read, laird nor lown (see loun).
lowse loose, free.
loyed V, 221, 9: loved.
lucettes III, 297, (Child #161 A) 46: luces, pikes.
Luckenbooths V, 162, C (Child #293 C) 7: a range of buildings which formerly stood in the thoroughfare of the High Street in Edinburgh, parallel to Saint Giles Church.
lue, loe, loo, lou, loie, lea, lee, lie v., love. See lea.
lufe, luve, leuve, loof I, 16, C (Child #2 C) 16; 17, 14; 19, 14; III, 374, (Child #170 B) (Child #170 C) 8: palm of the hand.
lugs I, 302, A (Child #33 A) 10; IV, 53, (Child #198 B) 11; 296, 8; V, 102, B (Child #276 B) 15; 103 b, 15: ears.
luid III, 370, (Child #169 C) 19: loved.
luke pret. of laugh, V, 238, 28.
lum V, 125, (Child #281 D) 3, 9: chimney.
luppen p.p. of loup, leap, I, 55, A (Child #4 A) 3, B 3; IV, 444, 26; 470, 30; 518, 8.
lurden, lordan III, 35, (Child #116 app) 18: dolt, clodpoll.
luscan a sturdy beggar (and thievish), III, 519 a.
lust V, 213 a, 1: a bundle, (last, a measure, as twelve dozen hides or skins, etc.?)
lust III, 56, (Child #117 A) 6; 85 and 89, 446; 332, 13: inclination, disposition, thy lustes to full fyll, III, 90 b: wishes. att his owne lust, III, 332, (Child #166 A) 13: pleasure.
lute pret. of lett, IV, 345, (Child #238 H) (Child #238 I) 8: allowed. V, 248, 15: let down.
luve palm of the hand. See loof.
ly, lye IV, 261, (Child #226 D) (Child #226 E) 24; V, 168 f., (Child #296 A) (Child #295 B) 1, 2, 3, etc.: live, dwell. pret. lyed.
lyand lying.
lyart IV, 7, (Child #190 A) 36: grizzled, gray.
lybertye apoint a place of, II, 443, (Child #109 A) 39; 449, 44, 52: a place where the two can fight freely, without risk of interruption?
lye See ly.
lyed II, 266, (Child #83 A) (Child #83 B) 28: lay, lived. See ly.
lygge, ligge I, 328, 38-41: lie. See lig.
lygge lay. See lig.
lyghte, lyght I, 327, 21; III, 297, (Child #161 A) 33: alighted. See light.
lightly, lightlye See lightly.
lyke I, 327, 22; III, 28, (Child #116 A) 121; 64, 165; 76, 417: please.
lyke I, 506, 3, 8, 9; II, 295, (Child #88 E) (Child #88 F) 8; IV, 236, (Child #222 B) (Child #222 C) 30: lyke-wake, watching of a dead body. In II, 117, (Child #65 C) 16: simply, death-scene.
lyke-wake I, 251, B (Child #25 B) 4, 5, 7; II, 282, (Child #86 A) 14; III, 495 b, 21; IV, 516 f., 1, 7, 18: watch of a dead body, dead lyke-wake, I, 251, B (Child #25 B) 4, 5: wake for your death. See lyke, leak, leak-wake, lake-wake.
lyken participle, IV, 511 b, X 6: about, at the point. See like, liken.
lynde, lyne III, 75, (Child #117 A) 398; 91, 2; 92, 22; 93, 33; 97, 10; 98, 23; 100, 76, 78: linden, tree.
lyne See lynde.
lyne See lin.
lyng III, 99, (Child #119 A) 53: heath. See ling.
lyon III, 344, (Child #167 B) 33; 349, 33: the royal standard (quite out of place here).
lyste me lyste, III, 78, (Child #117 A) 446: it would please me, I should like. See list.
lyth, lyth, lithe (Icel. hlýða), III, 56, (Child #117 A) 1; 63, 144, 70, 282; 71, 317: hearken.
lyth member. See lith.
lyuer III, 362, 82: leever, rather.
lyueray III, 59, (Child #117 A) 70: present of clothes. III, 64, 161: purveyance of drink.
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