lǣtanīa = lētanīa
lætbyrd f. slow birth, Lcd 185a.
+lǣte I. n. manners, bearing, NC 295. [ON. lǣti]
II. n. junction of roads, Æ.
lætemest I. adv. lastly, finally, NG.
læthȳdig slow-minded, dull, Cra 10.
lætlīce adv. slowly, Gu. [‘lately’]
lætmest = lætemest
lætnes f. slowness, delay, ÆL 23b647: sloth, GD 17423.
lætra (Æ, LL) v. læt. [‘latter’]
lætrǣde slow, deliberate, CP 14914.
lætsum backward, Chr. [‘latesom’]
lǣtt f. (pl. latta) beam, ‘lath,’ WW.
lǣttēow = lāttēow
lǣttewestre f. guide, conductress, Æ. [lāttēow]
lætting = letting
-lætto v. un-l.
lǣð n. a division of a county containing several hundreds, ‘lathe,’ BC 3·162: landed property? (meadow) land? LL 400[3,2].
lǣðan to abuse, revile, hate: cause to shun, RB 1118. [lāð]
lǣðð, lǣððo (CP) f. wrong, injury: hatred, malice, Bl. [‘leth’; lāð]
lǣuw = lēow
lǣwa (ē) m. betrayer, traitor, Lk; Æ. [v. ‘lewe’]
±lǣwan to betray. [Goth. lēwjan]
lǣwede lay, laic, unlearned. as sb. layman, BH; Æ, CP. [‘lewd’]
læwel = læfel
lǣwend m. betrayer, traitor, Gl.
lǣwerce = lāwerce
læwil = læfel
læx = leax
lāf f. what is left, remnant, legacy, relic, remains, rest, Bl, Chr; Æ: relict, widow, Æ, AO. tō lāfe alone. tō lāfe bēon to remain over. wǣpna, daroða l. survivors of battle. hamora lāfa results of forging, swords. [‘lave’; līfan]
lāferce = lāwerce
±lafian to pour water on, wash, ‘lave,’ bathe, B, Lcd: ladle out, Lcd.
lag- = lah-
-laga v. lund-l.
lage- = lagu-
±lagian to appoint, ordain, W. [‘law,’ ‘i-lahen’]
lago- = lagu-
-lagol v. ǣ-l.
lāgon = lǣgon pret. pl. of licgan.
lagu I. f. (old neut. pl. lagu; Chr 1052d) ‘law,’ ordinance, rule, regulation, Æ; Chr, LL, RB: right, legal privilege, LL: district governed by the same laws.
II. m. water, flood, sea, ocean, Gen, Met: name of the rune for l. [‘lay’]
+lagu np. extent, surface (of sea), Seaf 64? [OS. gilagu]
lagucræftig skilled in seafaring, B 209.
lagufæsten † n. sea, ocean.
lagufæðm m. enveloping waves, Rd 617.
laguflōd m. wave, stream, waters, sea, ocean.
lagulād † f. water-way, sea.
lagumearg m. sea-horse, ship, Gu 1306.
lagusīð † m. sea-journey.
lagustrǣt f. sea-path, B 239.
lagustrēam † m. water, sea, ocean.
laguswimmend † m. swimming in the sea (fish).
lah- = lag-
lahbreca m. law-breaker, impious man, Sc 910.
lahbrecende impious, profane, Sc 99.
lahbryce m. breach of the law, LL.
lah-cēap, -cōp m. money paid (by an outlaw) for restitution of legal rights, LL.
lahlic lawful, legal, Sc 462. adv. -līce.
lahmann m. an official declarer of the law, LL 376. [v. ‘lawman’]
lahriht n. legal right, LL.
lah-slitt fn., -slite m. fine for breach of the (Danish) law, LL.
lahwita m. lawyer, LL (30813).
lām n. ‘loam,’ clay, earth, Æ, WW; Mdf.
lama (o) wk. adj. and sb. m. crippled, lame, paralytic, weak (man), Æ, BH, Cp, El, Mt, WW.
lamb (Æ), pl. lamb(e)ru, lambor (A) n. ‘lamb,’ Æ, G, Gl, Gu, WW.
lambyrd f. imperfect birth, Lcd 185a.
lāmfæt n. † vessel of clay (the body).
lamp I. pret. 3 sg. of limpan.
lamprēde f. lamprey. [L.]
lām-pytt, -sēaða m. ‘loampit,’ Ct.
lāmwyrhta m. potter, G.
lān = lǣn
lanan obl. cases of lanu.
land (o) n. earth, ‘land,’ soil, B, BH, VPs, WW; Mdf: territory, realm, province, district, Cp, Chr, Bl, VPs: landed property, Æ, Bl: country (not town), Æ, BH: ridge in a ploughed field.
+landa m. compatriot, kinsman, WW 21120.
landādl = hlandādl?
Cross-reference unidentified.
landælf f. land-elf, WW 51627.
landāgend m. native, BH.
landāgende owning land, LL.
landār f. landed property, Æ.
landbegenga (i2) m. husbandman, peasant, native, CP.
landbegengnes f. habitation, BPs 1195 (o1).
landbigong m. dwelling in a country, BPs 11854 (o1)
landbōc f. ‘land book,’ written grant of land, Ct, WW.
landbrǣce m. first ploughing (after land has lain fallow), WW 10511.
landbūend I. mf. inhabitant, native: husbandman.
II. f. colony.
landbūende dwelling on the land, native.
landbūnes f. colony, settlement, Nar.
land-cēap, -cōp m. fine paid to the lord on the alienation of land, BC. [‘landcheap’]
landefen m. measure or proportion of land, Chr 1085.
landesmann = landmann
landfæsten n. natural fortress, AO 8014 (o1).
landfeoh n. recognitory rent for land, KC.
landfolc n. people of the country, inhabitants, Æ. [‘landfolk’]
landfruma m. ruler, prince, B 31.
landfyrd f. army.
landgafol n. land-tax, tribute, LL. [‘land-gavel’]
landgehwerf n. exchange of land, Ct.
landgemaca m. neighbour, OEG.
land-gemǣre, -gemirce n. boundary, limit, frontier, AO.
landgesceaft f. earthly creature, Da 360.
landgeweorc n. fortified place, B 938.
landgewyrpe n. heap of earth? Ct.
landhæbbende owning or ruling land.
landhæfen f. real property, LL 22[32].
landhere m. native force: land force (opposed to naval force).
landhlāford m. lord of a country, lord of a manor, landlord.
landhredding f. redemption of land.
landlagu f. local law, LL.
landlēas not owning land, LL. [‘landless’]
land-lēod m., nap. -lēode, -lēoda, -lēodan inhabitant of a country, native, AO.
landlyre m. loss of territory, Chr 1105.
landmann m. inhabitant of a country, native, Ex, LL. [‘landmann’]
landmearc m. boundary.
+landod having landed property, LL 182[11].
landopenung f. first ploughing of land, WW 1479.
landrǣden v. ealdlandrǣden.
landrest f. grave. An 782.
landrīca m. landed proprietor.
landrīce n. territory, AO.
landriht n. ‘land-right,’ right to own or occupy land or connected with its occupation, B, Ex, Gen: that which is due from land or estates.
landscearu (a2) f. tract of land, province, country, CP: boundary, landmark. [v. CC 48]
landscipe m. region, Gen 376.
landscoru = landscearu
landsēta m. settler, WW 11115. [sǣta]
landseten f. occupation of land: occupied land, estate.
landseðla m. occupier of land, TC 5936.
landsidu m. custom of a country, CP.
landsittende occupying land, Chr.
landsōcn † f. search for land to settle on.
landspēd f. landed property, KC 3·34924.
landspēdig rich in land, Æ.
landsplott m. plot of land, KC 4·3912.
landstede m. region, Wif 16 (o).
landstycce n. small plot of ground, GD, LL.
landwaru f. inhabitants, population, B 2321.
landweard m. coast-warden, B 1890.
landwela m. earthly possessions, Ph 505.
lang (o) comp. lengra, superl. lengest ‘long,’ tall, AO, BH, Lcd, MH; CP.
+lang (usu. w. æt or on) dependent on, attainable from, present in, belonging to, Æ, AO, Gu. [v. ‘along’]
langafrīgedæg m. Good Friday.
langað = langoð
langbolster mn. feather-bed, WW 27636.
lange (o) adv. comp. leng, lenge, superl. lengest ‘long,’ a long time, far, B, BH, Bl, Bo.
langfǣre lasting, protracted, Æ.
langfērnes f. length, long duration, Sc 291.
langfirst m. long space of time, Gu 920.
langgestrēon n. ancient store of wealth, B 2240.
langian (o) (impers. with acc. of pers.) to ‘long’ for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, AO (o): grow longer, Lcd: summon: belong.
+langian to send for, summon, call, Æ: apprehend, seize, LL 202[6,2].
langieldo f. advanced age.
langlīce adv. for a long time, long, at length, Æ.
langlīfe long-lived.
langmōd constant, patient, long-suffering. adv. -līce.
langmōdig long-suffering (v. late), NC 347.
langmōdnes f. long-suffering, Sc 1017.
langnes f. length, Æ. [‘longness’]
langoð m. longing, unsatisfied craving, discontent.
langsceaft having a long shaft.
langscip n. man of war, Chr 897a.
langstrang ‘longanimis,’ LPs 1028.
langsum long, lasting, tedious, protracted, B (o), Lcd; Æ. [‘longsome’] adv. -līce, AO 5817 (o).
langsumnes f. length, Ps; Æ. [‘longsomeness’]
langsweored (y2) long-necked.
langtwidig lasting, assured, B 1708.
langung (o) f. ‘longing,’ desire, Bl: weariness, sadness, dejection, Æ: delay, CP (o). [langian]
langunghwīl f. time of weariness, An 125.
langweb n. warp (in weaving), WW 18712.
langwege ‘peregre,’ MkL 1334 (o1, œ2).
langwyrpe oblong, NC 305347.
lānland = lǣnland
lann (o) † f. chain, fetter.
lanu (o) f. ‘lane,’ street, Bl.
lapian to ‘lap’ up, drink, Lcd; Æ.
lār f. ‘lore,’ learning, science, art of teaching, preaching, doctrine, Bl; Æ, CP: precept, exhortation, advice, instigation, JnL; AO: history, story: cunning, Gen 2693.
lārbōc f. book containing instruction (used of St Paul’s Epistles, and Bede’s works), Æ.
lārbodung f. teaching, preaching, NC 305.
lārbysn f. example, WW 16343.
lārcniht m. disciple, LkL p 22.
lārcræft m. knowledge, Sol 3.
lārcwide † m. teaching, precept.
lardōm m. teaching, instruction, LL 258[51].
lār-ēow, -ow, -uw (a) m. teacher, master, preacher, BH, JnL; Æ, AO, CP. [‘lorthew’]
lārēowdōm m. function of teacher, instruction, CP: ecclesiastical authority, Æ, CP.
lārēowlic like a teacher, OEG.
lārēowsetl n. teacher’s seat, pulpit.
lārēwes = lārēowes gs. of lārēow.
lārfæsten n. prescribed fast, A 11·99.
lārhlystend m. catechumen, OEG 2881.
lārhūs n. school, HGl 405.
lārlēast (ē, ȳ) f. want of instruction, ignorance.
lārlic conducive to learning, instructive, Æ. betwux larlīcum gefylcum amongst soldiers in training, Æ.
lārsmið † m. (nap. -smeoðas) teacher, counsellor.
lārspell n. homily, sermon, treatise, Æ. [‘lorespell’]
lārsum teachable, NC 305.
lārswice m. trickery, W 30914.
lārðēaw (MF), lāruwa (N) = (*lārðēow), lārēow
lārðegn m. teacher, NC 305.
lārwita m. learned man, LL (30813).
lāser (o2) m? weed, tare, Gl.
lāst (ǣ, ē, ēa) m. sole of foot: spoor, footprint, track, trace, B, Bl; Æ, CP. on lāst(e) behind, after, in pursuit of. on l. lecgan to follow. lāstas lecgan to go: gait, step. [‘last’]
±lāst (ǣ, ē) n. accomplishment, observance, RB 55: duty, due, obligation, vow.
+lāstful helpful, serviceable, LL; AO. [‘lastfull’]
lāstweard m. successor, heir: pursuer.
lāstword n. fame after death, Seaf 73.
lasur = laser
lat- v. læt-.
late adv. comp. lator, sup. latest ‘late,’ Chr, Jul: slowly, Lcd: at last, AO. [læt]
latemest = lætemest II.
lātēow = lāttēow
±latian to be slow, indolent: linger, delay, hesitate, Æ.
lator, adv. comp., latost (æ), superl. slower, later, A, Bo, MtR; AO, CP. [‘latter,’ ‘last’]
latt = lætt
lattēh f. guiding rein, WW 1209. [lād]
lāttēow, lāttēowa (ǣ) m. leader, guide, general, Bo, VPs (lad-); AO, CP. [‘lattew’]
lāttēowdōm m. leadership, guidance, instruction, CP.
latung f. delay, hindrance, OEG 7129.
lāð I. (±) hated, hateful, hostile, malignant, evil, AO, B: loathsome, noxious, grievous, unpleasant, Ep; CP. [‘loath’]
II. n. pain, harm, injury, misfortune, AO: insult, annoyance, harmful thing, BH, Lcd; CP. [‘loath’; Ger. leid]
lāðbite m. wound, B 1122.
lāðe adv. inimically, in detestation.
lāðēow = lāttēow
lāðettan to hate, loathe: make hurtful or repulsive, Æ.
lāðgenīðla † m. persecutor, foe.
lāðgetēona † m. enemy.
lāðgewinna m. enemy, Rd 1629.
laðian to invite, summon, call upon, ask, Æ, CP. [Ger. laden]
lāðian to hate, be hated, AO; Æ. [‘loathe’]
lāðlēas inoffensive, innocent.
lāðlic ‘loathly,’ hateful, horrible, repulsive, unpleasant, BH; Æ. adv. -līce.
lāðscipe m. misfortune, Gen 2048.
lāðsearu n? hateful, contrivance, Da 436.
lāðsīð m. painful journey, death, Ex 44.
lāðspel n. sad tidings, AO.
lāððēow = lāttēow
±laðung f. calling, invitation, CP: assembly, congregation, church, Æ. [‘lathing’]
lāðwende † hateful, hostile, bad.
lāðwendemōd hostile minded, Gen 448.
lāðweorc n. evil deed, PPs 10526.
laur m. laurel, bay, laver, Lcd.
laurbēam (lawer-) m. laurel.
laurberige f. laurel-berry, Lcd.
laurtrēow n. laurel-tree, Lcd.
lāwerce (ǣ) f. ‘lark,’ WW; Mdf.
lēac I. (ǣ, ē, ēo) n. ‘leek,’ onion, garlic garden-herb, Lcd; Æ.
lēac- = lēah-
lēacblæd n. leek leaf, NC 305.
lēaccærse (e2) f., cress, nasturtium, Lcd.
leac-trog, -troc, -tric = leahtroc
lēactūn (lēah-, lēh-) m. kitchen-garden, garden of herbs, LkL, WW. [‘leighton’]
lēactūnweard (ē1) m. gardener, WW 12714. [‘leightonward’]
lēacweard (e1, o2) m. gardener.
lēad (ē) n. ‘lead,’ BH; Æ, CP: leaden vessel, cauldron, A 9·264.
lēaden (ē) ‘leaden,’ Æ, LL.
lēadgedelf n. lead-mine, KC 3·4017.
lēadgeota (o) m. plumber, LL 455[16].
lēadgewiht n. lead-weight, a scale of weight, v. CC 77.
lēadstæf m. loaded stick for beating with, WW 44120.
lēaf (ī) I. (±) f. ‘leave,’ permission, privilege, BH, Chr; Æ, CP.
II. n. ‘leaf,’ shoot, pl. foliage, MtL (ēo), VPs; Æ: sheet of paper, BH.
±lēafa m. belief, faith, Æ, Mt; AO. [‘leve’; Ger. glaube]
±lēafe (ǣ) f. leave, permission, licence, Æ.
±lēafful believing, JnR: faithful, trustworthy, MtL. [‘leafful’] adv. -līce.
+lēaffulnes f. faith, trust, faithfulness, Æ.
lēafhelmig leafy at the top, GPH 390.
±lēafhlystend (e) m. believing listener, catechumen, OEG.
+lēaflēas unbelieving, Æ.
+lēaflēasnes f. unbelief, W 2942.
+lēaf-lēast, -lȳst f. unbelief, Æ.
lēafleoht light, easy, RB 519.
+lēaflic credible, faithful, Æ. adv. -līce.
lēafnes (ē, ȳ) f. leave, permission, BH.
+lēafnesword n. password, B 245.
lēafscead n. leafy shade, Ph 205.
+lēafsum believing, faithful: credible.
lēafwyrm (i2) m. caterpillar, ASPs 7751.
lēag I. (ē) f. ‘lye,’ alkalized water, Ep, Lcd.
lēagung f. lying, Nar 221. [lēogan]
lēah I. lēage (Chr) m. piece of ground, ‘lea,’ meadow, BC; Mdf.
leahtor (e1) m. vice, sin, offence, crime, fault, Æ, CP: reproach: disease, injury, Lcd.
leahtorbēre laughable, causing laughter, RB 188. [hleahtor]
leahtorcwide m. opprobrious speech, Jul 199.
leahtorful (e1, e2) vicious, seductive.
leahtorlēas faultless, blameless.
leahtorlīce foully, wickedly, Æ.
-leahtorwyrðe v. un-l.
leahtrian (e) to accuse, revile, reprove, blame, Æ; AO, CP: corrupt. [‘lehtrie’]
leah-troc, -tric, -trog m. lettuce. [L. lactuca]
lēahtrung (ē) f. blaming, detraction, WW 1501.
lēahtūn = lēactūn
lēan I. n. reward, gift, loan, compensation, remuneration, retribution, B, Mt; Æ. [‘lean’; Ger. lohn]
II. sv6 (pret. 3 sg. lōg, lōh) and wv. to blame, censure, reproach, AO, CP.
lēangyfa m. rewarder, Lcd 3·43623.
±lēanian (ǣ) to reward, recompense, repay, requite, Æ, CP. [Ger. lohnen]
lēap m. basket, W: basket for catching or keeping fish, WW: measure: trunk (body), Jud 111. [‘leap’]
lēas I. adj. (w. g.) without, free from, devoid of, bereft of: (±) false, faithless: untruthful, deceitful, WW; Æ: vain, worthless.
II. n. falsehood, lying, Bo; CP. [‘lease’]
lēasbrēd (-bregd) I. lying, false, deceitful, Æ.
II. m. cheating, trickery.
lēasbrēda m. trickster, ES 43·306.
lēasbrēdende wily, deceitful, ÆGr 2866.
lēasbrēdnes f. deception, falsehood.
lēascræft m. false art, Æ.
lēasere m. liar, hypocrite, MtL: buffoon, mime, jester, fool. [‘leaser’]
lēasettan to pretend, Æ, RB.
lēas-ferhð, -fyrhð, false, NC 305.
lēasferðnes f. levity, folly, CP.
lēasfyrhte = lēasferhð
lēasgewitnes f. false witness, Æ.
lēasgielp m. vainglory, CP.
lēasian to lie, Ps. [‘lease’]
lēaslic false, deceitful, sham, empty, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, Æ, CP.
lēaslīccettan to dissemble, WW 38833.
lēaslīcettung f. dissimulation.
lēasmōdnes f. instability, CP 3086.
lēasnes f. lying: levity, BH 32223.
lēasōleccan to blandish, flatter, GD 3427.
lēasōlecung f. empty blandishment, WW 43021.
lēassagol (u3) lying, false, Æ.
lēasscēawere m. spy, B 253.
lēasspell n. lie, fiction, fable.
lēasspellung f. empty talk, AO.
lēassponung f. allurement, WW 4523.
lēast = lāst
lēast- = læst-
lēastyhtan to cajole, WW 4314.
lēastyhtung f. cajolery, WW 43021.
lēasuht (= wiht?) enticer, seducer, OEG 4014
lēasung f. ‘leasing,’ lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, JnL: a lie, Ps: empty talk, frivolity.
lēasungspell n. idle tale, AO 408.
leatian = latian
+leaðian = +laðian
lēaðor n. soap, soda, Lcd, WW. [‘lather’]
lēaðorwyrt (lēoðo-) f. soap-wort? Lcd 16a.
lēawede = lǣwede
lēawfinger m. index-finger, forefinger, PPs 7211.
leax m. salmon, Cp (æ), Met, WW (e); ÆL. [‘lax’]
leb- = lef-, læf-
lec = hlec
+lec pret. 3 sg. of +lacan.
lēc I. m. look, regard, Æ; A 11·11850.
+lecc- = +læcc-
leccan pret. 3 sg. leahte, le(o)hte to water, irrigate, wet, moisten, slake, CP. [cp. Ger. lechzen]
leccing f. irrigation, watering, WW (KGl). [‘leaching’]
lēcetere (KGl 6529) = līcettere
±lecgan to ‘lay,’ put, place, deposit, set, Æ, Gen, Lcd, MtL, Rd; CP. l. on (w. d.) put upon, charge with, Chr, Gu; CP: bury, Jn: put before, submit, Æ: betake oneself, go. lāstas l. go, journey. on lāst l. follow: lay (egg), Lcd: prostrate, cast down, lay low, kill, Bo, Lk, LL. [causative of licgan]
lēciwyrt (Cp) = lǣcewyrt
lēcnian (NG) = lācnian
lectric = leahtroc
lēctūn- = lēahtūn-
lecða m. ‘sentina,’ Gl, WW.
lēd = lēad
lēdan = lǣdan
lēde = legde, pret. 3 sg. of lecgan.
lēf I. (ī) feeble, infirm, weak, injured.
lēf- = lēaf-
+lēfed weak, sickly, aged.
+lēfenscipe m. justification, JnL 1522.
lēfmon m. sick person, GnE 45.
left (K; ?= lyft*) ‘inanis,’ QF 1443.
lēft (SPs) = lēst, lǣst
lēfung f. paralysis, ÆH 2·48618.
leg (= læg) pret. 3 sg. of licgan.
lēg- = līg-, lēog-
lēga (A) = lǣwa
+lege f? lair, bed, Mdf.
lēgelēoht n. light (of flame), MFH 168.
leger n. lying, illness, AO, B; Æ: ‘lair,’ couch, bed, Wif: grave, LL; Æ. clǣne legere consecrated grave. on līfe ge on legere in life and in death, LL. [licgan]
legerbǣre sick, ill, TC 61120.
legerbedd n. bed, sick bed, Æ: bed of death, grave.
+legered confined to bed, Æ.
legerfæst sick, ill, RB 647.
+legergield n. ‘lupercalia,’ WW 43714.
legerstōw f. burial place, Æ.
legertēam m. cohabitation, marriage.
legerwīte fm. fine for unlawful cohabitation, LL. [‘lairwite’]
legie f. legion, AO. [L.]
-legu v. ealdor-l.
leh- = leah-
lēh = lēah
lēh- = lēac-
lēhnan = lȳgnian
lehtan = lihtan
lehtor = leahtor
leloðre f. silverweed? Gl.
lemb = lamb
±lemian (æ) to subdue, CP 30311: lame, disable, B 905.
lempedu f. lamprey, WW 43817. [‘limpet’; lampreda]
lemphealt limping, Gl, WW. [‘limphalt’]
lencten (æ) I. m. springtime, A, Lcd; Æ: the fast of Lent, W.
II. adj. pertaining to Lent, A, RB (æ). [‘lenten’]
lenctenādl f. spring fever, tertian ague.
lenctenbere m. Lent barley, ANS 84326.
lenctenbryce m. breach of the Lenten fast, LL 344[47].
lenctendæg m. day of Lent.
lenctenerðe f. land ploughed in spring, WW 1057. [eorðe]
lenctenfæsten n. Lent, Æ.
lenctenhǣto f. heat of spring, AO 1026?
lenctenlic of spring, vernal, Æ: lenten, Æ.
lenctenlifen f. Lenten fare, NC 306.
lenctensufel (længt-) n. Lent food, LL 450[9].
lenctentīd f. spring, Lent, Æ.
lenctentīma m. spring, OEG 3837.
lenctenwuce f. a week in Lent.
lenctin- = lencten-
+lend I. furnished with land (by the lord), LL 448´.
+lenda m. one rich in land, OEG 3154.
lendan to land, arrive, Chr; Æ, AO, CP: (+) endow with land, Æ. [‘lend’; land]