leak, v., V, 242, 15: like.
leak, II, 193, 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, 12: loyal, faithful, true. I, 70, 24; 73, 34, 45, 46; II, 73, 19; III, 437, 36; IV, 212, 1; 240, 13; 283, 11; 289, 11: virginal, chaste, expers viri; so, lealest, leelest, I, 220, A 3; 221, D 6. III, 464, 3; 465, 30: veracious. V, 115, 5: upright, honest. love me leel, I, 345, 9: faithfully.
lea-lang, I, 352, 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, 24: gleam.
lean, leen, his, him, IV, 345, I 5: lane, lone. See lane.
lean, leane, lene, len, v., II, 403, 8 (see len); III, 330, 19; 420 f., 30, 32, 34, 52; IV, 277, 15, 17; V, 36, B 8, 9: conceal. II, 164, 8, 11, 14: conceal, or lie. See lain, to conceal.
leap, pret. of leap, loup, V, 227, 17. See leepe.
lear, II, 176, C 1, 2: instruction. IV, 413, 2; 414, 1; 467, 1: learning. III, 473, 24: information. See lair.
lear, II, 313, 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, 16.
leard, laird. See lard.
lease==leash, II, 265, 19: a thong or string (as if for bringing back the deer he should kill?). I, 211, 20: a leash (of hounds), pack. III, 216, 31: a leash (of bucks), three.
leasing(e), leasynge, lesynge, leesin, I, 412, 26; III, 28, 132, 134; 359, 86; IV, 465, 22: falsehood.
leath, laith, III, 162, 54; IV, 479, 4; V, 216, 6: loath.
leaugh, leugh, lewgh, leiugh, lieugh, III, 465 f., 33, 39, 42, 49; 487, 6, 14, 16 (see laigh): low.
leave, gie them a’ thier leave, I, 431, D 13, E 10: take leave of them all.
leave==leeve, dear, II, 414, 24. leaver, III, 362, 82.
leave (to weepe), IV, 140, 10: cease.
leave, live.
lede, III, 74, 368: leading, conduct.
ledës-man, lodesman, III, 74, 369; 88, 369: guide.
ledyt, I, 242, 11, old imperative plural: lead.
lee, lea, I, 100, 4; III, 171, 9; 174, 20: untilled ground, grass land, open plain, ground.
lee, lie lee, IV, 26, 5: untilled. lay lee, V, 189 b, lay waste.
lee, adj., the (this, a) lee-lang, lief-lang day, I, 100, 11, 12; 440, 3; II, 96, I 2: (Old Eng. the leevë longë day) livelong, from A. S. léof, used like German lieb in der liebe lange tag, die liebe lange nacht. So lee, le, lei, ley, licht o the moon, I, 389, 5; II, 188 f., 4, 14, 35; 195, 37; 233, F 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., 10, 12; 106, 10, by hie light, ae light.)
lee, v., lie, mentiri.
lee, II, 256, K 5: live.
lee, v., love. See lea, love.
leech, IV, 426, 11: meant for leesh, and so spelt in another copy.
leed, lied (A. S. lǽden), I, 207, 18; 430, 5, 9; II, 366, 19; IV, 379, 14: talk.
leed (A. S. léod), III, 355, 3: man. pl. leeds, 6: people.
leed, laid.
leed, n., II, 366, 37: lead.
leedginge, II, 58, 7: leeching, doctoring.
leeft, pret., IV, 220, 1: lived.
leel, loyal, faithful, etc. love me leel, I, 345, 9: faithfully. See leal.
lee-lang. See lee.
leemin, II, 361, 33: gleaming.
leems, IV, 460 a, No 47: gleams; but langs, belongs, is the word required; cf. I, 430, 6.
leen, lean, her, your leen, him leen, IV, 291 b; 345, 9; V, 171, 2, 6: lone. See lane.
leepe, leap, pret. of leap, loup, II, 445, 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, 75; 189, 4; 228, 17; 374, 3: lose.
leesin, IV, 465, 22: a lie. See leasing(e).
leesome, I, 182-3; IV, 432, 2; 455, 18; V, 178, 1: lovely, pleasing, leesome blew the wind, IV, 410, 10: pleasantly.
leeve, leve, leave, lefe, lieve, live, adj., II, 305, 13; 414, 24; V, 227, 13: lovely, dear, pleasant; comp. leifer, leuer, I, 328, 43; III, 24, 35; 189, A 9; 297, 42; 436 f., 10, 25; V, 83, 51. epithet of London, II, 265, 5, 12; 440, 14; III, 276, 1; 284, 6, 7; 330, 16; 406, 35; V, 227, 8. So, lovely London, III, 352, 1; 355, 7. lilly Londeen, IV, 485, 19. whether he were loth or lefe, III, 67, 225 (properly, him were): disagreeable or agreeable; here, unwilling or willing. For had lever see leuer.
leeve, III, 105, 15: believe.
leeve, III, 287, 62: grant.
leeze. See lees.
lefe, III, 28, 128: pleasing, agreeable. III, 67, 225: pleased. See leefe.
leffe (A. S. lǽfan), wolde not leffe beheynde, III, 112, 60: remain.
leg, V, 126 f., 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., 4, 14, 35; 195, 37. See lee, adj.
leifer, leifar, III, 436 f., 10, 25; IV, 196, 13: rather. See leeve.
leil. See leal.
leiugh, low. See leaugh.
leman, lemman, Old Eng. leofman, beloved (of both sexes). I, 232, 6, 7; 314, 2-4, 6; II, 271, 18; 273, 24, 400, 6; IV, 151, B 1, 2; 154, 2, 3; V, 283, 3: lover, paramour. I, 72, 30, 32; 117, 8; 254, 10; II, 73, 27, 28; 81, 40; 289, B 2, 3; V, 248, 4; 283, 12: love, mistress, loose woman.
lemanless, III, 434, 28: without lovers.
lemanry, V, 25, 4: illicit love.
len, v., lean. See lend.
len, lene, III, 420 f., 30, 32, 34, 52; neither lee nor len, IV, 277, 15, 17: conceal. II, 164, 8, 11, 14: conceal, or lie. that cannot longer len, II, 403, 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, 5, 8; III, 63 f., 153, 165; 82, 76; 85, 76; V, 49, 21: grant, give.
lend, n., II, 185, 38: loan.
lend, I, 207, 19, lend ye till your pike-staff: we should no doubt read len==lean. lent. I, 223, I 4: leaned.
lende, III, 75, 395: dwell.
lene, conceal. See len.
lenger, lengre, III, 61, 105; 73, 341; 78, 443: longer.
lenght, III, 478, 17: length.
length, this length, IV, 271, A 4: for so long.
lent, pret., I, 223, I 4: leaned.
lequays, likewise. See leguays.
lere (A. S. hléor), III, 57, 28: cheek, face.
lere, III, 57, 16; 77, 426: learn.
lese, leese, III, 59, 56: lose.
less (age), IV, 64 a: minor.
less o him, I, 332, G 1: smaller of him, than him.
lesse, III, 296, 25: false, falsehood.
lest, II, 81, 45 (reading in earlier MS. for rest): last.
lesynge, falsehood. See leasing(e).
let, lat (A. S. lǽtan), allow, leave. II, 54, 48; 265, 8, 15, 24; III, 58, 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, 22, 23; 128, 75; 307, 2: hinder.
letten, p. p. of let, I, 87, 43; 452, 6: allowed, left.
letters, letturs, III, 99, 55 (the kyng did hit vnfold); III, 297, 36: letter.
leuch, luke, pret. of laugh, II, 30, K 1; 81, 33; 366, 23; IV, 272, 9.
leugh, n., lower part. See laugh.
leugh, pret. of laugh, I, 388, A 7; II, 134, 21; III, 69, 273; 467, 60; 490, 17.
leugh, leaugh, lewgh, etc., IV, 465, 34, 38; 484 f., 8, 10: low.
leutye, lewtë, III, 64, 154, 169: loyalty, faith.
leuve, I, 17, 14: palm of the hand. See loof.
leve, lave, m., II, 75, 20: rest.
leue, v., III, 61, 112; 79, 76: permit, grant.
levedys, I, 334, 9: ladies.
leven, I, 324, 13; 325, 12: lawn, glade, open ground in a forest. See launde.
leuer, leifer, pleasanter, preferable, rather. had leuer, III, 24, 35; 189, A 9; 297, 42; 436 f., 10, 25; V, 83, 51. See leeve.
lewde (lye), III, 171, 8: base, vile.
lewgh, low. See leaugh.
lewte. See leutye.
ley, lea, lee, III, 109, 4; for a’ his father’s leys, II, 333, 11; 334, M 4; riding the leys, IV, 137, 34: land not under cultivation, simply land, plain, field. lands and ley, V, 157, 2: arable land and pasture; a common phrase in Scots conveyancing, “all and whole the lands and leas.”
ley-land, I, 15, 11; 16, B 11: land lying lea, not under cultivation. See lay-land.
ley licht. See lei, lee.
leyngger, V, 80, 37: longer.
leyt, V, 80, 37: lighted.
leythe, III, 112, 62: light.
liag, V, 237, 5: leg.
libertie, lying at, II, 464, 11: possessed in one’s own right, unencumbered.
liberty, lybertye, place of, II, 443, 39; 449, 44, 52: where one can fight without fear of interruption?
liberty-wife, II, 291, 2: mistress.
licence, V, 155, C 3, make their licence free: pay the licence of an inn-keeper.
licht, I, 146, 19, 20: alight. lichted, lichtit, II, 92, 16; IV, 195, D 2; 337 b, g after 20.
lichter, I, 21 b, 8; II, 105, 10: delivered. See lighter.
lichtlie, lichtly, lightly, IV, 94, 3; 98, 8; 100, 7; 337 a, g 16: make light of, treat, or speak of, with disrespect.
lick, II, 470, 45: gratuity (of meal from the miller).
lick, III, 163, 87: take for one’s self; cf. II, 470, 45.
lidder, lither, III, 464, 1: lazy. as adv., 467, b 1: excessively. (A. S. lýðre, bad.)
lie, ly, lye, I, 103, 10; III, 123, 5; 432, 17; V, 191, 5: reside, live.
lie, lee, lea, love. See lea.
lie, III, 301, E: lea.
lie, thou lie, IV, 197, 17: for thou liest, ye lie.
lied (A. S. lǽden), I, 430, 5, 9: language, talk. See leed.
lied, pret., V, 220, 6: loved.
lief-lang. See lee-lang, under lee.
liel, I, 70, 24: chaste. See leal.
lien, p. p., II, 135, 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, 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, 34: dear. See leeve.
life, leaf.
life, man of life, II, 244, 10: man alive (Chaucer’s lives man).
lift, I, 370, 16; 440, 18; II, 26, 14: air, sky.
lift, V, 82, 37: lifted.
lig, ligg, ligge, lygge, imperat., I, 328, 36; II, 437, 72; 439, 4, 7; IV, 396, 6; inf., III, 212, 17: lay.
lig, ligge, lygge, I, 328, 38-41; II, 244, 6, 7: lie.
light, pret., II, 46, 38; 54, 49; V, 53, 93: lighted, alighted. See lyght.
light, III, 156, 1: corruption of lith, listen.
lighter, of a bairn, I, 86 f., 7, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25, 43; II, 98, 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, 15: ellipsis of of. See lichter.
lightly, lightlie, lyghtly(e), III, 23 ff., 11, 41, 45, 61, V, 82, 36: quickly. III, 35, 35: easily. V, 84, 3: for slight reason.
lightly, lichtlie, -ly, III, 472, 10; IV, 351, 2, 9: treat with disrespect. IV, 92, 2: slight (in love). IV, 94, 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, 7; 372, 24; III, 386, 7; 392, 6; 394, J 4; 395, M 2 (cf. L 2): in a condition, in a fair way, or likely. liker, II, 97, 22: more likely (?). See lyken.
like, III, 355, 13; 358, 60, 80; 360, 109, 111: please. III, 400 a, (7): be pleased, satisfied.
likesome, II, 433, 5, 6, 8; 440, 23; 442, 4; 446, 89: pleasing, lovely.
lilt, I, 187 b; IV, 266, 16: to sing cheerfully. lilted, IV, 95, 3: sang, chanted.
lily, lilly, lilye, lillie, liley, lillie, lea, lee, lie, I, 325, B 11; III, 299, 8, 11; 300, 25; 301, 32, E; 435, 2; IV, 454, 6; 455, 14; 458, 7; V, 244, 16, 19; lillie leven, I, 324, 13; 325, C 12; lilly bank, brae, IV, 220, 13, 14: explained as “overspread with lilies or flowers,” but clearly from A. S. léoflíc, Old Eng. lefly, etc., lovely, charming. So, lilly feet (i. e. leely), I, 130, E 13; lily leesome thing, IV, 432, 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, 6; III, 466, 47: wretch (m. or f.), rascal. limmer thieves, 439 f., 4, 20; 441, 34. limmer loon, IV, 146, 15, 17. of a woman, II, 219, 9: jade.
lin. See linn.
Lin, Linn, Linne, Line, Lyne, a stock ballad-locality (like Linkum): I, 78, 38; 466, 5; 478 f., 5, 10, 16, 34; II, 240, 2; 290, 19; IV, 379, 18; 381, 12; 382, 15; V, 14, 1 ff.; 182 f., 2, 11, 29; 219, 6; thro Linkum and thro Lin, II, 124, 37.
lin, III, 105, 11; 174, 15: stop.
lin’d, III, 164, 91: beat.
ling, lyng, III, 3, 6; 7, 5; 99, 53: a species of rush, or thin long grass, bent grass, Scotland; in England, heath, furze.
lingcan, I, 299, 5: lichame, body.
linger, I, 334, 8: longer.
Linkem. See Linkum.
linkin, linken, IV, 332 b; V, 124, 4; 240, 1: tripping, walking with a light step. on a horse, II, 285, 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 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, 21, 22. thro Linkum and thro Lin, II, 124, 37. cock crew i the merry Linkem, II, 239, B 4. a the squires in merry Linkum, IV, 432, 1.
linn, lin, lynn(e), water-course, torrent, river, pool in a river (A. S. hlynna, torrens): I, 303, D 4; II, 147, 9; 153, 24; III, 274, 1. of a mill-stream, I, 129, D 6. o’er the linne, II, 282 f., 9, 17, 18; IV, 479, 10 (==in the lynn, IV, 479, 5); II, 283, 8, 9: over the bank into.
Linnen, II, 225, D 3: Lunnon, London.
linsey, linsey-woolsey.
lint, IV, 433, 32: linen, linen mutch or cap.
lippen on me, II, 94, 10: depend. to God, III, 269, 12; to good==God, V, 243, 15: trust.
lirk, IV, 198, 2: crease, hollow.
lish, leash.
list, n., III, 137, 2; 181, 16: inclination.
list, v., III, 171, 9; 179, 4; 311, 19: desire, be disposed. pret. list, III, 171, 11. impersonal, me list, III, 97, 9. See lyste.
lith, lyth, I, 135, O 15, 17; 345, C 4; II, 412, 1; 413, 8: member, joint.
lith, I, 334, 7: light.
lith, lithe, lythe (Icel. hlýða), I, 334, 10; III, 22, 5; 198, 1; 411, 1: hearken.
lither, II, 54, 51; 138 f., 9, 13, 22, 23: bad. See lidder.
Litle Brittaine, I, 284 f., 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, 20, 22; III, 278, 34; 285, 27; Litle London, III, 285, 22; Litle Durham, III, 285 f., 29, 39, 40. All these places, it will be observed, are in the Percy MS.
live, leave.
live, V, 227, 13: dear.
live best, IV, 146, 2: are the best of those living.
lively, I, 184, 47: alive.
liuer, adj., III, 180, 10: deliver, agile.
liuerance, III, 411, 8: payment for delivering.
livery-man, I, 419, 1; 421, 1: servant.
liues, II, 59, 25: ’lieves, believes.
liuor, III, 411 f., 8, 9, 10, 14: deliver, hand over, surrender.
load, III, 267, 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, 14, 16; 140, 1; V, 118, 2. (loan-head, IV, 285, 11, is toun-head in the original.)
locked, lockit, in a glove, II, 461, 21; 464, 6; 477, D 17: fastened.
lockerin, comes lockerin to your hand, IV, 213, 14; lockren, V, 258 b, 7: curling, closing as if to embrace.
loddy, IV, 70 f., G 4, 5, etc.: laddy.
lodder, loder, V, 283, 6, 16: louder.
lodesman. See ledesman.
lodging-maill, III, 474, 38: rent for lodging.
lodly, I, 285 f., 31, 43, 56; II, 44, 12: loathly, disgusting.
lodomy, IV, 398 f., 9, 34: laudanum.
loe, loie, loy, lou, v., I, 438, 10; V, 221, 9; 260, 13; 272 b, 3, 7, 11; 277, 1, 4: love. See lea.
loffe, n. and v., V, 79, 26, 28: love.
logie, IV, 175, N 11: lodge.
loie, loy, love. See loe.
lome, II, 44, 12: lame man.
lone, n., II, 333, 1; 489, 17. See loan.
long, tall. Long Lankyn, Long Iamie, II, 328, 1, etc.; III, 358, 63, 65, etc.
long of, II, 436, 53; III, 98, 22: owing to, the fault of.
loo, love, II, 408, 23. pret. lood, II, 417, 2; 419, 52. See lea.
lood, loud.
loof, looff, lufe, luve, leuve, I, 15, 15; 16, B 16, C 16; 17, 14; 18, F 9; 19, 14; III, 374, 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, 7; 204, 19: allowed.
loot, p. p. (?) of let, I, 351, 49; III, 436, 13; IV, 33, 26: allowed, allowed to, come.
looten, p. p. of let, II, 168, 8: allowed (to come). See lotten.
lope, pret. of loup, II, 59, 30; 434 f., 28, 47; 436, 58; III, 479, 39.
lord nor loun, III, 301, 32: man of high or low rank. In II, 159, 26, lord is a wrong reading; rogue nor loun, or the like, is required, as in 160, 20.
lordane, lurden, III, 25, 61: dolt, clodpoll, etc.
lore, lorne, III, 59, 51; V, 79, 32: lost.
loset, III, 94, 52: loosed, delivered.
loss, V, 200 a, 65; 262, No 223, 10; 277, 6: lose.
lotten, p. p. of let, I, 87, 38: allowed. See looten.
loudly, III, 440, 12: loud.
lough, loughe, pret. of laugh, II, 54, 58; 444, 48; V, 254 b, 2. See leuch, leugh.
lought, pret. of laugh, III, 82, 74; V, 51, 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, 40, 41; 71, 32; III, 435, F 8; IV, 514, 12. lord nor (or) loun (lowne), III, 301, 32; 430, 13; 435, E 5; 436, 6, 8. IV, 11, 2; 519, H 2, I 2: rogue. often a mere term of general disparagement (as in, English loun): (of a man) II, 118, 3, 4; 140, 25; V, 171, 4; (woman) I, 100, 30; 491, G 24, H 22. fellow, without disparagement, IV, 258, 21. naughty girl, II, 419, 37. mistress, concubine, whore, II, 181 b; IV, 14, 13; 330 a, 3; 332 b; 469, 3; 519, 9; 520, 13. See lown.
loup, I, 102, D 3; II, 464, 1; IV, 44 f., 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, 2). We have, however, whisking ore the coal, I, 302, 4; reeking (==raiking) oer the coal, 304 E 3; and across agrees better with leaping than with heating.
loup, pret. of loup, II, 461, 5.
loupen, louped, p. p. of loup, III, 465, 27; IV, 462, 36.
lourd, loord, pret. and p. p. of lour==prefer, verb made from lever, rather. I had lourd, IV, 199, 18. I wad lourd have, IV, 7, 43. loord a had, V, 251, 36. I rather lourd it had been, II, 275 b.
lout, loot, I, 56, B 12; 351, 36, 48; II, 401, C 5: bow, bend, lean. pret. louted, looted. louted in, I, 331, D 5: bent our heads to enter? louted twafauld, threefauld, V, 242 b, 7: bent double, treble, p. p. louted, lootit, louten.
louten, p. p. of lout, II, 168, 9: bent.
love, I, 476, J 4: loaf.
love-clapped, II, 165, 10; 169, 8; 171, 13; 370, 8; 371, 8; IV, 392, 8; V, 277, 8: embraced lovingly, caressed.
loverd, I, 243 f., 1, 6, 17: lord.
louesome, III, 431, 30: lovely.
lov(e)ly, louelie, epithet of London: III, 199, 19; 310, 61; 352, 1; 355, 7. See leeve.
low, lowe, I, 211, 35; III, 93, 46: hill.
low, lowe, III, 435, F 5, 10; 436 f., 13, 20, 24, 34; IV, 47, 5; 514, 8: flame.
low, lowe, pret. of laugh, III, 110, 16; 112, 53; V, 78, 4. See lowhe.
lowe, doggs bite soe, III, 342, 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, 44, 46-48.
lown, IV, 304, 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, 46: luces, pikes.
Luckenbooths, V, 162, 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 16; 17, 14; 19, 14; III, 374, 8: palm of the hand.
lugs, I, 302, A 10; IV, 53, 11; 296, 8; V, 102, B 15; 103 b, 15: ears.
luid, III, 370, 19: loved.
luke, pret. of laugh, V, 238, 28.
lum, V, 125, 3, 9: chimney.
luppen, p. p. of loup, leap, I, 55, A 3, B 3; IV, 444, 26; 470, 30; 518, 8.
lurden, lordan, III, 35, 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, 6; 85 and 89, 446; 332, 13: inclination, disposition. thy lustës to full fyll, III, 90 b: wishes. att his owne lust, III, 332, 13: pleasure.
lute, pret. of lett, IV, 345, 8: allowed. V, 248, 15: let down.
luve, palm of the hand. See loof.
ly, lye, IV, 261, 24; V, 168 f., 1, 2, 3, etc.: live, dwell. pret. lyed.
lyand, lying.
lyart, IV, 7, 36: grizzled, gray.
lybertye, apoint a place of, II, 443, 39; 449, 44, 52: a place where the two can fight freely, without risk of interruption?
lye. See ly.
lyed, II, 266, 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, 33: alighted. See light.
lyghtly(e). See lightly.
lyke, I, 327, 22; III, 28, 121; 64, 165; 76, 417: please.
lyke, I, 506, 3, 8, 9; II, 295, 8; IV, 236, 30: lyke-wake, watching of a dead body. In II, 117, 16: simply, death-scene.
lyke-wake, I, 251, B 4, 5, 7; II, 282, 14; III, 495 b, 21; IV, 516 f., 1, 7, 18: watch of a dead body. dead lyke-wake, I, 251, B 4, 5: wake for your death. See lyke, leak, leak-(lake-)wake.
lyken, participle, IV, 511 b, X 6: about, at the point. See like, liken.
lynde, lyne, III, 75, 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, 53: heath. See ling.
lyon, III, 344, 33; 349, 33: the royal standard (quite out of place here).
lyste, me lyste, III, 78, 446: it would please me, I should like. See list.
lyth, lyth, lithe (Icel. hlýða), III, 56, 1; 63, 144, 70, 282; 71, 317: hearken.
lyth, member. See lith.
lyuer, III, 362, 82: leever, rather.
lyueray, III, 59, 70: present of clothes. III, 64, 161: purveyance of drink.
ma, III, 490, 15, 27, 29: bit, whit.
Mable, booke of, III, 422, 61: some book of predictions, like Thomas Rymer’s.
made, a lie, I, 478, 25: told.
made, men, III, 406, 37: raised. made a bow o bere, V, 264 a, 2: contributed.
mae, III, 301, E; 349, 46; IV, 490, 27: more.
maen, mane, meen, n., II, 107, 2: moan.
magger of, in the, III, 307, 1: in spite of, maugre.
maick, make, mate.
maid, may, used loosely of a young wife: II, 300, 6, 8; 307, 33; V, 227, 7. So κόρη, παρθένος, in Homer, of a young wife, and puella of married woman often.
maid of a place, as, maid of the Cowdenknows, IV, 200, 12, 13; 202, J 2, 3; 203, 8; 205, 14: the eldest daughter of the tenant or proprietor, who is generally called by the name of his farm.
maid alone, II, 149, 2: solitary, like burd-alone, I, 298, 2 (which, however, is there used of a man).
maiden, IV, 30 a: an instrument for beheading, resembling the guillotine.
maigled, IV, 41, note *: mangled.
maik. See make.
mail, rent. lodging-maill, III, 474, 38.
main. man o the main, is it to a man o the might, or till a man o the main, II, 403, 7, 8: main can have no sense distinct from might, and man of the might, man of the main, is simple verbiage. In B 4, H 6, we have, to a man of micht or a man of mean: man of mean cannot be wrenched into man of low degree, and we do not want that sense even if we could legitimately get it, for the antithesis is not between the man of micht and the man of mean degree, but between both these and the robber or robbers of the last half of the stanza. The stall copy, 405, 5, 6, having only grammar in mind, reads man (one) that’s mean, and but for rhyme might perhaps have gone so far as, a man of means. IV, 146, 21, reads, man o mine, to avoid the difficulty. See mean.
main, n., IV, 473, 39: moan. See mane.
ma-i-ntn, V, 303 a: maintain, support.
mair, IV, 21, 14: more, bigger.
mairly, IV, 59 f., d 2; e 2, g 2: a rhyme used for mair.
maist, II, 169, 7: almost.
maistly, I, 138 b, d 5: mostly, almost. See mostly.
make, maik, maicke, I, 127, 14; 128, 11: 129, D 8; 347, 23, 30; 348, 11, 17: mate, consort. I, 403, 12; II, 46, 1; IV, 344, 7; V, 184, 44: match, like; and so in, what is my lineage or what is my make, IV, 341, D 8.
make, III, 37, 67: for made, p. p.
making, IV, 208, 3: doing, deportment.
maks, V, 307 b: makes.
male, III, 63, 134; 68, 247, 255: (O. Fr. male) trunk. male-hors, III, 74, 374.
mall, with the leaden mall, III, 357, 42: mallet, hammer (referring to the weight of his stroke).
mallasin, malison.
man, V, 191, 8, 12: vassal. V, 304 b, 3: husband.
man, mane, maun, mun, I, 16, B 8, 9, 12-16; 146, 5, 6; V, 197, 12; 219, 29; 220, 4; 248, 12, 13: must.
mane, maen, main(e), meane, meen, I, 72, 20; 448, A 1, 3; etc.: moan, complaint, lament; often nothing more than utterance, enunciation, as, I, 253, 1; 394, A 2; 395, C 4; III, 489, 1.
mane, v., I, 72, 23: moan. See mean.
maney, III, 109, 4: meny, followers. See menë.
mang, I, 108, 6: among.
manhood, manhead, manheed, men (man) o your, men to your, I, 108, 14; 109, 13; IV, 446 f., 14: a strange way of saying, if you are men (man) of true valor, willing to fight one by one. III, 422, 59: manly deed, exploit demanding courage.
manie, mennie, V, 270, 8: maunna, must not.
mankie, V, 173, 3: calamanco, a stuff made in the Low Countries.
manratten, manrydden (A. S. manrǽden), III, 359, 95; 362, 95: homage, vassalage.
manrent, IV, 34 b: homage, vassalage. See manratten.
mansworn, I, 394, 3; IV, 442, 10: perjured.