Landbirst, (n.) landsprings, accidental torrents. Sc. Lang, (a.) long. Sc.

to think Lang, (n.) to be tired. Sc. Langsum, (a.) tedious. Sc.

Lap, (v. a.) lept. Sc.

Largess, (n.) liberality. (Fr.)
Lassed, (p.) lessened.

Lath, (a.) loth.

Latimer, (n.) interpreter. (Fr. latinier.)

Laton, (n.) mixed metal; a kind of brass. (Fr.)
Vide Rudd. Gloss. and Sibbald. According to
Owen's Dict. of Arts and Sciences, it also denotes
iron plates, tinned over.

Lauchtane, (a.) pale. Sibbald's Gloss.
Lauht, (p.) left, taken.

Lavendar, (n.) a laundress. (Fr. lavendiere.) Sc.
Laverid, (n.) lord.

Lavine, Lavinia.

Lavour, (n.) an ewer. (Fr.)

Law, (a.) low. Sc.

Laweis, (v. a.) lowers.

Sc.

Layndar, (n.) vide Lavendar.

to Layne, (v. a.) to dismiss? Sc. II. 37. note 5.

Layr, (n.) doctrine.

Ledis, (n.) lays. Sc. (Teut. leid, cantilena.)

Lee, (n.) joy. (Fr. lie, liesse.)

Leech, (n.) a physician.

Leefe, leife, (a.) dear, acceptable. (Fr.)

Leif you! love you! a mode of address.

to Leir, lere, (v.) to learn.

to Leis, lese, (v. a.) to lose, to loose.

Leman, (n.) a mistress, and sometimes, lover.
Lemand, lemyng, (p.) shining, gleaming. Sc.
Lenkeths, (v. a.) lengthens.

Lere, leir, lering, (n.) learning.

Lerid, (v. a.) learned.

to Lest, (v. a.) to incline. I. 307. note 3.

Lesum, (a.) loyal.

to Let, (v. a.) to leave.

to Let, (v. a.) to hinder, prevent. Sc. lat.
Letis, (v. a.) esteems.

Letted, (p.) prevented.
Leuch, (v. n.) laughed.
Levand, (p.) living.
Leve, (n.) love.

Leve, (a.) agreeable, lief.

to Leve, (v. a.) to believe.

Leven, (n.) lightning. Sc.

Lever, (a.) lieffer, preferable. See Leyden's Gloss. to Compl. of Sc.

Levereke, leveroke, (n.) a lark. (Sax. laferc.) to Leynd, (v. n.) to dwell.

Liche, (a.) alike, uniform.

Life, (n.) living person.

to Ligge, (v. n.) to lie, or lay.

Light, (v. n.) alighted.

Likam, (n.) likes, fellows.

to Like ill, (v. a.) to dislike.

Lintel, (n.) the beam over a door.

Lite, (a.) little.

Live-lod, (n.) livelihood, or life-leading.

Loft, (a.) lofty, exalted.

upon Loft, aloft.

Lokkerand, (p.) curling like locks or ringlets of

hair. Sc.

Lossum, (a.) lovesome, lovely.

Lough, (v. n.) laughs, laughed.
Loun, (a.) clean. Sc.

to Lout, (v. n.) to bend, stoop, bow.

Loveday, (n.) a day appointed for the amicable settlement of differences. Vide Tyrwhitt's note on Cant. Tales, v. 260.

Lowe, (n.) fire. Vide Ruddiman.

Lud, (n.) a song, or ode.

Lugre, (n.) a precious stone; perhaps the leucochrysos, or chrysolite.

Lurdane, (n.) a clumsy fellow. (Old Fr. lourdain.) Lusty, (a.) pleasing.

Lustyheid, (n.) lustyhead, lustiness, health, strength. Lyand, (p.) lying.

Lyfte, (a. or p.) exalted.

Lyte, (a.) little.

Lyth, (n.) limb, joint.

M.

Magecolled, (p.) defended by machecoulis. Vide I. 290. note 1.

Magnele, (n.) a catapulta, which threw large stones. (Fr. mangonel.)

Mailyeis, (n.) net-work; also the eylet-holes for lacing a kirtle. (Fr.)

Mair, mare, (a. or adv.) more. Sc.

Maist, (a. or adv.) most. Sc.

Maik, make, (n.) mate, companion.

Malmesyne, (n.) malmsey. (Fr. malvoisie.)

Man, (v.) must.

Maneir, (n.) manner. Sc.

Manged, (p.) eaten.

Maste, (a. or adv.) most,

Mawmentry, (n.) Mahometism, idolatry.

May, (n.) maid, virgin. (Sax.)

Mazers, (n.) cups. (Old Fr.)

Me, men, like the French on ;-sometimes a

mere expletive.

Meat, (n.) a feast.

to Meddle, (v.) to mix.

to Mell, (v.) to meddle. (Fr.)

Menyè, meynè, (n.) attendants, the household. (Fr.) Mere-swinis, (n.) sea-hogs, porpoises.

Merlyon, (n.) a species of hawk. (Fr. emerillon.)

Mester, (v.) administer? I. 307. note 1.
to Meve, (v.) to move. Sc.
to Meyne, (v.) to moan. Sc.
Meynt, (p.) mixed.

Might, (v.) could do.

to Ming, (v. a.) to mingle.

Mo, (a. or adv.) more.

Mochel, mochil, (a.) muckle, much.

Mon, (v.) must.

Mone, (n) a monkey. (Fr.) I. 190. note 1.
Monial, (n.) a nun.

Monunday, (n.) monday.

to Moot, (v.) to plead. Morronyng, (n.) morning.

Mot, mote, (v.) might, may.

Mounstring, (p.) exhibiting. (Old Fr. monstrant.) Mount-rose wine, perhaps, wine of Montrachet, near Beaume, still in estimation. I. 340. note 4. Munte, (v.) mounted? "I munte me." Vide I. 163. note 1.

Muscadell, a French wine.

My dear, myself. I. 153. note 7.

N.

Na, (a. or adv.) no. Sc. Sometimes used for nor. Name, (v. a.) took. (Sax.)

Nane, (a.) none. Sc.

Neiss-thirlis, (n.) nostrils. Sc.

Nether, (c.) sometimes used for nor.

to Neven, (v. a.) to name.

N' is, (v.) is not.

No, (c.) sometimes used for nor.

Nobleye, (n.) noble feats. (Old Fr.)

Nom, nome, (v. a.) Vide name, ubi supra.

for the Nonce, for the occasion. Vide Tyrwhitt's Chaucer. Note on ver. 381.

Noory, (n.) a boy. (Probably from Fr. nourisson.) II. 182. note 1. Turbervile.

Nor, (adv.) than.

N'ot, (v.) ne wot, knows not, knew not.
Nother, (c.) sometimes used for nor.
Nought-forthy, (adv.) nevertheless. Sc.
Novellis, (n.) news, adventures.
as Now, at present.

Noy, (n.) annoyance.
N' were, were not.
Nything, careless.

0.

Octiane, (n.) the ocean. Sc.
O'er-fret, (p.) embroidered. Sc.
O'er-welterand, (p.) rolling over. Sc.

Of, (prep.) sometimes used as in, sometimes for.
Oftsithes, oftsyis, oftsys, (adv.) oft-times.
Ogyrt, (a.) other. Rob. of Gloucester, Vide

Hearne's Gloss.

to Ois, (v. u.) to use. Sc.

Ok, (c.) but.

On, (prep.) sometimes used for in.

Ones, (adv.) once.

Oo, (a.) one.

Opnit, (v. a.) Sc.

Or, (adv.) before.

Orfeverye, (n.) goldsmith's work. (Fr.)
Osey, (n.) the herb sorrel. (Fr. oseille.)
Other, (c.) or.

to Overheild, (v.) to cover over. Sc.
to Overta, (v. a.) to overtake.

Paen, (n.) Pagan.

P.

Pale, (a.) light yellow. Sc. (Fr.)