lenten (A.S.) 369, _a linden tree_
leode (A.S.) 352, _people, a person_, whence our _lad_
lepen (A.S.) 41, 236, _to leap_. _pret. s._ leep, 10, 41, lope, 71, lepe,
107, lepte, 434. _pl._ lopen, 14, 22, 86, lope, 74. _part. pas._ lopen, 88
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_
likerous (A.N.) 133, _nice, voluptuous, lecherous_
likne (A.S.) 175, 190, _to imitate, to mimic, to make a simile_
lyme (A.S.) 436, _limb_
lyme-yerd (A.S.) 170, _limed twig_
lymitour (A.N.) 85, 445, _a limitour, a begging friar_
lynde (A.S.) 24, 155, _the linden tree_
lippe (A.S.) 324, _a slip, portion_
liser (A.N.) 89, _list of cloth_ (?)
lisse (A.S.) 160, 383, _joy, happiness, bliss_
liste (A.S.) _to please, list_. _pret._ list, 356, _it pleased_
listre (A.S.) 85, _a deceiver_
lite (A.S.) 262, _little_
litel (A.S.) _little_. litlum and litlum, 329, _by little and little_, the
uncorrupted Anglo-Saxon phrase. _See_ note
lyth (A.S.) 341, _a body_
lythe, lithen (A.S.) 155, 270, _to listen to_
lyven, lyve (A.S.) _to live_. _pr. pl._ lyveden, 2. _part. act._ lybbynge.
_See_ libben
lyves (A.S.) _alive_. lyves and lokynge, 405, _alive and looking_. _See_
note on l. 5014
lyveris (A.S.) 235, _livers, people who live_
lobies (A.S.) 4, _loobies, clowns_
loft (A.S.) _high, height_. bi lofte and by grounde, 372, _in height and in
ground-plan_. o-lofte, _aloft, on high_
lok (A.S.) 27, _a lock_
loken (A.S.) 388, _to look, to over-see_, 148. _pret. s._ lokede, 276
lollen (A.S.) 240, _to loll_. _part. pas._ lolled, 239. _part. act._
lollynge, 346
lolleris (A.S.) 308, _lollards_. The origin of this word is doubtful, but
it seems to mean generally people who go about from place to place with a
hypocritical show of praying and devotion. It was certainly in use long
before the time of the Wycliffites, in Germany as well as in England.
Johannes Hocsemius (quoted by Ducange, v. _Lollardi_) says, in his
chronicle on the year 1309, "Eodem anno quidam hypocritæ gyrovagi, qui
_Lollardisive Deum laudantes_ vocabantur, per Hannoniam et Brabantiam
quasdam mulieres nobiles deceperunt," &c. The term, used in the time of
Piers Ploughman as one of reproach, was afterwards contemptuously given to
the church reformers. The writer of the Ploughman's Tale, printed in
Chaucer, Speght, fol. 86, appears to apply it to wandering friars:--
i-cleped _lollers_ and londlese.
lomere (A.S.) 439, _more frequently_
lond-buggere (A.S.) 191, _a buyer of land_
+lone (A.S.) 493, _a loan_ (?)
longen (A.S.) _to belong_
loof (A.S.) _a loaf_
loone (A.S.) 442, _a loan_. lenger yeres loone, _a loan of a year longer, a
year's extension or renewal of the loan_
loore (A.S.) 79, 244, _teaching, lore, doctrine, science_
loores-man, lores-man (A.S.) 164, 318, _a teacher_
loos (A.S.) 219, _honour, praise_
lorel (A.N.) 147, 294, 351, 369, _a bad man, a good-for-nothing fellow_.
Chaucer, in his translation of Boethius, uses it to represent the Latin
_perditissimus_. Compare the description of the _lorel_ in the Ploughman's
Tale (Speght's Chaucer) fol. 91:--
For thou canst no cattell gete,
But livest in lond as a _lorell_,
With glosing gettest thou thy mete.
losel (A.N.) 5, 124, 176, 303, _a wretch, good-for-nothing fellow_. It
appears to be a different form of the preceding word. loselly, 240, _in a
disgraceful, good-for-nothing manner_
losengerie (A.N.) 125, 176, _flattery, lying_
lothen (A.S.) _to loath_
looth (A.S.) _loath, hateful_. lother, 318, _more loath_. lothliche,
_hateful_
lotebies (A.S. ?) 52, _private companions, bed-fellows_. In the romance of
the Seven Sages (Weber, p. 57) it is said of a woman unfaithful to her
husband:--
Sche stal a-wai, mididone,
And wente to here _lotebi_.
Chaucer uses the word (in the romance of the Rose, l. 6339), in a passage
rather similar to this of Piers Ploughman:--
Now am I yong and stout and bolde,
Now am I Robert, now Robin,
Now frere Minor now Jacobin,
And _with me followeth my loteby_,
To don me solace and company.