LÓCIAN
To LOOK ⬩ see ⬩ gaze ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ take heed ⬩ look (to) ⬩ belong ⬩ pertain
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Lóca nú receive thy sight, Blickl. Homl. 15, 26. 'Lóca hider;' ðá lócade hé ðider, Wulfst. 236, 20. Lóciaþ bráde and nán þing gecnáwaþ look far and wide, and understand nothing, 47, 13. Gáþ and lóciaþ ite et videte, Mk. Skt. 6, 38.
lof-herung
Praising ⬩ commendation
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Lamb. 55, 12
Linked entry: herung
lofung
Praising ⬩ appraising
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Lofunga ł herunga laudationes, Ps. Lamb, 9, 15
loppe
A flea ⬩ a spider ⬩ a silk-worm
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Lamb. 38, 12 sicut araneam is glossed 'swá swá ǽtterloppan'; if this is not a mistake for 'áttercoppan,' by which the word is rendered in Ps.
loða
A cloak
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A cloak, upper garment Loða lodix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 58: lacerna, 83, 65: sandalium, 119, 55: sagulum, 119, 58: colobium, dictum quia longum est, et sine manicis, 134, 37.
lot-wrenc
Deceit ⬩ deception ⬩ cunning ⬩ fraud ⬩ device ⬩ wile ⬩ craft
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Gif hwá mid his lotwrencum óðres mannes folgere fram him ápǽce si quis versutiis suis alius hominis pedisequam ab eo allexerit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 14; Th. ii. 186, 22. Ðá wearþ se mann mid deófles lotwrencum bepǽht, Homl.
Linked entries: list-wrenc wrenc
lox
A lynx
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A lynx Lox linx, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 14; Wrt. Voc. 22, 55. Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ge treówa ge furþum stánas; ðæt deór wé hátaþ lox, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 22
lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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To close, conclude, fasten, lock: Ðæt hé leác on hálre tungon qui statim conclusit et omnino confirmavit totum quod pater suus in vita sua fecerat, Chart. Th. 272, 5.
Linked entry: lýcþ
lufiend-
Lovely ⬩ lovable ⬩ amiable
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Lovely, lovable, amiable Lufigendlíc amabilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 40. Lufigendlíc miht amanda victus, 26; Som. 28, 19. Luffendlíc stede amenus locus, Ælfc. Gl. 48; Som. 65, 63; Wrt. Voc. 33, 59. Swíðe lufigendlíc and leóf ǽghwæðere þeóde utrique
luf-rǽdenn
Love
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Lamb. 108, 5
lund-laga
Rein ⬩ kidney
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Ðú nymst twegen lundlagan sumes duos renes, Ex. 29, 13: Lev. 8, 25
Linked entry: -laga
lungen
A lung
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Ðone man ðe biþ lungenne wund, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 92, 21
lús
A louse
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A louse Lús pediculus vel sexpes, Wrt. Voc. 24, 11. Swínes lús usia, 24, 34. Luus peducla, ii. 117, 8. Hine byton lýs, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 30. Hé áfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lúsum, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 21
lust-líce
gladly ⬩ willingly
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Ða godcundan láre lustlíce gehýran, Blickl. Homl. 47, 28: 49, 32
LÚTAN
To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop
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Hé árás and ðá tó eorþan leát he rose up, and then bowed to the ground, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 74, 7. Hé leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre he bent down to the emperor's ear, Homl. Th. i. 376, 28.
Linked entry: ge-loten dæg oððe ofernón
lyb-corn
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'A grain of purgative effect, especially the seeds of various euforbias, probably also of some of the gourds, as momordica elaterium, cucumis colocynthis,' Cockayne Lchdm. ii. 397, col 2 Libbcorn catharticum, Wrt. Voc. 67, 8. Libcorn lacyride, 67, 73
lyft-ádl
Palsy ⬩ paralysis
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Wið lyftádle, L. M. 1, 59; Lchdm. ii. 130, 1
lyft-gelác
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Motion in or of the air þurh lyftgelác on land becwom [he was borne through the air], Andr. Kmbl. 1683; An. 828. þurh lyftgelác léges blæstas weallas ymbwurpon [the winds blew the flames ], 3102; An. 1554
lyge
Lying ⬩ mendacious ⬩ false
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Monige lyge ł leáse wítga multi pseudoprophetæ, 24, 11: 24, 44. Behaldeþ eów wið lyge ł leáse wítgu attendite a falsis prophetis, 7, 15
Lyge-tún
Leighton
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Leighton, in Bedfordshire Ðæt rád út wið Lygtúnes, Chr, 917; Erl. 102, 16. Æt Lygetúne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 196, 3