Lewednesse, sb. ignorance, PP, S2, C2; lewdnesse, PP; lewdnes, S3; lewdenesse, Prompt.

Lewke, adj. tepid, Cath.; luke, Cath. (n).

Lewse, sb. pasture, S; see Lesewe.

Lewte, sb. loyalty, fidelity, G, Prompt., PP; leute, PP.—­AF. lealte, OF. lA"alted; Lat. legalitatem.

Lewth, sb. shelter, HD.—­AS. hleowA deg., hlA(C)oA deg..

Leye, sb. flame, PP, S; leie, S; lei, SD.—­AS. lA(C)g:  Icel. logi.  Cf. Lowe.

Leye, sb. untilled land, PP; lay, Prompt.; laye, dat., S3; laye, adj., G; layes, pl. meadows, S3; leys, S3; leyes, PP; ley3*es, PP; leas, S3 (p. 228).—­AS. lA(C)ah.

Leye-lond, sb. lea-land, PP; laylande, ’terre nouvellement labourA(C)e,’ Palsg.

Leyen, pt. pl. lay, S, S3; leyn, pp., lain, S3; see Liggen.

Leyn, v. to lay, S, S3; leyde, pt. s., S; leyd, pp., S, S2; see Leggen.

Leyser, sb. leisure, C, C2; laser, S2, S3:  laysure, Manip.—­AF. leisir; Lat. licere.

~-le3*3*c~, suffix, used in forming abstract nouns, found in Ormulum, S.—­Icel. _-leikr_, or _-leiki_.  Cf. ~-lac~.

Li-; see also under Ly-.

Libben, v. to live, S, S2, S3; see Liuien.

Lich, sb. body, form, S, PP, SkD; liche, S, PP, WA; like, WA; lyche, dead body, Prompt. Comb.:  lichewake, the watch held over the body of the dead, C, SD; lyke-waik, JD, Prompt, (n).—­AS. lA-c, the body, generally the living body; cp.  Goth. leik, the body, also a corpse.  Cf. Liche.

Lic-hame, sb. body, S; licham, S; lykhame, PP; licame, S, PP; licam, PP, S2; likame, PP; likam, PP, S2; lykam, PP; lykame, S2; lycome, S; liham, PP; lichames, gen., S; licames, PP.—­AS. lA-c-hama, a body, properly ‘body-covering’; cp.  Icel. lA-kami.

Lichamliche, adj. bodily, carnal, S; lichomliche, S.—­AS. lA-chamlic.

Liche, adj. like, resembling, PP, S3; lyche, PP, S2; lich, S2; lijk, W2; lyik, W2; lykkest, superl., S2.—­AS. lA-c, found usually in the form ge-lA-c.  Cf. Lich, Ilich.

~-liche~, suffix, found in adjectives and adverbs.—­AS. _-lic_, adj. suffix, _-lice_, adv. suffix.

Licht, adj. light, not heavy, easy, S2, B; see Liht.