A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Loking, sb. looking, PP; lokyng, custody, S; appearance, W; lokinge, decision, S2; lokynge, PP; protection, S2; lokunge, S.

Lokken, v. to lock, SkD; lok, Cath.; ylokked, pp., S2.  See Lok.

Lokrand, pr. p. as adj. curling S3; lokkerand, Cath. (n).

Lokyrynge, sb. curliness, crispitudo, Cath.

Lollen, v. to loll, limp about, lounge, rest, also, to flap, wag, PP; lollede, pt. s., S3; lullede, S2.

Lollere, sb. loller, idle vagabond, PP; loller, C2, CM.

Lomb sb. lamb, C3, W2, PP; lombe, Voc., PP, W; lambren, pl., PP, W, W2; lambre, W2; lombe, S2.—­AS. lamb, lomb.

Lome, sb. tool, instrument, S2, WA; a vessel (the ark in the deluge), S2; lomes, pl., S2, PP; lomen, S2.—­AS. gelA cubedma, ‘utensile’ (Voc.).

Lome, adv. frequently, S, PP; phr.:  oft and lome, HD; i-lome, S, S2; ylome, S2; lomer, comp., PP; lommere, PP.—­*—­AS. gelA cubedme.

Lomp, pt. s. happened; see Limpen.

Lond, sb. land, S, S2, PP; lont, S; lon, S; londe, dat., S2; londes, pl., S.—­AS. land.

Londe, v. to land, S.

Lond-folk, sb. countryfolk, S.

Londisse, adj. native, S.

Lone, sb. lane, PP; lones, pl., S2, PP.—­AS. lonu, see Sievers, 279.

Lone, sb. loan, S, S2, PP, Prompt.—­AS. lAin; cp.  Icel. lAin.

Longe, sb. lung; longen, pl., PP; lunges, SkD, Cath.; longes, C, PP.—­AS. lunge, pl. lungan.

Longe, adv.  See Ilong.

Longen, v. to become long, to long for, to belong to, S, S2, S3, C2, PP, SkD; langen, S2, H.—­AS. langian.  See Lang.

Longinge, sb. longing, S2; longynge, PP; longenge, S.

Loof, sb. loaf, W2, PP; lof, S, PP; laf, S; lofe, Cath.; loues, pl., C3; loouys, S2; looues, W2.—­AS. hlAif.

Loof, sb. a kind of rudder or apparatus for steering, SkD; loues, pl., SkD.—­Cp.  OF. lof, the windward side of a vessel (Rabelais).

Loop, v. to melt and run together in a mass, HD.—­Icel. hlaupa, to curdle; cp. blA cubedA deg.-hlaup, curdled blood.  Cf. Lepen.

Loos, sb. loss, PP; los, PP, C2,—­ONorth. los (Matt. 7. 13).  See Lesen.

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