LOUN, LOWN, adj. quiet, calm, sheltered.  O.N. logn, O. Sw.
    lughn.  See Wall under lownd.

LOUP, LOWP, vb. to leap, to jump.  O.N. hlaupa, to leap, Norse
    laeupa, run, O. Sw. loepa, Dan. loebe.  Cp.  Cu. lowpy-
     dike, a husband of unfaithful habits, and the secondary
    meanings of Norse laupa given in Aasen.

LOUP, LOWP, sb. a jump, a spring.  Bruce, VI, 638; X, 414; Sco. 
    Pro. 3.  See the verb.

LOUSE, LOWSE, adj. loose, free, unfettered.  Wyntoun, IX, 2, 63;
    Douglas, I, 95, 9; I, 95, 23.  O.N. lauss, Norse laeus,
    loose.  See Wall.  Sco. to be louse, to be abroad, about.  The
    Norse word is similarly used.  Cp.  Germ. los, and Dan. loes. 
    Waddell has the word godlowse, godless.

LOUSE, LOWSE, vb. to make loose, release.  C.S., 121; Lyndsay, 460,
    232; K.Q., 34.  O.N. lauss.  The O.N. vb. was loysa.  See
    louse, adj.

LOW, vb. to humble.  R.R., 148.  Same as Eng. to lower.  So in Sco.
    to hey, to heighten.

LOW, vb. to flame, to flare up, kindle.  Dunbar, G.T., 45; Ramsay,
    II, 17; Psalms, LXXVI.  O.N. l[o,]ga, to burn with a flame,
    Norse l[o,]ga, laaga, to blaze, but cp. the Sco. sb.
    lowe.

LOWE, sb. flame.  O.N. l[o,]gi, Norse laage.  See Skeat.

LOWNE, vb. to shelter.  Bruce, XV, 276; M.E. lounen, to shelter. 
    See lowne, adj.  Douglas, II, 236, 31, lownit, pp. serene,
    tranquil.

LUCK, vb. to succeed.  Montg., C., 643.  O.N. lukka, reflexive, to
    succeed (bene succedere, Haldorson), lukka, sb. luck.  O. Sw.
    lukka, loecka and lykka.  In Scand. dial. the latter
    umlauted form only is found for the vb., but Norse sb.
    lukka, Dan. sb. lykke.  Undoubtedly Norse influence in Sco.

LUCKEN, vb. to give luck, cause to succeed.  Sco. formation from
    luck.  Cp. slok and sloken.

LUFE, LOOF, sb. the palm of the hand.  O.N lofi, the hollow of
    the hand, the palm, Norse love, id., Sw. dial. love.

LUG, sb. the ear.  See Skeat and Wall.  Cp.  Norse lugga, to pull,
    and lug as a sb. originally “that which is pulled.”  In Cu.
    lug means “the handle of a pail.”  Compare the Eng. to lug,
    to carry.

LYTHE, vb. to listen.  Dunbar, 192, I. O.N. hlyetha, to listen,
    Dan. lytte, O. Sw. lyÞa, id.

MAIK, sb. companion, partner, consort.  Dunbar, T.M.W., 32;
    Philotus, 2.  O.N. maki, partner, an equal, Norse make,
    Dan. mage, O. Sw. maki, M.E. make, consort, partner.