A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - Part 74
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La, _interj._ == lo. O. and N. 1541

Labour, _sb._ 49 B.

Lace, _v. a._ K. Horn, 870

Lack, _sb._ == fault. HD. 190. RG. 389

---- == want, defect. Pol. S. 154. Dut. laecke

---- _v. n._ == be wanting. Pol. S 154

Lad, _sb._ HD. 890. W. llawd

Ladder, _sb._ RG. 148; pl. landren. RG. 410. AS. laeedder

Lady, _sb._ RG. 451; [levede], RG. 441, 380. AS. hlaefdige. See on this word the Ormulum, vol. ii. pp. 632-634

Lahte, Laute, Lauthe, _vb._ == received, took. Wright's L. P. p. 46. HD.

744, 1673. AS. laeccan

Laite, _v. n._ == look. Ps. 31, 9. AS. wlitan. See Gloss. Rem. to La?.

iii. 449

---- _v. a._ == look for, seek. Ps. xxiii. 6

Lake, _sb._ Body and Soul, 160. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Lamb, _sb._ RG. 369

Lame, _adj._ HD. 1938

---- == defective. O. and N. 364

---- _v. a._ HD. 2755

Lammas, _sb._ == Lady-ma.s.s. RG. 557

Lamp, _sb._ Alys. 5253

Lamprey, _sb._ RG. 442

Land, _sb._ RG. 377, 494

---- _v. a._ == bring to land. K. Horn, 779

Landfolk, _sb._ O. and N. 1156

Langmode, _adj._ == patient, long-suffering. Ps. cii. 8. AS. langmod

Language, _sb._ RG. 118, 150

Lantern, _sb._ Ps. xvii. 29

Large, _adj._ == big. 1195 B.

---- == liberal. HD. 97

Largely, _adv._ RG. 510, 511, 383

Largeness, _sb._ == liberality. Alys. 6879

Largess, _sb._ RG. 181

Laroun, _sb._ == robber. Alys. 4209. Fr. larron

Las, _sb._ == snare. Alys. 7698. Fr. las. ON. las

Last, _sb._ == a shoemaker's last. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. laest

Last, _sb._ == sin. Wright's L. P. p. 37. ON. lostr. Dan. last

Last, _sb._ == load, burden? Wright's L. P. p. 31. AS. hlaest; or possibly == trace. AS. hlast

Last, _v. n._ == endure, continue. 464 ; pret. 'ylaste.' RG. 263; part, 'ilast,' RG. 509

Last, _adj._ 'atte laste.' RG. 377

Lasteles, _adj._ == faultless. Wright's L. P. p. 52

Late, _adj._ RG. 381; comp. 'later.' RG. 382

---- _adv._ Wright's L. P. p. 99

Lathe, _sb._ == loathing, harm. Alys. 7722. AS. la

Latter, _adj._ == last. Creed of St Athan. 56

Latymer, _sb._ == latiner, interpreter. Wright's L. P. p. 49. Alys. 7089

Laue, _sb._ == a hill. Alys. 3857. AS. hl?w. See Lowe

Laugh, _v. n._ [lihe], RG. 93; [ly?he], RG. 101; pret. 'lou?' 710 B.; 'low.' HD. 903

Launch, _v. n._ == shoot into water. Alys. 3746

Laute, Lauthe, == received. See under Lahte

Lave, _vb. a._ == pour out upon. Wright's L. P. p. 72. Rel. Ant. i. 144.

AS. lafian