An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 477
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 477
LAGMAN, _s._ The president in the supreme court formerly held in Orkney.
_Barry._
Su. G. _lagman_, judex provincialis.
LAGRAETMAN, _s._ One acting as an officer to a _lagman_.
_Barry._
Su. G. _lag_, law, and _raett_, right.
LAY, _s._ Law.
O. Fr. _lai_.
_Douglas._
LAY, _s._ Foundation.
_Wodrow._
Teut. _laeghe_, positus.
LAY, _s._ The slay of a loom, S.
_Adam._
Teut. _laede_, pecten; _leggh-en_, ponere.
_To_ LAY, _v. a._ To alloy.
_Acts Ja. IV._
_To_ LAY ~on~, _v. a._ To strike, S.
_R. Bruce._
Su. G. _laegga pa en_, aliquem verberare.
_To_ LAYCH, _v. n._ To linger.
_Douglas._
Fr. _lach-er_, to unbend.
LAICHLY, _adj._ Perh. for _laithly_.
_Lyndsay._
LAID, _s._ The pollack.
V. ~Lythe~.
LAIDLY, _adj._
V. ~Laithlie~.
LAID-SADILL, _s._ A saddle used for laying burdens on.
_Bannatyne Poems._
LAYER, _s._ The shear-water.
V. ~Lyre~.
LAIF, LAEF, _s._ A loaf, S.
_Pop. Ball._
Moes. G. _hlaifs_, A. S. _hlaef_, _laf_, id.
_To_ LAIG, _v. n._ To wade.
_Gl. Sibb._
LAIGH, LAYCHE, _adj._
1. Low, S.
_Wyntown._
2. Not tall, S.
Su. G. _laag_, Teut. _laegh_, non altus.