An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 478

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 478

~Laigh~, _s._ Flat, low part, S. B.


_Stat. Acc._


LAYIS, _s._ Alloy.


_Acts Ja. IV._


Fr. _lier_, id.


~Layit~, _adj._ Base, applied to money.


_Knox._


LAIK, LAKE, _s._ Fine linen cloth.


_Sir Egeir._


Belg. _lak_, cloth in general.


LAIK, _s._ Gift, pledge.


_Sir Tristrem._


A. S. _lac_, munus.


LAIK, LAIKE, _s._


1. A stake at play, S.


Isl. _leik_, Su. G. _lek_, id.


_Montgomerie._


2. Used metaph. to denote the strife of battle.


_Sir Gawan._


~Laykyng~, _s._ Justing.


_Wyntown._


LAIK, _s._ Lack, S.


_Douglas._


Teut. _laecke_, id. Su. G. _lack_, id.


LAYKE, _s._ Paint.


_Philotus._


Fr. _lacque_, sanguine colour.


LAIKIN, LAIKY, _adj._ Intermittent, applied to rain, S.


Su. G. _lack-a_, deficere.


LAIKS, _s. pl._ Perh. _laits_, gestures.


_Dunbar._


LAYME, _adj._ Earthen.


V. ~Lame~.


LAYNDAR, LAUENDER, _s._ A laundress.


Fr. _lavendiere_, id.


_Barbour._


_To_ LAYNE, _v. n._ To lie.


_Gawan and Gol._


_To_ LAYNE, LEIN, _v. a._ To conceal.


_Minstrelsy Border._


Su. G. _hlaun-a_, Isl. _leyn-a_, id.


LAYNE, _n._ Lawn, fine linen.


_Acts Ja. VI._