An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 479
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 479
LAYNERE, _s._ A thong.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _laniere_, id.
LAING, _s._ A small ridge of land, Orkn.
_To_ LAIP, LAPE, _v. a._ To lap, S.
_Dunbar._
LAIP, _s._ A plash, Loth.
V. ~Lappie~.
LAIR, LAYRE, LARE, _s._
1. A place for lying down, S.
_Montgomerie._
2. The act of lying down.
_Douglas._
3. A burying-place, S.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _laeger_, Germ. _lager_, Dan. _laijer_, a bed; also, a sepulchre.
_To_ ~Lair~, _v. a._ To inter.
_Ferguson._
LAIR, _s._ A stratum, S.
_Ruddiman._
LAIR, LARE, _s._ A mire, S.
_Ruddiman._
Isl. _leir_, lutum, coenum.
_To_ ~Lair~, _v. n._ To stick in the mire, S.
_Law Case._
_To_ ~Lair~, _v. a._ To mire, S.
_Pitscottie._
LAIRBAR, LARBAR, _s._ One in a torpid state; _larbitar_, Ang.
_Philotus._
~Larbar~, ~Larbour~, _adj._
1. Sluggish.
_Dunbar._
2. Ghastly.
_Evergreen._
LAIRD, LARDE, _n._
1. A person of superior rank, a lord.
_Wyntown._
2. A leader, a captain.
_Douglas._
3. A landholder, under the degree of a knight, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _hlaford_, _lavord_, Isl. _lavard-ur_, Su. G. _Laward_, dominus.
~Lairdship~, _s._ A landed estate, S.
_Ramsay._
LAIRT, LEIR, _adv._