An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 489
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 489
2. A tomb, grave, or mound.
_Sir Gawan._
Moes. G. _hlaiw_ signifies monumentum.
LAW, _s._ The remainder.
V. ~Lafe~.
LAW-BORROIS, LAW-BORROWS, _s. pl._ The legal security which one man is obliged to give, that he will not do any injury to another in his person or property, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
_Law_ and _borgh_, or _borrow_, a pledge.
LAWCH, _adj._ Low, S. _laigh_.
_Wallace._
LAWIN, _s._ A tavern reckoning.
V. ~Lauch~, _s._ 1.
LAW-FREE, _adj._ Not legally convicted.
_Spalding._
LAWIT, LAWD, LAWYD, LEWIT, _adj._
1. Laic.
_Wyntown._
2. Unlearned, ignorant.
_Douglas._
A. S. _laewed_, _lewd_, id.
LAWLY, _adj._ Lowly.
V. ~Law~, _adj._
LAWRIGHTMEN.
V. ~Lagraetman~.
LAWTA, LAWTE, LAWTY, LAWt.i.tH, _s._
1. Loyalty.
_Wallace._
2. Truth, equity.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _leaute_, id.
LAWTH, Barbour; L. _Lawch_, low.
LAWTING, _s._ The supreme court of judicature in Orkney and Shetland, in ancient times.
V. ~Thing~.
LAX, _s._ Relief, release.
_Pop. Ball._
LAX, _s._ A salmon,
_Aberd._
A. S. _leax_, Dan. Su. G. O. E. _lax_, id.
~Lax-fisher~, _s._ A salmon-fisher, Aberd.
_Law Case._
LE, LEE, _s._ The water of the sea in motion.
_Douglas._
O. Isl. _lae_, _laa_, mare; hodie, unda fluens.