An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 490

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 490


LE, LIE, LEE, LYE, _s._


1. Shelter, security from tempest.


_Douglas._


2. Metaph. peace, tranquillity.


_Wynt._


Su. G. lae, locus tempestati subductus; Isl. _hle_, _hlie_, id.


~Le~, ~Lie~, _adj._ Sheltered, warm.


_Houlate._


LE, _s._ Law.


O. Fr. _ley_.


_Wyntown._


_To_ LE, _v. n._ To tell a falsehood.


_Wynt._


~Le~, _s._ A lie.


_Wyntown._


LEA, _adj._ Not plowed.


_Ramsay._


A. S. _leag_, pasture.


LEAGER-LADY, _s._ A soldiers wife, S.


Dan. _leyger_, Teut. _lager_, a camp.


_To_ LEAM, _v. n._ To shine.


V. ~Leme~.


LEAP, _s._ A cataract.


V. ~Loup~.


LEAR, _s._ A liar, S. p.r.o.n. _leear_.


_Wyntown._


LEASH, _s._ Liberty, S. B.


_Ross._


Isl. _leis-a_, _leys-a_, solvere.


_To_ ~Leash away~, _v. n._ To go cleverly off, or on the way, S. B.


_Ruddiman._


_To_ LEATHER, _v. a._ To lash, to flog, S.


_To_ LEATHER, _v. n._ To move briskly, S. A.


_J. Nicol._


LEAUW, _s._ A place for drawing the nets on, composed partly of stones, earth and gravel; Aberd.


_Law Case._


Teut. _loo_, locus altus adjacens stagnis, &c. A. S. _hlaew_, agger.


LEBBIE, _s._ The fore-skirt of a mans coat, S. B. Loth.


A. S. _laeppe_, id. Isl. _laf_, ala pallii.


_To_ LECHE, _v. a._ To cure.


_Wyntown._


Su. G. _laek-a_, A. S. _lacn-ian_, id.


~Lech~, ~Leche~, ~Leiche~, _s._ A physician.







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