An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 492
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 492
3. A list.
A. S. _hlete_, a lot.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Leet~, _v. a._ To nominate with a view to election, S.
_Baillie._
LEET, _s._ Language.
V. ~Leid~.
LEETHFOW, _adj._ Loathsome, S. B.
V. ~Laith~.
_Journal Lond._
LEEZE ME.
V. ~Leis me~.
LEFULL, LEIFULL, _adj._ Lawful.
_Douglas._
_Leif_, leave, and _full_, q. allowable.
_To_ LEG, _v. n._ To run, S.
~Leg-bail~, _s. To take leg-bail_, to run off, instead of seeking bail, and waiting the course of law, S.
_Ferguson._
LEG-BANE, _s._ The shin. S.
_Callander._
LEGATNAIT, _s._ One who enjoyed the rights of a Papal Legate within his own province or diocese.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
_Legatus natus._
LEGEN-GIRTH, _s._
V. ~Lagen-gird~.
LEGIER, _s._ A resident at a court.
L. B. _legatar-ius_, legatus.
_Spotswood._
LEGLIN, LAIGLIN, _s._ A milk-pail, S.
_Ritson._
Teut. _leghel_, id. Isl. _leigill_, ampulla.
_To_ LEICH, _v. n._ To be coupled as hounds are.
_G.o.dly Sangs._
LEID, LEDE, _s._ People.
_Wallace._
Isl. _liod_, A. S. _leod_, populus.
LEID, LEDE, _s._ A person.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _leod_, h.o.m.o, Isl. _lyd_, miles.
LEID, _s._ A country.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _laad_, terra, solum.