An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 495

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 495


_Acts Ja. VI._


_To_ LEIST, _v. n._ To incline, E. _list_.


_Dunbar._


LEIST, _adj._ Least.


_Douglas._


LEISTER, LISTER, _s._ A spear, armed with three or more p.r.o.ngs, for striking fish, S.


_Burns._


Su. G. _liuster_, id.; _liustra_, to strike fish with a trident.


_To_ LEIT, _v. a._ To permit.


_Bannatyne P._


_To_ LEIT, _v. n._ To delay.


_Henrysone._


Su. G. _laet-ia_, intermittere, A. S. _laet-an_, tardare.


_To_ LEIT, LEET, LET, _v. n._


1. To pretend, to make a shew as if, S. B.


_Bannatyne Poems._


Su. G. _laat-as_, Isl. _laet-a_, id. prae se ferre, sive vere sive simulando.


2. To give a hint of.


_Nevir leet_, make no mention of it, S. B.


V. ~Let on~.


_To_ LEIT, LEET, _v. n._ To ooze, S.


C. B. _llaith_, that which is run out. Teut. _lyd-en_, transire.


LEYT, _pret._ Reckoned.


V. ~Lat~. 3.


LEYTHAND, L. _seichand_, sighing.


_Wallace._


LEKAME, _s._ Dead body.


V. ~Licaym~.


LELe, _s._ The lily.


_Sir Gawan._


_To_ LELL, _v. n._ To take aim, S. B.


E. _level_, id.


LEMANE, _s._ A sweetheart, male or female.


_Douglas._


Fr. _laimant_, Norm. Sax. _leue-mon_, amasius.


_To_ LEME, _v. n._ To blaze, S.


_Douglas._


A. S. _leom-an_, Isl. _liom-a_, splendere.


~Leme~, _s._ Gleam.


_Lyndsay._


_To_ LEN, _v. a._ To lend, S.


_Chron. S. P._







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