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Lad would be represented by *laþþô, and by *laþa, we might assume a root laþ, pre- lat, meaning ‘board’;.   (1.),, ‘to load, charge, burden,’ from the  laden,  ladan (earlier hladan); corresponding to  hlaþan,  hladan,  to lade. The d of the word compared with the þ of the  and d of the  is abnormal; the irregularity is probably on the side of the  and, which produced a grammatical change as though the Aryan dental were t. In fact, however, it is dh (hladan, hlôd, hlôdum, hladans, not hlaþan, hlôþ, hlôdum, hladans);  kladą (klasti), ‘to lay,’ which, with  to lade, proves the existence of an Aryan root kladh. and.

 (2.),, ‘to summon, invite,’ from the  laden,  ladôn; distinguished from  (1) by the initial sound; , ‘onerare,’ had  initial hl, while , ‘invitare,’ has always had a simple l only;  laþôn, ‘to summon,’   laþian (obsolete in ). The root is laþ, the meaning of which is indicated by  laþôns,, ‘calling, consolation, redemption,’ the  laþaleikô, ‘very willingly,’ and. Some such idea as ‘to treat affectionately, beg,’ must be regarded as the sense; a root lat with this meaning has not yet been found in the other Aryan languages. Further, the word cannot possibly be connected with καλεῖν, κλη-τός, &c., to which   more probably belongs.  ,, ‘puppy, dandy,’ from lape, lappe, , ‘simpleton, dandy.’ The relation of   to  makes the existence of  lappe, ‘dandy,’ as well as *lappe, ‘rags,’ conceivable; yet the  form has ff compared with the  pp;. Others refer to  and  laf, ‘stale, insipid.’   , ., ‘situation,’ from lâge,  lâga,, ‘putting, arranging, situation’; from. So too,  , from  lëger,  lëgar, , ‘camp’;   lair.   , see.  ,, ‘lame,’ from and  lam ( lames), ‘weak in the limbs, lame.’ The more general meaning, ‘weak in the limbs,’ is the  one, since an  with a different gradation belonging to the same stem —  luomi, Mid   lüeme — signifies ‘wearied, relaxed,’ and even ‘gentle.’ Yet  lame,  lama,  lame,  lamo, and  lam, ‘lame,’ show that the prevalent  meaning is primitive (in  halts,  halt,  to  claudus,  khoḍa). An old lama-, ‘weak, infirm’ (from which lam is borrowed), suggests  lomlją (lomiti), ‘to break’ (root lam);  lomóta, ‘rheumatic pains.’  also  lemja, ‘to lame, disable.’  ,, ‘tinsel,’ only, from F. lame, , ‘thin metal plate, wire.’   ,, ‘loaf,’ from and  leip (b),  (early  hleib), ‘bread.’ It is the earlier  term for the modern , which is unknown to , and almost so to. hlaifs ( hlaibis), hlâf,  loaf; to these  gahlaiba and  gileibo,, ‘companion,’ are allied;. lord, from hlâford ( *hlaibwards), ‘lord,’  ‘bread guardian,’ as well as  lady, from  hlœ̂fdige, ‘domina’ ( ‘bread distributor’), contains   in the compound;   Lammas (Aug. 1), from  hlafmœsse, ‘bread-feast as a sort of harvest thanksgiving festival.’ These  compounds prove the great antiquity of  and the more recent origin of. borrowed its chlěbŭ, ‘bread’ (whence klëpas,  klaipas, ‘bread’), from an  dialect (the  word being also found in  and  —  leipä,  leip, ‘bread’). See.   ,, and , ‘spawn,’ doubtlessly a word, though first recorded in late ; corresponding to  lêk,  lek,  leeg. The form is perhaps *laik, and thus the connection of  with - laikan, ‘to leap,’ is conceivable. Dialectically signifies ‘lusus venereus’.   ,, ‘layman, novice,’ from the  leie, leige,  leigo, leijo, , ‘laïcus,’ (It is based on a Romanised  laïcus, whence also  lœwed, ‘layman,’  lewd). The word was probably borrowed at a later period than the other ecclesiastical terms and. <section end="Laie" /> <section begin="Laken" /> , and, ‘sheet, shroud,’  only, from  ( lakan); in   ,  lachen,  lahhan. Westphalia sent a great deal of linen to South Germany, hence the  may have supplanted the  form. Allied to lake and. <section end="Laken" />