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Lec *likan;   leka, ‘to drip, leak’;  to leak,  leccan, ‘to water.’ The  stem is probably lik, by gradation lak (or rather hlak). legaim, ‘to melt away, dissolve,’ is closely related in sound and meaning. also the following word. ,, ‘leaky,’ only, a  form for an earlier and strictly  , for, according to the words quoted under , the  root is lik (hlik?), and this  corresponds to the   lekr, ‘leaky,’ whose k would be represented in  by ch. The borrowing of the word from  is explained by the fact that a great number of nautical expressions in  are of  origin; the  form  is also found in the   lęcken,, ‘to moisten’ (lęcke, , ‘moistening’), has ck for earlier kj, as is shown by  lęččean, ‘to moisten’ (from lakjan). Both prove that ‘to be watery’ is the  meaning of the  stem lek (by gradation lak). , ‘to leak,’ is no more connected with lęcken, ‘to moisten,’ than it is with , ‘to lick’; it is a derivative of the  , and hence has the variant.  (1.),, ‘to lick,’ from the  lëcken,  lëcchôn (for  *likkôn). It corresponds to likken,  liccian,  to lick. The likkôn, ‘to lick,’ common to  and, is related to  laigôn, apart from the gradation, as   ( *tigô) is to  ( *tikkein), or as  ( *hôda-) is to  hœtt ( *hattu-). *likkôn, ‘to lick,’ is also authenticated by the  cognates borrowed from it,  leccare,  lécher. A root slikk seems to be preserved in ,  sleikja, ‘to lick.’  *laigôn is based on an Aryan root lī̆gh, leigh, loigh;  λείχω, ‘to lick,’ λιχνεύω, ‘to lick, taste by stealth,’ λίχνος, ‘glutton, dainty’;  rih, lih, ‘to lick’;  ližą (liżati), and  lëżiù (lêżti), ‘to lick’;  lingo, ‘to lick,’ and allied to this perhaps  lingua ( lëżùvis), ‘tongue’;  ligim, ‘to lick.’

' (2.), ',, ‘to kick, hop,’ from the  lęcken,  , in  perhaps *lakjan, which may be connected with  λάξ,  λάγιδην, ‘with the foot.’ Its kinship with  laikan, ‘to spring, hop,’ is improbable.  ,, ‘leather,’ from the  lëder,  lëdar, ; a common   word pointing to  *liþra-, ;   lëþer,  leather,  leder,  leþr, , ‘leather.’ The pre- form is létro-m, to which  lethar,  lledr, ‘leather,’ are traced.  ,, from the  lëdic, lëdec (g), ‘unoccupied, free, untrammelled’; the modern   point to  lędic. *lëdag, lędig, as well as *liþags are wanting; the following, however, are recorded:  liþugr, ‘free, untrammelled,’  leþi,  ‘unoccupied, empty,’  lëdech,  leddich, ledich, ‘at leisure, unemployed.’ The  word is  lę̂the, ‘leisure, spare time’ ( leoþu?), to which is allied lêthen (leþin), ‘to set free’ ( ût-, a-leoþian?), as well as  onlêde, ‘want of leisure, grief.’ On account of the absence of the word in the   it is difficult to determine the evolution in meaning. Must we connect it with unlêds,  unlœ̂de, ‘poor, unhappy,’ or with  lîber (for lîthero?), ‘free’?  ,, ‘lee,’ only, from  lee, ‘place where a calm prevails’;   hlé,  lee (from  hleó, ‘protection’).  ,, from the  lœ̂re,  and  lâri, ‘empty, void’;   lœre, gelœ̂re,  ilêre,   leer, ‘empty, with an empty stomach, hungry.’ It can hardly be determined whether the r represents by rhotacism an earlier s. Perhaps lasiws, ‘powerless, weak,’  lęswe, ‘weak’ ( erlęswen, ‘to grow weak’), as well as  lasenn, ‘demolished,’ are the nearest cognates of.  ,, ‘lip,’ from the  lëfs, lëfse,  and ,  lëfs, , an  term (in  lengthened to läfzg) for the properly. Both terms are allied;  may come from  *lipjô,, and  (with the  variant lëffur,  lëpur), from   lepas,  lepazis, or lefs,  lefsis (with fs for ps);   ahs,  ahsis, ‘ear (of corn ),’ with  ahir,  eár (from *eahor),  ear. For the further cognates under. and have a totally different term for ‘lip’;  waírilô ( wëler),  vǫrr,.   ,, ‘keg, cruse,’ from lœ̂gel, lâgel, lœ̂gele, , ‘small cask,’  lâgila, lâgella, , which is derived from  lagêna, ‘a measure for liquids and for dry goods’ ( lagôna, lagoena, ‘flask,’ 