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Lei  lîse,  *lîsi ( lîso), ‘low,’ also ‘slow.’ Under, , and , a  root,  meaning ‘to go,’ is discussed, with which  leis, ‘familiar,’ seems to be connected. The word can, however, scarcely be directly allied to this, since the difference in meaning is too great. It is also questionable whether belongs at all to the root lis. Perhaps it is connected with λεῖος, λιαρός, ‘soft, gentle, mild’; both, however, are better referred to  lêvis, ‘smooth.’ The nasal in  lins (lœñs), ‘low,’ presents a difficulty.   (1.),, ‘list, border, selvage,’ from lîste,  lîsta, , ‘long strip, edge, lace, list’;   lîst, ,  list;  lísta (lĭsta?), , ‘border, strip’; in the non- languages there are no cognates. Note, however, the words borrowed in  lista,  liste, ‘strip, lace.’

 (2.),, ‘groin,’ only, probably not connected with the preceding word, but with  *laistô,. The latter is indicated also by last, ‘groin.’ The   leósca,  lêske,  liesche,  liuske,  lŷske, diverge too widely in sound from the  form; the attempt to connect it with  laisius, ‘lap’ (Lex Salica), is also dubious.   ', ',, from the  leist, , ‘last’;  leist (?), ‘forma.’ Corresponding to  lâst, lœ̂st, , ‘footprint, track, forma,’  last,  laists, , ‘track, goal,’ with the facts mentioned under , indicate that ‘footprint’ is the  meaning of the  and  words; this is probably an important fact in the history of the word. It is true that leistr,, signifies ‘foot,’ and ‘short stocking, sock.’  ,, ‘to perform, accomplish,’ from and  leisten, ‘to adhere to and execute an order, fulfil one's promise or duty’; corresponds to  laistjan, ‘to pursue, yield.’ On account of its kinship with  and , , the meaning of the  word (as well as the   lêstan) must be based on the    lœ̂stan, ‘to perform, accomplish, hold, sustain, endure,’ whence  to last. The common   laistjan,  ‘to pursue’ (whence  and  lastar, ‘to pay on behalf of another,’ was borrowed), is derived from  laists,,  lâst, , ‘footprint’ (see under ), which are again derived from a root lis, ‘to go.’  This root has a constant tendency to pass from the sensuous meaning ‘to go, follow,’ into an intellectual notion (see , , and );  also.  ,, from the  lîte, , ‘mountain, slope, declivity,’  lîta, from an earlier *hlîta,  ( *hleida, ). The root hlî is discussed more fully under, where also the allied terms signifying ‘hill’ may be compared.  ,, from the  and  ‘to lead, guide’; corresponding to  lêdan,  leiden,  lœ̂dan,  to lead,  leiða. All point to a non-recorded *laidjan, which (as factitive of the  lîþan, ‘to go,’ discussed under ) signifies  ‘to cause to go’; , which also had  this same meaning. With the factitive *laidjan is connected a laidô-,, ‘leading,’ whence  lâd, ‘road, journey,’ in  current only in loadstar, loadstone, and loadsman ( lâdmann),  to. , leitstërne,, ‘the polar star that guides the mariners, loadstar.’  ,, from the  leiter, leitere,  leitara (earlier *hleitir), , ‘ladder.’ It corresponds to  ladder, leer,  hlœ̂dder, hlœ̂der, ,  ladder; the  term *hlai-dri ( -drjôs), , ‘ladder,’ with a  suffix identical with  -τρια, is wanting; *hlaí-dri is based on the hlī̆ (pre- klī̆) discussed under , and in  κλῖ-μαξ this root has a meaning corresponding to that of the West  word;  is as it were ‘that which slants or leans.’  hleiðr, ‘tent,’ may be connected with the   hleiþra, , and  κλισία. ,, and.   ,, ‘loins,’ from the  lęnde,  lęntin, ; corresponding to  lende,  lęnden,  (in the  lęndenu, );  lend,  lynd, ‘loins’ (allied to  lundir, ‘sirloin, saddle of mutton’?); in  perhaps *landini,. In case the b of lumbus, ‘loins,’ represented Aryan dh, or rather dhw (for  barba, representing bhardhâ, see, and  ruber, representing Aryan rudhros, ἐρυθρός, see ),   might be compared with it. The form lndhwî- is also indicated by  lędvija,, ‘loins, kidney.’  ,, ‘to guide, direct,’ from lęnken, ‘to bend, turn, direct’; a denominative of  lanke,