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Let ,, ‘to injure,’ from lętzen, lęzzen, ‘to check, stop, hinder, damage, hurt’; corresponding to  latjan, galatjan, ‘to stop, check,’  lęttan,  to let; a common  denominative from the  lata-;   and.  , ‘to indulge oneself, from lętzen, ‘to liberate, do one a kindness, take one's leave, regale oneself.’ See also the following word.  ',, ‘last,’ from the   lęst, lęȥȥist,  of laȥ, , ‘faint’; the  form seems to be due to , which must have produced (lętist and lęzt (for lętst). These forms actually occur in the Heliand. In  lęȥȥist, laȥȥôst,  lœtma and lœtmest (pointing to a  *latuma, ‘latest’); also  latost,  last. The posit. of these  superlats. is the   stem lata- (see ),  ‘lazy, inactive, dilatory’;   means ‘most dilatory, latest’ (  and  late). In the phrase , ‘for the last time, finally,’ the noun is a corruption of , which is connected with  lętzen, ‘to end, take one's leave, take refreshment,’ mentioned under , hence the expression meant  ‘as a choice farewell-banquet.’  ', , ‘rail-tie,’ a  and  word, from the   liuhse; probably cognate with the . Czech lušnĕ,  lusnia,  ljušnja, if these are not connected rather with.   ,, ‘light, lamp,’ from liuhte, , ‘light, apparatus for giving light,’ also ‘brightness, lustre’; a derivative of.  ,, from the  and  liuhten, ‘to shine, give light,’ corresponding to  liuhtjan, ‘to shine, give light’; an  denominative from the  liuhta-, ‘light’;  meant  ‘to be light, bright.’.  ,, ‘reputation, character,’ from and  liumunt, , ‘reputation, fame, report.’ In  it is perhaps instinctively interpreted as , ‘mouth of the people’; but the word is not a compound. In probably *hliumunds,, which must be referred to hliuma, ‘hearing, ear’; -munda- is perhaps an affix corresponding to  -ματ- and  -mento- (in co-gnô-mentum). The root hliu- has numerous derivatives, both in the and non- languages (, ,  κλέος,  çrávas, ‘fame’);  çrômata-, , ‘hearing,’  corresponds most nearly in form to. crîmen has absolutely nothing to do with these last two terms. , ‘to calumniate,’ is not based directly on, but on a liumde, normally abbreviated from it.   , plur only, ‘people,’ from liute,  and , ‘people, persons,’ with the  liut,  and , ‘nation’;  liuti,  and  , ‘people,’ also liut,  and , ‘nation’; corresponding to  leóde, , ‘people’. It is uncertain whether we have to assume *liudus, ‘nation,’ in. The word is common to and ;  ljudŭ,, ‘nation,’ ,’ ljudije, ‘people,’  laudis,  , ‘people, nation.’ They are connected with an Aryan root ludh, ‘to grow,’ which retained its meaning in  liudan,  liodan,  leódan,  liotan;  the  root ruh, ‘to grow.’ The following  words are also connected with the same stem,  lauþs ( laudis) in swalauþs, ‘so great,’ samalauþs, ‘equally great, equal,’ juggalauþs, ‘youth,’  lôte, ‘constituted’;  ludjô-, , ‘face’;  leód, , ‘king.’   , suffix, from  -lī̆ch, -lîch (the short vowel on account of its position in an unaccented syllable),  -lîch; corresponding to  -leiks,  -lîc,  -ly. identical with the lîka-, ‘body,’ discussed under  and ;  waíraleiks, ‘male,’  ‘having a male body.’ In this manner -lîka is used in all the  as an  suffix. In some pronominal forms ( and ) the old -lîk represents a suffix corresponding to -λίκος in τηλίκος, πηλίκος. See and.  ,, ‘light, luminous,’ from lieht,  lioht, , ‘bright, radiant, shining’; corresponding to  leóht,  light, ;  *liuhts, ‘bright,’ may be inferred from its derivative liuhtan, ‘to give light’ (see ). It is questionable whether the dental is of  origin. as in, , , &c.  ,, ‘light, luminary, candle,’ from licht,  lioht, , ‘light, lustre, brightness’; corresponding to  lioht,  licht,  leóht, ,  light. The dental of the word is a suffix, as is shown by liuh-aþ ( -adis),, ‘light, sheen.’  ljós, , ‘light,’ formed with a different suffix would be in  *liuhs ( -sis); they are based on Aryan leukot-, leukt-, and