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300 *Laif, 23, 26, loaf, Go. hlaiba, A.S hláf, Ger. Laib, Go. ga-hlaiba, messmates
 * †Laik, 30, 56, O.E. lác, warlike activity O.N. laik-r, to play. Go. laik-s, (lance, laikan, to leap for joy. "E. lark, a frolicsome adventure, v. and sub., first 1811-13; or. somewhat uncertain."—N.E.D.
 * Lair, 27, lore. Go. laisjan, to make to know, its pret. as a pres. is lais=know, from which Go. leis=expert, lubja-leis=witchcraft, Ger. lehren, to make to know
 * Lairdet, 145, 200, v. lair to sink in mire, mire or bog; subst. lair, clay, cog. with lime, loam; Shet. leir, clay, mud
 * Laisareis, 27, Go. the Scribes, Rabbis
 * Laisnan, 38, Go. to be taught. See lair, lore
 * Laithly, 129; laith, unwilling
 * Laitin, 184, Cu. custom
 * Lall-wörter, 247, prattle words
 * Lamming, 172, a beating; to lam, break, beat soundly, O.N. lemja, past of v. to lame; cog. lame, not Sc.; Bu. form is lummer, to beat smartly, "A lummer on at ma laddie to pay attention till's lessons."—Gregor; Fi. loonder, "To gie 'm a loonderin."
 * Land, 23, Go., Sc. laund
 * Lang-nebbit, 89; lit. long-nosed, said of big words
 * Lap, 62, leapt
 * Lapper, 133, 151. Not in N.E.D. Jam. to cover so as to clot. Lappered, coagulated, Ic. hlaup, a clot; lapper, a clot of blood—Edm.—still in common use. Cf. "lapiser't-milk"; Gael, clabar, mud; clabar bainne, clotted milk
 * Lapper, 53, from lap, to fold, O.E. wlap, cf. lappel, lappet; Bu. to coagulate. "The thunner hiz lappert the milk."—Gregor
 * Lapstane, 134, shoemaker's stone, held on the lap; from lap, a fold, an apron, or part covered by it. Not in Jam.
 * Late, kit, layt, 184, Gu. N.E.D. has lait, to seek, try to find; O.N. leita=O.E. wlatian, Go. wlaiton, to behold, look round about, whence Go. wlits, the face. Go. lathon, to call, invite is not mentioned in this connection, as it is in the text (p. 184). See andawleizns, and wleiz
 * Late, 28, slow, tardy. Go. lats, lazy or late, or. meaning; Du. laat, O.N. lat-r—form of let; Go. lêtan—primarily to let go through weariness; F. laisser, Lat. lassus
 * Lauchin', 69
 * Lauf-s, 12, pl. laub-os, Go. leaf, Sc. levis (pl), O.Fr. lâf, Du. loof, Ger. Laub
 * Lave of the brock, 29, spec. Sc., Go. laibos gabruko, Go. laiba, Fr. láva, Eng. leave, what is left over
 * †Lawd, lawdie, 18, 19, lad, boy. Cf. Go. jugga-lauths, a young man. "Quite inadmissible, both on ground of phonology and meaning, is current statement that lad is cognate with this. Go. lauths, of obsc. or."—N.E.D.
 * Lay, 163, Kinc., Ger. Lade, box, chest, O.N. hlatha, shed, M.E. lathe, E. lathe
 * Lays, 76, E. for lies
 * †Lead, 27, 48, 182, Eng to conduct, O.E. laedan, Du. leiden, Ger. leiten; "wanting in Go.," says N.E.D., as given in the text, p. 27. Var. of leithan, to lead, has many derivatives
 * Learn, 38, 87, 88, teach, Eng., or. obsc. in this sense, Ger. lehren, lernen, to be taught
 * Lease, 48, 219, Eng. to glean. Go. lisan, to gather, Ger. lesen, to gather, read; cog. learn, lore, Sc. lair, C. Du. les, lees
 * Leech, 27, N.E.D. "commonly regarded as a trans. use of leech, physician, but prob. originally distinct." Go. lêkeis, a healer, N. läka, to heal. Go. lekinon, to heal
 * Leek-strae, 154, Orc. from leek (lich), a corpse
 * Leem, 198, and C. Du., common in Teut.; cog. with Lat. limus, E. lime; Bu. a broken piece of crockery
 * Leiks, 17, 40, Go. body; lyk, lykwake, leek, leek-strae, 154