A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 79

Loc, _sb._ == gift. M. Ode, 37. AS. lac

Lock, _v. a._ == enclose. O. and N. 56. AS. lucan

---- == lock, fasten, as a door. RG. 495; pret. 'lek.' Body and Soul, 236; part. 'iloke.' 824 B.

---- _sb._ == lock of a door. Ps. cxlvii. 13. O. and N. 1555

Lock, _sb._ == a tress of hair. Wright's L. P. p. 34. AS. locc

Locket, _sb._ Pol. S. 154

Lodge, _v. a._ Alys. 3132. AS. logian

---- _v. n._ Alys. 4098

---- _sb._ Alys. 4295

Lofe, _sb._ == praise. Ps. xxi. 26; [loof]. Ib. 4

Loft, _sb._ == air. RG. 7; 'upo lofte' == aloft. Pol. S. 154

Loftsang, _sb._ == song of praise. Ps. lxiv. 2. Germ. lob-gesang

Logede, == lewd, lay? Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21

Loin, _sb._ Pol. S. 191

Loke, _v. a._ == decide. RG. 53; part. 'iloked.' RG. 534

---- == guard. Pilate, 69; [loki], O. and N. 604

Loking, _sb._ == decision. RG. 506

Loking, _sb._ == care. K. Horn, 350

Lome, _adv._ == frequently. Pol. S. 197

Lome, _sb._ == spade, or mattock. Wright's L. P. p. 41. AS. loma, geloma

---- == instrument, tool. Ps. vii. 14

---- == vessel. Ps. x.x.xii. 7

Londisse, _adj._ == of the country. K. Horn 648

Lone ? Wright's L. P. p. 26

Long, _adj._ RG. 376, 410; 'longer.' RG. 377

---- _adv._ == for a long time. O. and N. 466

---- _v. n._ == become long. Alys. 139

Long, _v. n._ == desire. RG. 176. AS. langian

Longing, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 29

Look, _v. n._ RG. 14

Loose, _v. a._ [louse]. Pol. S. 239; part. 'losed.' Wright's L. P. p. 99

Lopered, == coagulated, clotted. Ps. cxviii. 70; lxvii. 17. Dan. lobe, runnet, from lobe, to run, run together, hence to coagulate. Sw. lopa i hop, to curdle

Lord, _sb._ RG. 432

Lording, _sb._ RG. 431, 524

Lordless, _adj._ RG. 142

Lordswike, == traitor. Pol. S. 220. RG. 313. See 'laverdswike' in La?, ii.

506

Lore, _sb._ 'a lore.' M. Ode, st. 1, either means 'in learning,' or should be written 'alore,' otherwise, in other respects. Fr. allors

---- _sb._ == learning, teaching. 2065 B.

Lore, _sb._ == loss. Alys. 7247

Loreless, _adj._ == without learning. c.o.k. fin.

Loren, _part._ == lost. See Lose

Loreyns, _sb._ == reins. 190 B. Fr. lorain. Lat. lorum

Los, _sb._ == fame. RG. 180, 330, 137. Fr. los

Lose, _v. a._ [lese]. RG. 436; 2 s. pres. 'l.u.s.t.' 859 B.; pret. 'las.'

Body and Soul, 123; part. 'y-lore.' RG. 160; 'loren.' RG. 39

Lot, _sb._ RG. 111. Ps. xxi. 18

---- == deceit? Wright's L. P. p. 31. AS. lot

Lote, _sb._ == play, sport. Wright's L. P. p. 49. ON. lota

Loting, _part._ == struggling? Alys. 6203. Fr. lutter

Loud, _adj._ RG. 140. HD. 2079; comp. 'louder.' 450