L. Labbe, n. a blab, a great talker, 3509. Lacert, n. Fr. a flefhy mufcle, so termed from its having a tail like a lizard, Cotg. 2755 Lache, adj. Fr. sluggish, Bo. iv. pr. 3. Lacheffe, n. Fr. flackness, negligence, P. 224. Lad, ladde, pa. t. of lede, v. Sax. led, carried, 7260, 13264. Laft, pa. t. & part. of leve, v. Sax. left, 16351; L.W. 168. Laic, n. T. i. 341, 1002, as lay. Laied, part. pa. of lay, v. Sax.; with orfreys laied, i.e. trimmed, R. 1076: fo this word is frequently ufed by Hollinfhed, vol. iii. p. 1317; laid with gold lace -laid on with red filke and gold lace-laid about with filver lace. See Couched. Laine, inf. v. Sax. to lay, R. 184. Lainers, n. pl. Fr. ftraps or thongs, 2506. Lake, n. 13787; it is difficult to fay what fort of cloth is meant ; laecken, Belg. fignifies both linen and woollen cloth, Kilian. Lakke, n. Sax. a fault, a difgraceful action, 10073want, 10145. Lakke, v. to find fault, to blame, R. 284, 4804. Langure, v. Fr. to languish, 9741, Lapidaire, F. iii. 262, a treatise on precious ftones fo entitled; probably a French tranflation of the Latin poem of Marbodus De Gemmis, which is frequently cited by the name of Lapidarius, Fabric. Bibl. Med. Et. in v. Marbodus. Lappe, n. Sax. a skirt or lappet of a garment, 8461, 15480; T. iii. 59, 743 Large, adj. Fr. fpacious, free, prodigal, 13361; at large, 2290, at liberty; til that it was prime large, 10674, till prime was far spent. Largely, adv. fully, 1910. Las, n. Fr. a lace, 394-a fnare, 1819, 1953. Latered, part. pa. Sax. delayed, P. 224. Lathe, n. 4086, a barn: it is still used in Lincolnshire, Sk. In F. iii. 1050, where the editt. have rathe and fathe, the mff. give the true reading-lathe. Laton, n. Fr. a kind of mixed metal, 701, of the colour of brafs, 11557. Laude, n. Lat. praife, 13385. Laudes, 3655, the fervice performed in the fourth or laft watch of the night; "dicuntur autem laudes, "quod illud officium laudem præcipue fonat divinam," c. Du Cange in v. Laus 2. The fame fervice was often called Matins. Idem in v. Matutini. Laved, part. pa. Fr. drawn; fpoken of water taken out of a well, Bo. iii. m. 12. Lavender, n. Fr. a washerwoman or laundress, L. W. 358. In the paffage of Dante which is here quoted Envy is called La meretrice, che mai dall' ofpizio Di Cefare non torfe gli occhi putti, Morte comune, e deile corte vizio. Inf. xiii. 64. Laverock, n. Sax. a lark, R. 662. Launcegay, n. a fort of launce. See the n. cn ver. 13682. Launcelot du Lake, 15218, an eminent knight of the Round Table, whofe adventures were the fubject of a romance begun by Chreftien de Troyes, one of the oldest of the romance poets, and finithed by Godefrois de Leigni. See Fauchet, 1. ii. c. 10, 11. They have been repeatedly printed in French profe, and make a confiderable part of the compilation called Mort d'Arthur: his accomplishments as a courtier and a man of gallantry have been alluded to before, ver. 10601. Signor Volpi, in his notes upon Dante, Inf. v. 128, has most unaccountably represented Lancilotto as inamorato di Ginevra,moglie del Re Marco. If there be any faith in history Ginevra was the wife of King Arthur. The ftory in Dante which is the occafion of Signor Volpi's note is a curious one; it is alluded to by Petrarch, Trionfo d'Amore, iii. 82; Vedi Ginevra, Iforta, e l'altre amanti, E la coppia d'Arimino. Launde, n. Fr. a plain not ploughed, 1693. Laureat, adj. Lat. crowned with laurel, 7907, 14614. Laurer, n. laurel, 9340. Laus, adj. Sax. loose, 4062; laus, Island. folutus. This is the true original of that termination of adjectives fo frequent in our language in les or lefs. Confuetud. de Beverley, mf. Harl. 560; "Hujus facrilegii emen"da non erat determinata, fed dicebatur ab Anglis "Botalaus, i. e. fine emendâ." So Chaucer ufes boteles, and other words of the the fame form, as detteles, drinkeles, gilteles, &c. Larve, adj. for low, R. 5c46. Laxatif, n. Fr. a purging medicine, 2758, 14949. Lay, pa. t. of lie, or ligge, 972; layen, pl. 3210. Leche, n. Sax. a physician, 3902; leche-craft, 2747, the kill of a physician. Leche, v. to heal, C. D. 852. Volume XIV. L Lecherous, adj. provoking lechery, 12483. Lectorne, n. Lat. a reading-desk, C.L. 1383. Lees, n. Fr. a leafh by which dogs are held, P. 180, 1. 2. Lees, adj. Sax. false; withouten lees, R. 3904, without lying, truly. Lefe, adj. Sax. pleasing, agreeable; al be him lothe or lefe, 1839, though it be unpleafing to him or pleafing-for lefe ne lothe, 1 3062, for friend nor enemy; he turned not-for leve ne for lothe, P. L. 286-It fometimes fignifies pleased; I n'am not lefe to gabbe, 3510, I am not pleased to prate, I take no pleasure in prating. L-full, adj. lawful, 5619, 9322. Legge, v. Sax. to lay, 3935. Legge, v. Fr. to ease, R. 5016, as alege. Leifer, n. Fr. leifure, 1190, 9708; opportunity, 3292. Leite, n. Sax. light; thonder-leite, Bo. i. m. 4, lightning. Leke, n. Sax. a leek, 3877: it is put for any thing of very small value, 16263; R. 4830. Lemes, n. pl. Sax. flames, 14936. Lemman, n. Sax. a lover or gallant, 4238, 5337-a miftrefs, 14069. Lendes, n. pl. Sax. the loins, 3237. Lene, adj. Sax. lean, 289, 9727. Lene, v. Sax. to lend, 613, 3775-to grant, 7226, 13613. Lenger, adv. comp. Sax. longer, 14437. Lente, pa. t. of lene, 13284. Lenton, n. Sax. the feafon of Lent, P. 144. L'envoy, Fr. was a sort of postscript sent with poetical compofitions, and ferving either to recommend them to the attention of fome particular perfon or to enforce what we call the moral of them. The fix laft ftanzas of The Clerkes Tale are in many mff. entitled L'envoy de Chaucer à les mariz de notre temps. See alfo the ftanzas at the end of The Complaint of the Black Knight, and of Chaucer's Dreme. Leon, n. Lat. a lion, 1600. Leonine, adj. belonging to a lion, 14564. Lepande, part. pr. of lepe, v. Sax. leaping, R. 1928. Lere, lerne, v. Sax. to learn, 10002, 13466-to teach, 16312-Lered, pa. t. & part, 577, 13449. Lere, n. Sax. the skin, 13786. See the note. Lefe, n. Fr. as lees; in luftie lefe, T. ii. 752, in love's leafh. Lefe, adj. Sax. as lees, R. 8, 5093. Lefe, v. Sax. to lofe, 11672, 4. Lefeth, 2d perf. pl. imp. m. 4439, lofe ye. Left, lift, luft, n. Sax. pleasure, 132, 192, 6215, 11124. Lefte, life, lufte, v. to please; it is generally used as an imperfonal in the third perfon only, for it pleafeth or it pleafed him lufte to ride fo, 102, it pleafed him t. r. f.; wel to drinke us lefte, 752, it pleafed us well t.d.; if you left,830,if it please you; me lift not play, 3865, it pleafeth me not to play. Lefle, adj. Sax. fuperl. d. leaft, 2200, at the lefte way, 1123, at the lefte, 5432, at leak. Lefte, for lafl, T. ii. 1330. |