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=hynde=, _n._, III, 64, 164: fellow. hynde Henry, II, 306 f., 6, 8, etc.; hynde squire, V, 25 f., 2, 13, 19, etc. See =hind=, _n._

=hynde=, _adj._, II, 177 f., 20, 35: gentle, or the like. See =hind=, _adj._

=hyne=, II, 314, =C= 3: (up) behind.

=hyne=, II, 314, =C= 3: hence, away.

=hypped=, III, 77, 429: hopped.

I

(See also under =J=, =Y=.)

=I=, II, 59, 34; 160, 10-16; 264 f., 4, 18; III, 185 f., 3, 4, 15, 23; 203, 18; 287, 59; 356, 28: ay.

=i=, _abridgment of_ in, _passim_.

=i=, _abridgment of_ with: IV, 465, 23.

=i-bouht=, bought.

=ickles of ice=, III, 154 =f= 1: icicles.

=i-dyght=, =y-dyght=, III, 62, 131, 132: furnished, adjusted. III, 75, 392: made ready.

=if=, _apparent ellipsis of_, II, 62, 9, with honour that ye do return.

=i-fedred=, feathered.

=i-flawe=, III, 13, 6: flayed.

=ile=, =oil=. ’inted (anointed) bar with ashen ile, V, 305 =a=, 6: gave her a beating with an ashen cudgel.

=ilk=, =ilke=, same. of that ilk, III, 451, note *: having a title the same as the surname: as, Wemys of Wemys. in that ilke, I, 287, 72: in that same; III, 105, 14: at that same moment.

=ilka=, I, 107, 7; 302, =A= 9, 11, 12; 474, 40: each, either. ilka ane, ilkone, II, 185, 25; III, 97, 16: each one.

=ilkone.= See =ilka=.

=ill=, =ell=, =ull=, will.

=ill-bukled=, V, 276, 18: badly run down at the heel. See =baucheld=. (Unless _ill_ be for _old_.)

=ill-far’d=, I, 342, 41: ill-favored.

=ill-fardly=, V, 115, 9: ill-favoredly, in an ugly way.

=ill-wordie=, V, 243, 15: unworthy.

=im=, am.

=impale=, V, 182, 5: make pale.

=imy=, I, 243, 7: in my.

=in=, IV, 464, 3; V, 277, 5, 9: an, and, if.

=in o===in (in some part of?), III, 495 b, 23, 24; IV, 19, 3; 517, 19.

=in one=, II, 186, 1; 187, 8; 196 =e= 1, 7; into ane, 184, 5, 8, 11, 18: anon, or, at once==in a single answer. In, riddle both of us into ane, the intention was, perhaps, together, simultaneously; and so, all in one, III, 4, 7; both as one, II, 187, 2.

=inbearing=, II, 28, 15: obtrusive, over-officious, inter-meddling (with the object of thereby ingratiating oneself).

=infeft with=, =in=, I, 478, 5, 10; IV, 350, =B b=, 4, 5; V, 274, 6, 7; convey (land, money) to, put in possession of. inheft (o), IV, 349, =B= 4, 5: mistakenly for _infeft_.

=in-fere=, together. See =fere=.

=ingle=, III, 484 a, 36; V, 45 1: fire.

=inheft=, IV, 349, =B= 4, 5, for _infeft_ =b=, to invest with a possession in fee.

=inn=, =inne=, III, 117, 11; 118, 8; 200, 6, 7; 212, 5: lodging.

=i-nocked=, III, 62, 132: nocked, notched.

=inowe=, III, 57, 13; 58, 43: enough.

=instiled=, III, 227, 3: styled, intitled.

=’inted=, V, 305 a, 6: anointed. See =ile=.

=intil=, =intill=, I, 68, 28; 69, 36; 302, =A= 11, IV, 171, 1: into, in.

=into=, I, 70, 20; 71, 29; 127, 5; 440, 13-15; IV, 263, 35: in. into his age, IV, 359, 12: at, of.

=into ane=, II, 184, 5, 8, 11, 18: anon, in a single answer, or simultaneously. See =in one=.

=intoxicate=, _pret._, II, 47, 8: intoxicated.

=i-pyght=, III, 63, 136: put.

=ir=, are.

=irale= (stane, as the rhyme shows the reading should be), I, 326, 9: an undetermined stone mentioned in romances.

=ire=, thro, II, 408, 17: seems to mean, as resenting the covering (not ballad-like). wi ire, II, 411, 10, is sufficiently incongruous.

=irke= with, V, 15, 14: tired, weary of.

=is=, III, 440, 11: has.

=-is=, =-ys=, termination of 3d _pers. pres. indic._, he stendis louys: III, 98, 22; 101, 88.

=I’se=, IV, 506, 68: I am.

=istow=, I, 175 f., 4, 10, 16: is thou, art thou.

=it= (==O. Eng. his), its. defile it nest, III, 445, 32.

=ith=, in the.

=’ith=, with.

=ither=, IV, 210 a; V, 306, 15: other. IV, 110, 9: one another.

=I wat=, =a wat=, =I wot=, =I wad===surely: I, 107, 1; 471, 11; and very often. See a==I.

=I wis=, IV, 405, 1: probably to be taken as assuredly, since we have I wot in that sense in 7.

=i-wis=, =i-wisse=, =i-wys=, II, 46, 43; 265 f., 9, 26; III, 27, 104; 277, 17; 359, 84: surely, indeed. As to _i-wis that_, III, 277, 18, 19, it is to be remembered that a superfluous _that_ is common in the Percy MS.

=I wist=, III, 187, 32: for iwis, indeed. Perhaps the Scottish I wat, surely, has influenced the form.

=iyen=, =iyn=, III, 57, 23, 28; 59, 58: eyen, eyes.

J

=Jack=, IV, 112, 4; 113, 5: insolent fellow.

=iacke=, III, 342, 64: (here) coat of mail, cf. 58, 59, 60. soldans iack, III, 422, 75. An ordinary soldier’s jack (III, 440, 18; 465 f., 33, 42, 49; IV, 147, 41) consisted of two folds of stout canvas, or some quilted material, with small pieces of metal enclosed. Fairholt. Old Robin, II, 241, 21, puts a silke cote on his backe was thirteen inches folde.

=jail-house=, V, 300, 16: jail.

=jamp=, _pret._ of jump, II, 121, 21: jumped.

=iapis=, III, 59, 63: japes, jests, waggery, trifling.

=jauel=, V, 81, 11: a term of abuse, good-for-nothing, idle fellow. Prompt. Parvulorum, gerro. “He called the fellow ribbalde, villaine, iauel, backbiter, sclaunderer, and the childe of perdition.” Utopia, Arber, p. 53.

=jaw=, =jawe=, I, 127, 10; 128, 8; II, 21, 8; 24, 11; 29, 10-12: wave.

=jawing=, jawing wave, II, 223, =F= 7; IV, 472, 16: surging.

=jawing=, _n._, IV, 462, 24: surging.

=jee=, I, 389, 7; IV, 476, 5: move, stir.

=jelly= (jolly), I, 69, 51; 298, 2; 452, 10; II, 403, 5; IV, 413, 20: handsome, pleasant, jovial. Jamieson: “upright, worthy, excellent in its kind.”

=ietted=, III, 199, 19; V, 86, 30: moved in state or with pride.

=jimp=, =gimp=, =jump=, _adj._, I, 330, 8; 333, 6; II, 216, 18, 20; 217, 1, 3; 221, 1, 3; 225, =J= 1; IV, 212, 1; 272, 2: slender, slim.

=jimp=, _adv._, II, 74, =D= 3: tightly, so as to make slender.

=jo=, II, 103, 5: sweetheart.

=jobbing= (of faces), III, 219, 14: billing (like doves).

=jobbing at=, I, 104 b, 10: jogging. The at is difficult. The old prefix means off, away, but is not separable.

=Jock Sheep=, =John Sheephead=, II, 480 a; IV, 290, 23: a man deficient in virility (?). V, 206 a, 9: simpleton, of one who has been stultified or outwitted.

=iollye=, III, 278, 32: should probably be iollytë. See enter plea.

=joukd=, V, 9, 12: bent forward. See =juks=.

=jow= (of bell), II, 277, =A= 8: stroke.

=juks=, V, 110, 5: bows, obeisances. See =joukd=.

=jule=, jewel.

=jully-flowers=, gilly-flowers.

=jumbling=, V, 102 =B= 13: mudding, fouling.

=jumly=, IV, 182, =F= 9: turbid.

=jump=, V, 267 b, 5: jimp, slender.

=jumpted=, IV, 519 a, 3: jumped.

=justle=, III, 280, 26: joust, tilt.

=justler=, III, 280, 31, 32: jouster, tilter.

=justling=, III, 279, 12, 14, 16: jousting.

K

=kail=, =kale=, colewort, made the baron like kail to a pot, IV, 86, 13: cut him up. broth made of greens, especially of coleworts: II, 467, 41; III, 300, 12; 388, 3; IV, 500, 13. See =kell=.

=kaily= lips, I, 302, =A= 10: covered with kail, and so repulsive.

=kaim=, =kame=, =keem=, comb.

=kaivle=, II, 298 f., 3, 19: lot. See =kavil=.

=kale=. See =kail=.

=kame=, =keem=, comb.

=kamen=, combing.

=kane=, I, 353, 15; 356, 56: tribute (originally a duty in the form of a part of the produce, paid by an occupant of land to his superior).

=kauk=, V, 116, 10: chalk.

=kavil=, =kaivle=, =kevel=, =cavil=, I, 71, 36, 38: lot.

=kay=, =key=, kine.

=keach=, V, 123, 17: perturbation, shaking up.

=kean=, _v._, V, 110, 4: ken.

=kebars=, I, 332, =F= 6; II, 227 a: rafters.

=kebbuck=, IV, 323, 5: cheese.

=keckle-pin=, burnt like keckle-pin, II, 155, 38: that is, I suppose, like heckle-pin, the sound of the _k_ being carried on from _like_. Mr William Forbes, of Peterhead, suggests the following explanation: The pins used to hold the straw raips which hold down the thatch on cob or mud huts; being driven into the top of the walls close to the eaves, they are always dry and ready to burn. The mass of interlaced straw is called a hackle. Used all over East Aberdeenshire.

=keeked=, =keekit=, I, 303, =D= 1; 304, =E= 3: peeped.

=keel=, V, 116, 10: red chalk.

=keem=, =kem=, =kemb=, =kame=, comb.

=keen=, _v._, V, 238, 18; 278, 38: ken, know.

=keen=, armour, II, 62, 10: no sense except for arms of offense (as in Old Eng.).

=keen= (of tying), II, 162, =D= 3: strong or hard.

=keen(e)=, II, 45, 26; 46, 39; V, 192 f., 27, 57: bold. spak sharp and keene, III, 394, =K= 3: cuttingly, poignantly.

=keep=, catch. See =kep=.

=keep up=, V, 114, 12: keep under custody, safe from the hands of others, lock up. See =kept up=.

=keep=(=e=) =with=, II, 411, 15; III, 36, 41: stay, live with.

=keepit= a bower, II, 407, 8: frequented, lived in.

=keepit=, IV, 215, =A= 2: heeded, observed.

=keist=, =kiest=, =kest=, =kyst=, _pret._ of cast, I, 69, 46; 241, 3.

=kell=, II, 264 f., 5, 12; 364, 30; V, 161, 7: a cap of network for women’s hair.

=kell.= lang kell, V, 110, 9, 10. See =lang kell=.

=kelter=, kelter-coat, V, 54, 20: made of kelt, black and white wool mixed and not dyed. Dillon, Fairholt’s Costume in England, where a kelter-coat is cited from a will. Kelt, cloth with the knap, generally of native black wool. Jamieson.

=keltit=, IV, 493, 5: kelted, tucked.

=kem=, =kemb=, comb.

=kemp=, =kempe=, =kempy=, I, 301, 1; 302, 6, =B= 1; 303, =C= 1, 9; 309, 3, 5; II, 53 f., 25, 31, 55; III, 447 a: champion, fighting-man (A. S. cempa). kemp o the ship, V, 151 f., =F= 2, 4, is no doubt a corruption.

=kempery=(=e=), II, 54 f., 54, 66, 68: company of fighting men (or, if adjective, fighting).

=kempy.= See =kemp=.

=ken=, I, 343, 42; 345, 41; 348, 21; III, 268, 4: know. III, 266, 4: to make known.

=kene=, cawte and kene, III, 296, 26: wise, shrewd, or, perhaps, brave.

=kenna=, know not.

=kep=, =keep=, =cap=, =cape=, catch, stop, intercept: II, 322, 21; 325, 21; 407, 13; 413, 6, 8; III, 125, 34; 245, 2; 246, =E= 2; 436, 5, 7; IV, 480 f., 17, 18, 19; V, 230, 10, 11. she keppit him (received him) on a penknife (as he leaned over to her), II, 147, 6. she keppit Lamkin, II, 335, =M= 7; V, 230 b, =Y= 10: encountered. he kepped the table, door, wi his knee, I, 476, =J= 5; 481, 42; II, 91, 26; 94, 18; 271, 17: took, struck. keppit, III, 246, =D= 2, is an obviously wrong reading, and should be _kicked_; cf. 243, 2; 245, 2; 246, =E= 2. kepd the stane wi her knee, II, 421, 29, is absurdly taken from other ballads (and from ball-playing). _pret._ kept, kepd, kepped, kepit, keppit. See =cap=.

=kepe=, I, 329, 2: care for, value. kepe I be, III, 100, 80: care I to be.

=keping=, IV, 313, 20: meeting. The meaning is that he went to meet (_come_ should be _came_) the body which was lying at the gates. There was no procession towards him.

=kepping=, keeping.

=kept up=, IV, 287, 15: shut up. See =keep up=.

=kerches=, kerchiefs.

=kest=, =keste=, _pret._ of cast, III, 76 f., 421, 422. See =keist=.

=kettrin=, IV, 84, 8: cateran, Highland marauder. See =caterans=.

=kevel=, =kevil=, I, 74 f., 3, 36; 77, 4; 80, 4-6; II, 16, 2; 301, 1; IV, 394, =C= 1: lot. See =kavil=.

=key=, kye.

=keys=, rang the keys, IV, 430, 2: keys of her spinnet.

=kickle=, III, 230, 59 (the actual reading): not easily managed, unsteady, Scot, kittle. (But perhaps we should read _kick_, since a verb would be expected.)

=kiest=, =keist=, _pret._ of cast, I, 74, 2; 75, 36; 80, 4; 351, 44; IV, 32, 11.

=kilt=, IV, 257, 3: a skirt worn by Highlanders, reaching from the belly to the knees.

=kilt=, =kelt=, tuck up: I, 341, 3, 17; 343 f., 3, 8, 16, 35; 369, 2; II, 92, 7; 461, 5; 462, 5; 471, 4. _p. p._ kilt, II, 423, 8; IV, 210, 7.

=kin=, a’kin kind, II, 114, 2: a’kin, all kind, equivalent to every. na kin thing, I, 394, 10.

=kin=, ken.

=kind=, =kindly=, II, 319, 7; III, 266 f., 1, 5, 21; 300, 26; IV, 501, 30: kindred, native. kindly cockward, I, 285, 24: natural, born, fool. kindly rest, V, 124, =C= 14: natural.

=kine=, what kine a man, IV, 504, 27: kind (of).

=king’s felon=, =kynggis felon=, =kings ffelon=, III, 98, 21; 180, 16: traitor, or rebel, to the king.

=kinnen=, III, 370, 4: coney, rabbit.

=kintra=, country.

=kipeng=, keeping.

=kipple=, I, 333, 5; IV, 432, 6: couple, rafter.

=kipple-roots=, I, 304, =F= 5: the ends of couples (rafters) that rest on the top of the wall. “In rude erections the couples were rough unhewn tree-stems, which were placed with their thickest, or root, ends on the walls, the smaller ends abutting at the ridge of the roof.” J. Aiken.

=kirking=, I, 371, 6, 12, 14: churching.

=kirk-shot=, IV, 359, 10: the fishings on the water where nets are shot, belonging to, or adjacent to, the kirk.

=kirk-style=, I, 441, 8-10; 498, 16, 24; IV, 183, 9, 11; 360, 16: the gate of the enclosure round a church, or, the stile in the church-yard wall.

=kirk-toun=, II, 219, 13: village in which is a parish church.

=kirkyard=, V, 299, 4: churchyard.

=kirn=, _n._ and _v._, V, 115, 6: churn.

=kirtle=, =kirtell=, =kyrtell=, part of a man’s dress, perhaps waistcoat: III, 65, 194; 71, 299. name given to a variety of articles of female attire, explained as jacket, corsage or waist, upper petticoat, a loose upper garment, tunic or short mantle, etc. dress of silk worn under a gown, over a petticoat, I, 433, 9. gown, petticoat and kirtle, III, 273, 14. kirtle and gown, III, 215, 10; IV, 432, 7, 8.

=kist=, chest, I, 15, =A= 3; =B= 3; 17, =D= 2; III, 189, 34; IV, 485, 19; V, 115, 5: coffin.

=kithe=, a, III, 93, 36: of kith, of the same country, region, people. kith, kyth, and kin, II, 216, 6, 8; 252, 29; III, 93, 36.

=kitt=, V, 240, 14: outfit, supply.

=knabby=, IV, 262, 23: knobby, rough.

=knack fingers= (in sign of grief): IV, 418, 7; 435, 13; knak, V, 227, 5 (passage corrupted); knick, III, 455, =E= 1; knock, II, 312 f., 5, 6, 7: crack the finger-joints. (Elsewhere, wring, II, 315, =D= 7; 319, 17; III, 477, 4.) ladies crackt their fingers, II, 26, =G= 16.

=knapped=, II, 134, 8, 13: knobbed, ornamented with balls or tassels. See =naps=. golden-knobbed, II, 133, =D= 6. (knob, sometimes a tassel to the cord of a mantle.)

=knapscap=, =napskape=, IV, 7, 35; V, 251, 31: head-piece.

=knaue=, III, 14, 16, 17; 60, 81; 94, 50; 127, 44 (play): servant. IV, 501, 37: person of servile or low rank.

=knave-bairn=, I, 350, 20; II, 418, 23: male child. knave-boy, V, 235 b, after 30.

=kneene=, III, 362, 87: knees.

=knell=, _v._, II, 189, 23: ring.

=knet=, _pret._ of knit, III, 431, 17; IV, 31, =B= 6: knitted, knotted.

=knicking fingers=, III, 455, =E=: making the finger-joints crack. See =knack=.

=knight-bairn=, V, 236 f., 21, 28, 29: male child.

=knip-knap=, V, 213, 6: a knock, tap. V, 124, =C= 15: to express the sound of cracking.

=knobbed.= See =knapped=.

=knock.= See =knack=.

=knocking-stane=, I, 304, 10: stone mortar.

=knoe.= See =know=.

=knop=, III, 138, 9: (knap), blow.

=knoppis=, knobs.

=know=(=e=), =knoe=, II, 308 b; III, 464, 5; 466, 38; IV, 171, 4; 193, 1; 195, 1; 201, 10; 205, 22: hillock.

=knowe-tap=, IV, 60, =C b= 6: top of a hill.

=kod=, =kuod=, quoth.

=koors=, I, 353, 15: turns.

=koupd.= See =couped=.

=kouthe=, II, 499 b: known.

=kow=, V, 157, 11, 12: twig. See =cow=.

=ky=, =kye=, =kyne=, III, 464, 6, 7; 465 f., 19, 62; IV, 7, 29-32; 84, 17, 18: cows.

=kyrtell.= See =kirtle=.

=kyst=, I, 241, 3: cast.

=kyth= (and kin), home, country, people. See =kithe=.

=kythe=, II, 168, 10: be manifest, appear, _pret._ kythed, I, 117, 10: appeared.

L

=laa=, law.

=lachters=, =lauchters=, IV, 166, 14: locks.

=lack=, =lake=, _adj._=laigh, low, humble, in lack o luve, II, 376, 24, 27, 30. so lack a knight as bid her ride, II, 97, 10. thought his father lack to sair, II, 408, 1 (lake, V, 235 b, 1; cf. thought father’s service mean, II, 178, 2); V, 272 b, 8, 10: of mean position.

=lack=, =lake=, _n._ (think, hae, lack), reproach, discredit, IV, 15, 16; 518, 8. woman, lack o our kin, IV, 325, 13. had ye nae lack (reproach or fault), IV, 281, 3. what other ladies would think lack, II, 159, 22 (but here lack may=laigh, and mean _beneath them_, as in II, 97, 10). tooke a lake, III, 419, 2: incurred a reproach or blame? of his friends he had no lack, IV, 11, 18: corrupted from, of him his friends they had no lack (or the like). See =lauch=.

=lad=, in =surgeon-lad=, IV, 484, after 25: man. lad nor lown, IV, 304, 8, 9: should probably read, laird.

=lad-bairn=, II, 299, 12, 21; III, 392, 7; 395, =L= 1, 5; IV, 510, =V= 3: boy.

=lad=, _pret._ of lead, III, 75, 388.

=lade=, led, taken.

=lader=, V, 265 b, 20: leather.

=laid=, III, 35, 15: laid a plan. laid about, III, 329, 1: invested.

=laid=, laid her bye, V, 169, 6: lay down by her.

=laidler=, II, 503 f., 10, 11, etc.: corruptly for laidley (as in 7).

=laidley=, =laily=, =laylë=, =layely=, etc. (A. S., láðlíc), I, 312, 8, 13; 348, 14, 20; II, 503 f., 7, 32, 35; V, 214 f., 2, 3, 5, etc.: loathly, loathsome.

=laigh=, II, 188, 3; III, 384, 2; 397, =A b= 1; IV, 200, 9; 268, 21; V, 236, 11: low, mean. oer laigh, III, 480, 12: too low, too short. See =lack=.

=laigh=, =leugh=, _n._, III, 162, 49: low ground. III, 489, 10: lower part; so, leugh, 487, 6, 14, 16.

=laily=, =laylë=, =layly=, =layelly=, V, 214 f. See =laidley=.

=lain=, =laine=, =layne=, =leane=, =lene=, =len= (Icel. leyna), III, 332, 7; IV, 7 f., 30, 47; V, 250 f., 27, 40: conceal.

=lain=, alone. See =lane=.

=laine=, _p. p._, III, 401, 16: laid.

=lair=, =lear= (A. S., lár), II, 175, 16; 305, 15: instruction. unco lair, to learn, get: II, 118, 1; 119, 1; 174, 1; 178, 2; III, 385, 1; IV, 411, 1; unco lear, IV, 467, 1: strange lesson, applied to one who is to have an extraordinary experience; cf. English lair, IV, 466, 1. See =lear=.

=lair=, =lear=, II, 311, 1: lying-in.

=laird=, a landholder, under the degree of knight; the proprietor of a house, or of more houses than one. Jamieson.

=lairy=, IV, 22, 10: miry, boggy.

=laith=, loath. See =leath=.

=lake=, _n._, III, 419, 2; V, 235 b, 1; 272 b, 8, 10. See =lack=.

=lake=, I, 254, 8: pit, cavity. See =laigh=, _n._

=lake=, V, 235 b, 1; 272, 8, 10=laigh, of mean position. See =lack=, _adj._

=lake-wake=, =leak-wake=, =lyke-wake=, II, 311, 19: watching of a dead body.

=lamar=, =lamer=, =lammer=, II, 131, 6; 323, 24; IV, 203, 5; 204, 14: amber.

=lambes woole=, V, 85, 18: pulp of roasted apples mixed with ale.

=lammas beds=, II, =96=, =J= 4, in virtue leave your: corrupt. See note, II, 100 b. Dr Davidson, correcting by sound, would read, never to leave. For lammas beds we may perhaps read, families. Cf. 87, =B= 1, that ye dinna leave your father’s house.

=lammer=, =lamer=, =lamar=, amber. See =lamar=.

=land=, V, 128, 29: country (opposed to town).

=land-lieutenant=, IV, 517, 17. lord lieutenant, III, 492 f., 7, 11, 17. lieutenant, III, 488, 32, 33, 35, 37. See next word.

=land-serg=(=e=)=ant=, III, 481, 33; 482, 27; IV, 2, 9, 14: officer of the gendarmerie of the Borders, called land-lieutenant, IV, 517, 17.

=landart=, V, 106, =E= 1; 111, 1: belonging to the country, rural.

=landen=, II, 29, 17: landing.

=landen span=, III, 511, 16, 18: corrupted from London band, or the like.

=landsman=, III, 489, 44: land owner.

=lane=, III, 357, 51: lane, as where poor men live? (Rhymed with aye, and perhaps corrupt. 361, =C= 51, lawne.)

=lane=, =lain=, =leen=, =lean=, =lone=, =alane=, =alone=, annexed to the dative or genitive of the personal pronoun (as in Old Eng. him ane, hire ane), my, mine, thy, our, your, her, his, him, its: I alone, by myself, etc. my lane, I, 79, 22. thy lane, IV, 197, 8. our lane, I, 72, 20. your lane, II, 69, 1. your lone, IV, 195, 16. her lane, lean, I, 350, 10; IV, 456, 1. his lane, lean, IV, 227, 6; 345, 5. him lane, leen, I, 368, 26, 28; II, 90, 18. their lane, I, 254, =C= 1. its lone, I, 132, =J= 4; II, 308, 3. its leen, IV, 418, 1. it lane, II, 82, =J=; 307, 22; III, 388, 5. me ane, I, 333, 1. by my lane, I, 330, =B= 1. mine alone, alane, I, 332, =E= 1, =F= 1; III, 489, 1. him alone, III, 159, 2; cf. IV, 464, 1.

=lane=, IV, 281, 2: misprint for bane.

=lang=, at lang, IV, 318, =F= 9: at length.

=lang kell=, V, 110, 9, 10: coleworts not cut up and mashed. “lang kail [a tall-growing cabbage?] became extinct about 60 years ago, giving place to finer-flavored varieties.” W. Forbes.

=langin=, she’s gane langin hame, IV, 198 a, 7: perhaps simply longing, languishing; lingering would be more appropriate if the interpretation were justifiable.

=lang-sought=, V, 35, =B= 5: been long (and fruitlessly) seeking for some object (if the reading is right), indicating a hopeless passion.

=lap=, grip her in his lap, II, 325, 18: (possibly) embrace, clutch.

=lap=, =lappe=, III, 59, 70; 65, 194; 353, 12; 430 f., 15, 17: wrap, roll.

=lap=, _pret._ of loup, leap, I, 330, =A= 5, 7, =B= 5; 331, =C= 5, 7; III, 270, 1; V, 228, 16. lap him, III, 266, 2: the old construction of dative of the subject after a verb of motion.

=lappen=, _p. p._ of loup, leap.

=lapperin=, III, 395, =L= 4; IV, 224, 23: clotting.

=lappin=, IV, 510, =V= 3: covering; probably corrupted from lapperin of =L= 4, clotting.

=lard=, =leard=, V, 36, =B= 8, 9: laird.

=lass-bairn=, =lassie-bairn=, I, 350, 20; II, 301, 10, 11; IV, 418, 5: girl.

=lat=, I, 310, 8; 351, 37: let.

=lat down=, III, 281, 2, 5, 6: give over, discontinue.

=late=, III, 164, b 51: let, hindrance.

=late=, _pret._ of let, allow, V, 256, 13.

=latten=, _p. p._ of let, II, 189, 26; IV, 493 f., 7, 28, 31 (left).

=lau=, low.

=lauch=, _n._, II, 20, 4; 385, 6; 390, 7; IV, 259, 9: laugh. IV, 327, 12: perhaps laughing-stock; but cf. lack, 325, 13, reproach.

=lauch=, =lawhe=, _v._, IV, 121, =G= 2; V, 80, 48: laugh. _pret._ laugh, laughe, leuch, leugh, luke, lough, low, lowe, lowhe, laucht, lought.

=laucht=, _pret._ of laugh, II, 106, 14.

=lauchter=, IV, 385, 6: laugh.

=lauchters=, I, 74, 68, 72; 79, 25: locks.

=lauchty=, V, 213 a, No 33, 10: the reading in Sharpe’s Ballad Book corresponding to tauchy, I, 302, =A= 10. In the copy of Sharpe used (a presentation copy), a line is drawn through the l, indicating, probably, the editor’s intention to emend to tauchty or tauchy.

=laue=, law.

=laugh=, =laughe=, _pret._ of laugh, II, 418, 34; 420, 59; III, 287, 59.

=launde=, =lawnde=, III, 27, 105; 33, 105: plain ground in a forest; “a small park within a forest, enclosed in order to take the deer more readily, or to produce fatter venison by confining them for a time.”

=launsgay=, III, 63, 134: a kind of lance, javelin (compound of lance and the Arabic zagaye).

=lave=, =leve=, II, 78, 11; III, 495 b, 23, 24; IV, 220, 3; 428, 6; 517, 20: rest, remainder.

=lauede ablode=, I, 244, 9; V, 288, 16: swam in blood.

=lav=(=e=)=rock=, I, 201, 3; 202, 3; 205, =F= 4; IV, 266, 16: lark.

=law=, I, 209 a: faith, creed.

=law=, Castle-law, II, 149, 4, 7; Biddess-law, III, 460, 29: hill (A. S. hlǽw).

=lawhe=, V, 80, 48: laugh. _pret._ lowhe.

=lawin=(=g=), III, 472, 7; IV, 151 f., =A= 2-4, =B= 5, 9, 10, etc.; 157, 5, 6: tavern-reckoning.

=lawing=, V, 266, 8: lying (reclining).

=lawnde.= See =launde=.

=lax=, IV, 233, 18: relief.

=lay=, II, 59, 25: law, faith.

=lay=, II, 483, 1; IV, 203 f., 6, 7, 23; V, 260, 10, 11: land not under cultivation, grass, sward. lays, IV, 224, 23: fields, plains, ground.

=lay=, _v._, lie.

=lay=, I, 399 a, =E= 11: seems to be nonsense; probably we should read gray, as in No 248, IV, 389 f.

=lay by=, IV, 519, 5, 7, 11; 520, 5, 10 (lay’d==lay it): lay aside, let be, cease. lay bay, V, 275 b, 3: put aside or behind, outsail.

=layelly=, loathsome. See =laidley=.

=laying=, IV, 174, 1: lawing, reckoning.

=lay-land=, II, 59, 23: (Old Eng. leyland) lea land, untilled land; simply plain, ground.

=laylë=, loathsome. See =laidley=.

=layn= (withouten), III, 97, 17; 100, 81: lie (truly).

=layne= (Icel. leyna), IV, 7 f., 30, 47: conceal. See =lain=.

=layne=, _v._ (A. S. légnian), III, 297, 35, 40: lie.

=layne=, _v._, II, 87, 33: lean.

=lazar=, =-er=, II, 44-46, 4, 5, 9, 11, etc.: leper.

=lea=, =lee=, =lie=, =loe=, =loi=, =loie=, =loy=, =loo=, =low=, =lue=, _v._, I, 438, 10; II, 260, 4; 408, 23; 417, 2; 419, 52; V, 116, 2, 3; 117, 3; 220, 6; 221, 9; 242, 14; 260, 13; 272 b, 3, 7, 11; 277 f., 1, 4, 23, 31: love.

=lea=, =lee=, lie, _mentiri_.

=lea=, III, 457, =A= 2; IV, 100, 4; 102, =L= 6; 263, 2: leave. (so leave, IV, 94, 15, is to be sounded.)

=lea=, _n._ See =lee=.

=lea=, =lee=, lie lea, lie lee: IV, 26, 5; 350, =B b= after 2; 520, 2: untilled. lay lee, V, 189 b: lay waste.

=leace=, withouten leace, III, 27, 108, 115: falsehood.

=lead=, III, 460, 26: lead their horses?

=lead=, V, 36, 11; 117, 14; 221, 18; 268, 18: led.

=lead=, laid.

=lead=(=e=), I, 232, 9; V, 53, 103: vat, boiler.

=leaf=, loaf.

=leaf=, gae out under the leaf, IV, 379, 6: luff, loof, after part of a ship’s bow; or here, as opposed to lee, the weather side. See =lowe=.

=leak=, _adj._, V, 111, 20; 224, 26: like.

=leak=, _v._, V, 242, 15: like.

=leak=, II, 193, 28; V, 224, 26; 228, 28:===lyke=, for lyke-wake, watching of a dead body.

=leak-wake=, V, 228, 13, 14, 23, 24: lyke-wake, watching of a dead body. See =lake-wake=, =lyke-wake=.

=leal=, =leel=, =leil=, =liel=, III, 464, 12: loyal, faithful, true. I, 70, 24; 73, 34, 45, 46; II, 73, 19; III, 437, 36; IV, 212, 1; 240, 13; 283, 11; 289, 11: virginal, chaste, expers viri; so, lealest, leelest, I, 220, =A= 3; 221, =D= 6. III, 464, 3; 465, 30: veracious. V, 115, 5: upright, honest. love me leel, I, 345, 9: faithfully.

=lea-lang=, I, 352, 7. See =lee=, _adj._

=leall=, V, 248, 4: perhaps only faithful; but possibly lief, lee (dear), leman, the final l being caught from leman.

=leam=, =leem=, _v._, II, 410, 24: gleam.

=lean=, =leen=, his, him, IV, 345, =I= 5: lane, lone. See =lane=.

=lean=, =leane=, =lene=, =len=, _v._, II, 403, 8 (see =len=); III, 330, 19; 420 f., 30, 32, 34, 52; IV, 277, 15, 17; V, 36, =B= 8, 9: conceal. II, 164, 8, 11, 14: conceal, or lie. See =lain=, to conceal.

=leap=, _pret._ of leap, loup, V, 227, 17. See =leepe=.

=lear=, II, 176, =C= 1, 2: instruction. IV, 413, 2; 414, 1; 467, 1: learning. III, 473, 24: information. See =lair=.

=lear=, II, 313, 25: apparently meant for lair, bed; but rhymed with white, and the reading should undoubtedly be lyke, that is, lyke-wake, as in II, 117, 16.

=leard=, laird. See =lard=.

=lease===leash, II, 265, 19: a thong or string (as if for bringing back the deer he should kill?). I, 211, 20: a leash (of hounds), pack. III, 216, 31: a leash (of bucks), three.

=leasing=(=e=), =leasynge=, =lesynge=, =leesin=, I, 412, 26; III, 28, 132, 134; 359, 86; IV, 465, 22: falsehood.

=leath=, =laith=, III, 162, 54; IV, 479, 4; V, 216, 6: loath.

=leaugh=, =leugh=, =lewgh=, =leiugh=, =lieugh=, III, 465 f., 33, 39, 42, 49; 487, 6, 14, 16 (see =laigh=): low.

=leave=, gie them a’ thier leave, I, 431, =D= 13, =E= 10: take leave of them all.

=leave===leeve, dear, II, 414, 24. leaver, III, 362, 82.

=leave= (to weepe), IV, 140, 10: cease.

=leave=, live.

=lede=, III, 74, 368: leading, conduct.

=ledës-man=, =lodesman=, III, 74, 369; 88, 369: guide.

=ledyt=, I, 242, 11, _old imperative plural_: lead.

=lee=, =lea=, I, 100, 4; III, 171, 9; 174, 20: untilled ground, grass land, open plain, ground.

=lee=, lie lee, IV, 26, 5: untilled. lay lee, V, 189 b, lay waste.

=lee=, _adj._, the (this, a) lee-lang, lief-lang day, I, 100, 11, 12; 440, 3; II, 96, =I= 2: (Old Eng. the leevë longë day) livelong, from A. S. léof, used like German lieb in der liebe lange tag, die liebe lange nacht. So lee, le, lei, ley, licht o the moon, I, 389, 5; II, 188 f., 4, 14, 35; 195, 37; 233, =F= 1; 374, =B= 3; 413, 7, as in die liebe sonne, der liebe mond, regen, wind, and other formulas in great variety. (lee licht o the moon is replaced, II, 103 f., 10, 12; 106, 10, by hie light, ae light.)

=lee=, _v._, lie, _mentiri_.

=lee=, II, 256, =K= 5: live.

=lee=, _v._, love. See =lea=, =love=.

=leech=, IV, 426, 11: meant for leesh, and so spelt in another copy.

=leed=, =lied= (A. S. lǽden), I, 207, 18; 430, 5, 9; II, 366, 19; IV, 379, 14: talk.

=leed= (A. S. léod), III, 355, 3: man. _pl._ leeds, 6: people.

=leed=, laid.

=leed=, _n._, II, 366, 37: lead.

=leedginge=, II, 58, 7: leeching, doctoring.

=leeft=, _pret._, IV, 220, 1: lived.

=leel=, loyal, faithful, etc. love me leel, I, 345, 9: faithfully. See =leal=.

=lee-lang.= See =lee=.

=leemin=, II, 361, 33: gleaming.

=leems=, IV, 460 a, No 47: gleams; but _langs_, belongs, is the word required; cf. I, 430, 6.

=leen=, =lean=, her, your leen, him leen, IV, 291 b; 345, 9; V, 171, 2, 6: lone. See =lane=.

=leepe=, =leap=, _pret._ of leap, loup, II, 445, 76; V, 227, 17.

=lees=, =leeze=, me on thee, III, 495 a, after 7; IV, 517, 15: blessings on, commend me to. (lees me, originally leeve is me, dear is to me, my delight is.)

=leese=, III, 37, 75; 189, 4; 228, 17; 374, 3: lose.

=leesin=, IV, 465, 22: a lie. See =leasing=(=e=).

=leesome=, I, 182-3; IV, 432, 2; 455, 18; V, 178, 1: lovely, pleasing, leesome blew the wind, IV, 410, 10: pleasantly.

=leeve=, =leve=, =leave=, =lefe=, =lieve=, =live=, _adj._, II, 305, 13; 414, 24; V, 227, 13: lovely, dear, pleasant; _comp._ leifer, leuer, I, 328, 43; III, 24, 35; 189, =A= 9; 297, 42; 436 f., 10, 25; V, 83, 51. epithet of London, II, 265, 5, 12; 440, 14; III, 276, 1; 284, 6, 7; 330, 16; 406, 35; V, 227, 8. So, lovely London, III, 352, 1; 355, 7. lilly Londeen, IV, 485, 19. whether he were loth or lefe, III, 67, 225 (properly, him were): disagreeable or agreeable; here, unwilling or willing. For _had lever_ see =leuer=.

=leeve=, III, 105, 15: believe.

=leeve=, III, 287, 62: grant.

=leeze.= See =lees=.

=lefe=, III, 28, 128: pleasing, agreeable. III, 67, 225: pleased. See =leefe=.

=leffe= (A. S. lǽfan), wolde not leffe beheynde, III, 112, 60: remain.

=leg=, V, 126 f., 1, 2, 5, etc.: highwayman.

=legg=, V, 275, 7: league.

=leguays=, =lequays=, V, 217, 12, 13: likewise.

=lei=, =ley=, lei light o the moon, II, 188 f., 4, 14, 35; 195, 37. See =lee=, _adj._

=leifer=, =leifar=, III, 436 f., 10, 25; IV, 196, 13: rather. See =leeve=.

=leil.= See =leal=.

=leiugh=, low. See =leaugh=.

=leman=, =lemman=, Old Eng. leofman, beloved (of both sexes). I, 232, 6, 7; 314, 2-4, 6; II, 271, 18; 273, 24, 400, 6; IV, 151, =B= 1, 2; 154, 2, 3; V, 283, 3: lover, paramour. I, 72, 30, 32; 117, 8; 254, 10; II, 73, 27, 28; 81, 40; 289, =B= 2, 3; V, 248, 4; 283, 12: love, mistress, loose woman.

=lemanless=, III, 434, 28: without lovers.

=lemanry=, V, 25, 4: illicit love.

=len=, _v._, lean. See =lend=.

=len=, =lene=, III, 420 f., 30, 32, 34, 52; neither lee nor len, IV, 277, 15, 17: conceal. II, 164, 8, 11, 14: conceal, or lie. that cannot longer len, II, 403, 8: remain concealed (but the reading should probably be, I cannot). See =lain=, =lean=.

=len=, =lene=, III, 79, 40, 81; V, 283, 14: lend, give, grant.

=lend=, II, 229, 5, 8; III, 63 f., 153, 165; 82, 76; 85, 76; V, 49, 21: grant, give.

=lend=, _n._, II, 185, 38: loan.

=lend=, I, 207, 19, lend ye till your pike-staff: we should no doubt read len==lean. lent. I, 223, =I= 4: leaned.

=lende=, III, 75, 395: dwell.

=lene=, conceal. See =len=.

=lenger=, =lengre=, III, 61, 105; 73, 341; 78, 443: longer.

=lenght=, III, 478, 17: length.

=length=, this length, IV, 271, =A= 4: for so long.

=lent=, _pret._, I, 223, =I= 4: leaned.

=lequays=, likewise. See =leguays=.

=lere= (A. S. hléor), III, 57, 28: cheek, face.

=lere=, III, 57, 16; 77, 426: learn.

=lese=, =leese=, III, 59, 56: lose.

=less= (age), IV, 64 a: minor.

=less o him=, I, 332, =G= 1: smaller of him, than him.

=lesse=, III, 296, 25: false, falsehood.

=lest=, II, 81, 45 (reading in earlier MS. for rest): last.

=lesynge=, falsehood. See =leasing(e)=.

=let=, =lat= (A. S. lǽtan), allow, leave. II, 54, 48; 265, 8, 15, 24; III, 58, 38: omit, fail. _pret._ late, loot, lute, lett. _p. p._ latten, letten, lotten, looten, loot (?).

=let=, =lette= (A. S. lettan), I, 334, 8; III, 110, 22, 23; 128, 75; 307, 2: hinder.

=letten=, _p. p._ of let, I, 87, 43; 452, 6: allowed, left.

=letters=, =letturs=, III, 99, 55 (the kyng did hit vnfold); III, 297, 36: letter.

=leuch=, =luke=, _pret._ of laugh, II, 30, =K= 1; 81, 33; 366, 23; IV, 272, 9.

=leugh=, _n._, lower part. See =laugh=.

=leugh=, _pret._ of laugh, I, 388, =A= 7; II, 134, 21; III, 69, 273; 467, 60; 490, 17.

=leugh=, =leaugh=, =lewgh=, etc., IV, 465, 34, 38; 484 f., 8, 10: low.

=leutye=, =lewtë=, III, 64, 154, 169: loyalty, faith.

=leuve=, I, 17, 14: palm of the hand. See =loof=.

=leve=, =lave=, _m._, II, 75, 20: rest.

=leue=, _v._, III, 61, 112; 79, 76: permit, grant.

=levedys=, I, 334, 9: ladies.

=leven=, I, 324, 13; 325, 12: lawn, glade, open ground in a forest. See =launde=.

=leuer=, =leifer=, pleasanter, preferable, rather. had leuer, III, 24, 35; 189, =A= 9; 297, 42; 436 f., 10, 25; V, 83, 51. See =leeve=.

=lewde= (lye), III, 171, 8: base, vile.

=lewgh=, low. See =leaugh=.

=lewte.= See =leutye=.

=ley=, =lea=, =lee=, III, 109, 4; for a’ his father’s leys, II, 333, 11; 334, =M= 4; riding the leys, IV, 137, 34: land not under cultivation, simply land, plain, field. lands and ley, V, 157, 2: arable land and pasture; a common phrase in Scots conveyancing, “all and whole the lands and leas.”

=ley-land=, I, 15, 11; 16, =B= 11: land lying lea, not under cultivation. See =lay-land=.

=ley licht.= See =lei=, =lee=.

=leyngger=, V, 80, 37: longer.

=leyt=, V, 80, 37: lighted.

=leythe=, III, 112, 62: light.

=liag=, V, 237, 5: leg.

=libertie=, lying at, II, 464, 11: possessed in one’s own right, unencumbered.

=liberty=, =lybertye=, place of, II, 443, 39; 449, 44, 52: where one can fight without fear of interruption?

=liberty-wife=, II, 291, 2: mistress.

=licence=, V, 155, =C= 3, make their licence free: pay the licence of an inn-keeper.

=licht=, I, 146, 19, 20: alight. lichted, lichtit, II, 92, 16; IV, 195, =D= 2; 337 b, g after 20.

=lichter=, I, 21 b, 8; II, 105, 10: delivered. See =lighter=.

=lichtlie=, =lichtly=, =lightly=, IV, 94, 3; 98, 8; 100, 7; 337 a, g 16: make light of, treat, or speak of, with disrespect.

=lick=, II, 470, 45: gratuity (of meal from the miller).

=lick=, III, 163, 87: take for one’s self; cf. II, 470, 45.

=lidder=, =lither=, III, 464, 1: lazy. as _adv._, 467, b 1: excessively. (A. S. lýðre, bad.)

=lie=, =ly=, =lye=, I, 103, 10; III, 123, 5; 432, 17; V, 191, 5: reside, live.

=lie=, =lee=, =lea=, love. See =lea=.

=lie=, III, 301, =E=: lea.

=lie=, thou lie, IV, 197, 17: for thou liest, ye lie.

=lied= (A. S. lǽden), I, 430, 5, 9: language, talk. See =leed=.

=lied=, _pret._, V, 220, 6: loved.

=lief-lang.= See =lee-lang=, under =lee=.

=liel=, I, 70, 24: chaste. See =leal=.

=lien=, _p. p._, II, 135, 32: lain. she’s nouther pin’d nor lien, IV, 484, after 25: has not been lying bed-rid, does not look like one who has long been confined to bed.

=lierachie=, III, 319, 20: hubbub. “leerach==the bottom of a dung-pit after the dung has been removed, but left in a filthy state. The word is used to signify anything in a disordered state. Hence, confusion, hubbub.” Rev. Walter Gregor.

=lieugh=, low. See =leaugh=.

=lieve=, II, 345, 34: dear. See =leeve=.

=life=, leaf.

=life=, man of life, II, 244, 10: man alive (Chaucer’s lives man).

=lift=, I, 370, 16; 440, 18; II, 26, 14: air, sky.

=lift=, V, 82, 37: lifted.

=lig=, =ligg=, =ligge=, =lygge=, _imperat._, I, 328, 36; II, 437, 72; 439, 4, 7; IV, 396, 6; _inf._, III, 212, 17: lay.

=lig=, =ligge=, =lygge=, I, 328, 38-41; II, 244, 6, 7: lie.

=light=, _pret._, II, 46, 38; 54, 49; V, 53, 93: lighted, alighted. See =lyght=.

=light=, III, 156, 1: corruption of lith, listen.

=lighter=, of a bairn, I, 86 f., 7, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25, 43; II, 98, 35; 108, 12; 109, 11; 115, 23; 117, 10, 11; 118, 13; 123, 25, 26: delivered. (Icel. verða léttari, Old Eng. to lighten.) lighter a dochter, II, 132, 15: _ellipsis of_ of. See =lichter=.

=lightly=, =lightlie=, =lyghtly=(=e=), III, 23 ff., 11, 41, 45, 61, V, 82, 36: quickly. III, 35, 35: easily. V, 84, 3: for slight reason.

=lightly=, =lichtlie=, =-ly=, III, 472, 10; IV, 351, 2, 9: treat with disrespect. IV, 92, 2: slight (in love). IV, 94, 3; 98, 8; 100, 7; 103, =M= 1; IV, 337 a, g 16: speak disparagingly of.

=like=, =liken=, like to be dead (dee), II, 58, 7; 372, 24; III, 386, 7; 392, 6; 394, =J= 4; 395, =M= 2 (cf. =L= 2): in a condition, in a fair way, or likely. liker, II, 97, 22: more likely (?). See =lyken=.

=like=, III, 355, 13; 358, 60, 80; 360, 109, 111: please. III, 400 a, (7): be pleased, satisfied.

=likesome=, II, 433, 5, 6, 8; 440, 23; 442, 4; 446, 89: pleasing, lovely.

=lilt=, I, 187 b; IV, 266, 16: to sing cheerfully. lilted, IV, 95, 3: sang, chanted.

=lily=, =lilly=, =lilye=, =lillie=, =liley=, =lillie=, lea, lee, lie, I, 325, =B= 11; III, 299, 8, 11; 300, 25; 301, 32, =E=; 435, 2; IV, 454, 6; 455, 14; 458, 7; V, 244, 16, 19; lillie leven, I, 324, 13; 325, =C= 12; lilly bank, brae, IV, 220, 13, 14: explained as “overspread with lilies or flowers,” but clearly from A. S. léoflíc, Old Eng. lefly, etc., lovely, charming. So, lilly feet (i. e. leely), I, 130, =E= 13; lily leesome thing, IV, 432, 2. We have lilly Londeen, IV, 485, 19==the frequent leeve London, lovely London. See =leeve=, =lee-lang=.

=limmer= (French limier, a kind of hound), a term of opprobrium, or simply of dislike. II, 322, 6; III, 466, 47: wretch (_m._ or _f._), rascal. limmer thieves, 439 f., 4, 20; 441, 34. limmer loon, IV, 146, 15, 17. of a woman, II, 219, 9: jade.

=lin.= See =linn=.

=Lin=, =Linn=, =Linne=, =Line=, =Lyne=, a stock ballad-locality (like Linkum): I, 78, 38; 466, 5; 478 f., 5, 10, 16, 34; II, 240, 2; 290, 19; IV, 379, 18; 381, 12; 382, 15; V, 14, 1 ff.; 182 f., 2, 11, 29; 219, 6; thro Linkum and thro Lin, II, 124, 37.

=lin=, III, 105, 11; 174, 15: stop.

=lin’d=, III, 164, 91: beat.

=ling=, =lyng=, III, 3, 6; 7, 5; 99, 53: a species of rush, or thin long grass, bent grass, Scotland; in England, heath, furze.

=lingcan=, I, 299, 5: lichame, body.

=linger=, I, 334, 8: longer.

=Linkem.= See =Linkum=.

=linkin=, =linken=, IV, 332 b; V, 124, 4; 240, 1: tripping, walking with a light step. on a horse, II, 285, 11. linking ladie, IV, 355 b: light of movement. key gaed linking in, V, 18, b 23: passing in quickly, slipping in.

=linkit his armour oer a tree=, III, 270, =E= 7, comparing =A= 9; =B= 8; =D= 8, and observing the crooked carle in =E= 8, seems likely to be corrupt, and perhaps we should read leaned his arm out-oer. Otherwise, hung his armor, etc.

=Linkum=, an indefinite ballad-locality. not a bell in merry Linkum, II, 106, 21, 22. thro Linkum and thro Lin, II, 124, 37. cock crew i the merry Linkem, II, 239, =B= 4. a the squires in merry Linkum, IV, 432, 1.

=linn=, =lin=, =lynn=(=e=), water-course, torrent, river, pool in a river (A. S. hlynna, torrens): I, 303, =D= 4; II, 147, 9; 153, 24; III, 274, 1. of a mill-stream, I, 129, =D= 6. o’er the linne, II, 282 f., 9, 17, 18; IV, 479, 10 (==in the lynn, IV, 479, 5); II, 283, 8, 9: over the bank into.

=Linnen=, II, 225, =D= 3: Lunnon, London.

=linsey=, linsey-woolsey.

=lint=, IV, 433, 32: linen, linen mutch or cap.

=lippen on me=, II, 94, 10: depend. to God, III, 269, 12; to good==God, V, 243, 15: trust.

=lirk=, IV, 198, 2: crease, hollow.

=lish=, leash.

=list=, _n._, III, 137, 2; 181, 16: inclination.

=list=, _v._, III, 171, 9; 179, 4; 311, 19: desire, be disposed. _pret._ list, III, 171, 11. _impersonal_, me list, III, 97, 9. See =lyste=.

=lith=, =lyth=, I, 135, =O= 15, 17; 345, =C= 4; II, 412, 1; 413, 8: member, joint.

=lith=, I, 334, 7: light.

=lith=, =lithe=, =lythe= (Icel. hlýða), I, 334, 10; III, 22, 5; 198, 1; 411, 1: hearken.

=lither=, II, 54, 51; 138 f., 9, 13, 22, 23: bad. See =lidder=.

=Litle Brittaine=, I, 284 f., 4, 24, 33, 37: generally understood as French Brittany, but it is inexplicable that Arthur should be reigning there. Perhaps Litle means no more in this piece than in Litle England, II, 440, 20, 22; III, 278, 34; 285, 27; Litle London, III, 285, 22; Litle Durham, III, 285 f., 29, 39, 40. All these places, it will be observed, are in the Percy MS.

=live=, leave.

=live=, V, 227, 13: dear.

=live best=, IV, 146, 2: are the best of those living.

=lively=, I, 184, 47: alive.

=liuer=, _adj._, III, 180, 10: deliver, agile.

=liuerance=, III, 411, 8: payment for delivering.

=livery-man=, I, 419, 1; 421, 1: servant.

=liues=, II, 59, 25: ’lieves, believes.

=liuor=, III, 411 f., 8, 9, 10, 14: deliver, hand over, surrender.

=load=, III, 267, 10: loaded (with liquor).

=loaden=, _p. p._ of load, IV, 395, =A b= 5.

=loan=, =lone=, a common, any free or uncultivated spot where children can play or people meet, even the free spaces about a house: II, 62 a, 14, 16; 140, 1; V, 118, 2. (loan-head, IV, 285, 11, is toun-head in the original.)

=locked=, =lockit=, in a glove, II, 461, 21; 464, 6; 477, =D= 17: fastened.

=lockerin=, comes lockerin to your hand, IV, 213, 14; lockren, V, 258 b, 7: curling, closing as if to embrace.

=loddy=, IV, 70 f., =G= 4, 5, etc.: laddy.

=lodder=, =loder=, V, 283, 6, 16: louder.

=lodesman.= See =ledesman=.

=lodging-maill=, III, 474, 38: rent for lodging.

=lodly=, I, 285 f., 31, 43, 56; II, 44, 12: loathly, disgusting.

=lodomy=, IV, 398 f., 9, 34: laudanum.

=loe=, =loie=, =loy=, =lou=, _v._, I, 438, 10; V, 221, 9; 260, 13; 272 b, 3, 7, 11; 277, 1, 4: love. See =lea=.

=loffe=, _n._ and _v._, V, 79, 26, 28: love.

=logie=, IV, 175, =N= 11: lodge.

=loie=, =loy=, love. See =loe=.

=lome=, II, 44, 12: lame man.

=lone=, _n._, II, 333, 1; 489, 17. See =loan=.

=long=, tall. Long Lankyn, Long Iamie, II, 328, 1, etc.; III, 358, 63, 65, etc.

=long of=, II, 436, 53; III, 98, 22: owing to, the fault of.

=loo=, love, II, 408, 23. _pret._ lood, II, 417, 2; 419, 52. See =lea=.

=lood=, loud.

=loof=, =looff=, =lufe=, =luve=, =leuve=, I, 15, 15; 16, =B= 16, =C= 16; 17, 14; 18, =F= 9; 19, 14; III, 374, 8: palm of the hand. (Icel. lófi.)

=looke=, IV, 503, 12: look up.

=loon.= See =loun=.

=loord.= See =lourd=.

=loose=, V, 300, No 191: lose.

=loot=, bend. See =lout=.

=loot=, _pret._ of let, I, 68, 7; 204, 19: allowed.

=loot=, _p. p._ (?) of let, I, 351, 49; III, 436, 13; IV, 33, 26: allowed, allowed to, come.

=looten=, _p. p._ of let, II, 168, 8: allowed (to come). See =lotten=.

=lope=, _pret._ of loup, II, 59, 30; 434 f., 28, 47; 436, 58; III, 479, 39.

=lord nor loun=, III, 301, 32: man of high or low rank. In II, 159, 26, lord is a wrong reading; rogue nor loun, or the like, is required, as in 160, 20.

=lordane=, =lurden=, III, 25, 61: dolt, clodpoll, etc.

=lore=, =lorne=, III, 59, 51; V, 79, 32: lost.

=loset=, III, 94, 52: loosed, delivered.

=loss=, V, 200 a, 65; 262, No 223, 10; 277, 6: lose.

=lotten=, _p. p._ of let, I, 87, 38: allowed. See =looten=.

=loudly=, III, 440, 12: loud.

=lough=, =loughe=, _pret._ of laugh, II, 54, 58; 444, 48; V, 254 b, 2. See =leuch=, =leugh=.

=lought=, _pret._ of laugh, III, 82, 74; V, 51, 55.

=loukynge=, V, 283, 17: expectation, hope deferred.

=loun=, =lown=, =lowne=, =loon=, IV, 501, 36, 37: a person of low rank. laird or (nor) loun (lown), I, 69, 40, 41; 71, 32; III, 435, =F= 8; IV, 514, 12. lord nor (or) loun (lowne), III, 301, 32; 430, 13; 435, =E= 5; 436, 6, 8. IV, 11, 2; 519, =H= 2, =I= 2: rogue. often a mere term of general disparagement (as in, English loun): (of a man) II, 118, 3, 4; 140, 25; V, 171, 4; (woman) I, 100, 30; 491, =G= 24, =H= 22. fellow, without disparagement, IV, 258, 21. naughty girl, II, 419, 37. mistress, concubine, whore, II, 181 b; IV, 14, 13; 330 a, 3; 332 b; 469, 3; 519, 9; 520, 13. See =lown=.

=loup=, I, 102, =D= 3; II, 464, 1; IV, 44 f., 14, 15, 17, 23; 47, 4, 5: leap. _pret._ lap, leap, leepe, lope, loup, louped. _p. p._ loupen, luppen. loupin, V, 213, 3, has been explained as a form of leeping, heating (warming herself over the coal; cf. cowering oer a coal, I, 304, 2). We have, however, whisking ore the coal, I, 302, 4; reeking (==raiking) oer the coal, 304 =E= 3; and _across_ agrees better with leaping than with heating.

=loup=, _pret._ of loup, II, 461, 5.

=loupen=, =louped=, _p. p._ of loup, III, 465, 27; IV, 462, 36.

=lourd=, =loord=, _pret._ and _p. p._ of lour==prefer, verb made from lever, rather. I had lourd, IV, 199, 18. I wad lourd have, IV, 7, 43. loord a had, V, 251, 36. I rather lourd it had been, II, 275 b.

=lout=, =loot=, I, 56, =B= 12; 351, 36, 48; II, 401, =C= 5: bow, bend, lean. _pret._ louted, looted. louted in, I, 331, =D= 5: bent our heads to enter? louted twafauld, threefauld, V, 242 b, 7: bent double, treble, _p. p._ louted, lootit, louten.

=louten=, _p. p._ of lout, II, 168, 9: bent.

=love=, I, 476, =J= 4: loaf.

=love-clapped=, II, 165, 10; 169, 8; 171, 13; 370, 8; 371, 8; IV, 392, 8; V, 277, 8: embraced lovingly, caressed.

=loverd=, I, 243 f., 1, 6, 17: lord.

=louesome=, III, 431, 30: lovely.

=lov(e)ly=, =louelie=, epithet of London: III, 199, 19; 310, 61; 352, 1; 355, 7. See =leeve=.

=low=, =lowe=, I, 211, 35; III, 93, 46: hill.

=low=, =lowe=, III, 435, =F= 5, 10; 436 f., 13, 20, 24, 34; IV, 47, 5; 514, 8: flame.

=low=, =lowe=, _pret._ of laugh, III, 110, 16; 112, 53; V, 78, 4. See =lowhe=.

=lowe=, doggs bite soe, III, 342, 66: a phrase for, take mean advantages.

=lowe=, bye lerbord or by lowe, IV, 504, 30: loof, luff, the after part of a ship’s bow (Falconer, Marine Dictionary); or perhaps the weather side. See =leaf=.

=lowhe=, =low=, =lowe=, _pret._ of laugh, V, 80, 44, 46-48.

=lown=, IV, 304, 8, 9: must mean here a young man in a low social position, since there can be no question of her kissing a disreputable fellow. There is no proper contrast with lad, and probably we should read, laird nor lown (see =loun=).

=lowse=, loose, free.

=loyed=, V, 221, 9: loved.

=lucettes=, III, 297, 46: luces, pikes.

=Luckenbooths=, V, 162, =C= 7: a range of buildings which formerly stood in the thoroughfare of the High Street in Edinburgh, parallel to Saint Giles Church.

=lue=, =loe=, =loo=, =lou=, =loie=, =lea=, =lee=, =lie=, _v._, love. See =lea=.

=lufe=, =luve=, =leuve=, =loof=, I, 16, =C= 16; 17, 14; 19, 14; III, 374, 8: palm of the hand.

=lugs=, I, 302, =A= 10; IV, 53, 11; 296, 8; V, 102, =B= 15; 103 b, 15: ears.

=luid=, III, 370, 19: loved.

=luke=, _pret._ of laugh, V, 238, 28.

=lum=, V, 125, 3, 9: chimney.

=luppen=, _p. p._ of loup, leap, I, 55, =A= 3, =B= 3; IV, 444, 26; 470, 30; 518, 8.

=lurden=, =lordan=, III, 35, 18: dolt, clodpoll.

=luscan=, a sturdy beggar (and thievish), III, 519 a.

=lust=, V, 213 a, 1: a bundle. (last, a measure, as twelve dozen hides or skins, etc.?)

=lust=, III, 56, 6; 85 and 89, 446; 332, 13: inclination, disposition. thy lustës to full fyll, III, 90 b: wishes. att his owne lust, III, 332, 13: pleasure.

=lute=, _pret._ of lett, IV, 345, 8: allowed. V, 248, 15: let down.

=luve=, palm of the hand. See =loof=.

=ly=, =lye=, IV, 261, 24; V, 168 f., 1, 2, 3, etc.: live, dwell. _pret._ lyed.

=lyand=, lying.

=lyart=, IV, 7, 36: grizzled, gray.

=lybertye=, apoint a place of, II, 443, 39; 449, 44, 52: a place where the two can fight freely, without risk of interruption?

=lye.= See =ly=.

=lyed=, II, 266, 28: lay, lived. See =ly=.

=lygge=, =ligge=, I, 328, 38-41: lie. See =lig=.

=lygge=, lay. See =lig=.

=lyghte=, =lyght=, I, 327, 21; III, 297, 33: alighted. See =light=.

=lyghtly=(=e=). See =lightly=.

=lyke=, I, 327, 22; III, 28, 121; 64, 165; 76, 417: please.

=lyke=, I, 506, 3, 8, 9; II, 295, 8; IV, 236, 30: lyke-wake, watching of a dead body. In II, 117, 16: simply, death-scene.

=lyke-wake=, I, 251, =B= 4, 5, 7; II, 282, 14; III, 495 b, 21; IV, 516 f., 1, 7, 18: watch of a dead body. dead lyke-wake, I, 251, =B= 4, 5: wake for your death. See =lyke=, =leak=, =leak-=(=lake-=)=wake=.

=lyken=, _participle_, IV, 511 b, =X= 6: about, at the point. See =like=, =liken=.

=lynde=, =lyne=, III, 75, 398; 91, 2; 92, 22; 93, 33; 97, 10; 98, 23; 100, 76, 78: linden, tree.

=lyne.= See =lynde=.

=lyne.= See =lin=.

=lyng=, III, 99, 53: heath. See =ling=.

=lyon=, III, 344, 33; 349, 33: the royal standard (quite out of place here).

=lyste=, =me lyste=, III, 78, 446: it would please me, I should like. See =list=.

=lyth=, =lyth=, =lithe= (Icel. hlýða), III, 56, 1; 63, 144, 70, 282; 71, 317: hearken.

=lyth=, member. See =lith=.

=lyuer=, III, 362, 82: leever, rather.

=lyueray=, III, 59, 70: present of clothes. III, 64, 161: purveyance of drink.

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=ma=, III, 490, 15, 27, 29: bit, whit.

=Mable=, booke of, III, 422, 61: some book of predictions, like Thomas Rymer’s.

=made=, a lie, I, 478, 25: told.

=made=, men, III, 406, 37: raised. made a bow o bere, V, 264 a, 2: contributed.

=mae=, III, 301, =E=; 349, 46; IV, 490, 27: more.

=maen=, =mane=, =meen=, _n._, II, 107, 2: moan.

=magger of=, in the, III, 307, 1: in spite of, maugre.

=maick=, =make=, mate.

=maid=, =may=, used loosely of a young wife: II, 300, 6, 8; 307, 33; V, 227, 7. So κόρη, παρθένος, in Homer, of a young wife, and puella of married woman often.

=maid= _of a place_, as, maid of the Cowdenknows, IV, 200, 12, 13; 202, =J= 2, 3; 203, 8; 205, 14: the eldest daughter of the tenant or proprietor, who is generally called by the name of his farm.

=maid alone=, II, 149, 2: solitary, like burd-alone, I, 298, 2 (which, however, is there used of a man).

=maiden=, IV, 30 a: an instrument for beheading, resembling the guillotine.

=maigled=, IV, 41, note *: mangled.

=maik.= See =make=.

=mail=, rent. lodging-maill, III, 474, 38.