This page needs to be proofread.
222
ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
legô, to lie, *legos, bed, I. E. root leꬶh, lie; Gr. λεχος, bed, λέχεται, sleeps (Hes.); Got. ligan, Ger. liegan, Eng. lie, etc.
laimhrig, landing place, harbour: from N. hlað-hamarr, pier or loading rock, Shet. Laamar. Also lamraig.
laimhsich, handle, Ir. laimhsighim: *lám-ast-ico-, from *lamas, handling, from làmh, q.v.
lainnir, brightness, polish, E. Ir. lainderda, glittering, glancing; also loinnear, bright, q.v.
lainnir, a falcon (Carm.):
laipheid, an instrument for making horn-spoons:
làir, a mare, Ir., O. Ir. láir, g. lárach: *lârex. Stokes suggests connection with Alban. pelé, pēlé, mare.
lairceach, stout, short-legged, fat, lairceag, a short, fat woman:
làirig, a moor, sloping hill, a pass; cf. M. Ir. laarg, fork, leg and thigh, O. Ir. loarcc, furca. Often in place names:
laisde, easy, in good circumstances; cf. Ir. laisti, a heavy, stupid person; from las, loose?
laisgeanta, fiery, fierce; from las, q.v.
laithilt, a weighing as with scales, Ir. laithe, scales: *platio-, root plat, plet, as in leathan.
lamban, milk curdled by rennet (Dial.); see slaman.
lamh, able, dare, Ir. lamhaim, E. Ir. lamaim, O. Ir. -laimur, audeo, W. llafasu, audere, Cor. lavasy, Br. lafuaez: *plamô, a short-vowel form of the root of làmh, hand, the idea being "manage to, dare to"? Stokes says it is probably from *tlam, dare, Gr. τόλμα, daring, Sc. thole; see tlàth. Windisch has compared Lit. lemiù, lemti, fix, appoint.
làmh, hand, Ir. lámh, O. Ir. lám, W. llaw, Cor. lof, O. Br. lau; *lâmâ, *plâmâ; Lat. palma, Eng. palm; Gr. παλάμη; Ag. S. folm, O. H. G. folma. Hence làmhainn, glove, E. Ir. lámind. làmh, axe (Ross), làmhaidh (Suth.); làmhag, a small hatchet (Arg.), M. Ir. laime, axe; O.Slav. lomifi, break, *lam, Eng. lame (St.).
lamhrag, a slut, awkward woman, lamhragan, awkward handling; from lámh: "underhand".
làn, full, Ir., O. Ir. lán, W. llawn, O. W. laun, Cor. leun, len, Br. leun: *lâno-, *plâno-, or pḹ-no- (Brug.), root pḹ, plâ, pel; Skr. pûrṇás, full; further Lat. plênus; Gr. πλήρης, πολúς, many; Eng. full, etc. See also iol, lìon, lìnn.
lànain, a married couple, Ir. lánamhain, E. Ir. lánamain, O. Ir. lánamnas, conjugium: *lag-no-, root log, leg, lie, as in laigh? Stokes divides the word thus: lán-shamain. For samhain, assembly, see samhainn.
lànan, rafter beam, from lànain.
langa, a ling; from Norse langa, Sc. laing, Eng. ling.
