GLOSSARY. 369 kirtell, short gown or tunic. kitchy-boy^ kitchen-boy. knave., boy, servant. knet^ knitted, knotted. kyy kine, cattle. kyst^ to cast, throw. kythcy to become known. Laithy loath. lake^ shroud. lakit, lakkyty lacketh. lane, lone ; your lancy her lane^ alone. lapy lappe^ lapty to wrap. lapy leapt. lastefiy last. laty cease, desist, let. late, let. launsgay, a kind of spear. lavrocksy larks. lawingy inn-reckoning, account. layde down, spent. layn, layne, sb. and verb, lying, deception ; to lie. tear, lore, learning. lear^ lair, resting-place. lease, leash. lede, train, retinue {Gest^ 368*). ledes-matty leader, guide. ledyt, imperative plur., lead (Ste- phen, n*). lee (lee-lang)y lief, dear (see note. Brandy 11*). leeve, dear, lovely. /<r^z/^, to believe. lefey lief, glad. lemany sweetheart. lendey to grant, lend. lendey to dwell. /(?«/, leaned. lere {Gesty 28*), cheek. /(^r/, to learn ; to teach. lesey to lose. lesse (Otterburny 25*, A.-S. Uas)y a lie. lesyngy leasyngy lying. /^/, to let ; to cause. lety to hinder. lety to desist, be hindered {Child Maur.y 7*). /^//^, past tense of lety to desist. leughy laughed. leutyey lewtey loyalty. levey to permit. leveny lawn. lewtey see leutye. ligy to lie. //^^/, //^/4//, alighted. lighter y delivered (of a child). lightlyy to undervalue, treat with contempt. lilliey lillyy explained in note to Thomas Rymery 15', as *lilied, flowery*; but Professor Child refers to Ballads y VIII, 485,
- lilly Londeen,* which, he
thinks, = * leeve London,' of other passages; so that lilly = lovely, fair (A.-S., lioflic). limmery scoundrel, general term of reproach. liny to cease. lithery bad. locky look. lodging-mailly rent. loey to love. long (o/)y owing to, dependent upon (Monky zz^). looteny lotteny let (past part.). lorne, lost. losety loosed. loughey laughed. loupy leap. louteuy bowed, bent. lowey a hillock. lowey fire, flame. lowey humbly (Gesty 43'). lowney louny a servant, a worthless person. lueettesy luces, pikes. Digitized by LjOOQIC
