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+Lid+, _sb._ a cover, lid, SD; +lydde+, Cath.; book-cover, HD; +lides+, _pl._, lids of the eyes, S.--AS. _hlid_.
+Liden+, _v._ to cover, SD.--AS. _hlidan_, to cover (in _be-hlidan_), pp. _hliden_.
+Lieftenant+, _sb._ lieutenant, deputy, S3; +lieftenants+, _pl._, S3.--AF. _lieutenant_; Lat. _loc.u.m-tenentem_.
+Liese+, _v._ to lose, S; see +Lesen+.
+Lifes+, _pr. s._ lives, S2; see +Liuien+.
+Lift+, _adj._ left, S, S2, PP; see +Lyft+.
+Lige+, _adj._ liege, free, PP, C2, C3; +lyge+, PP; +liege+, PP; +lege+, S3, PP, SkD; +leege+, PP; +lyche+, Prompt.; +lige+, _sb. pl._, liege servants, PP, C2; +lyges+, PP; +lieges+, S2, C3; +liegis+, PP; +leges+, PP.--OF. _lige_ (Bartsch), _lige seignur_, liege lord (Roland, 2421); cp. AF. _seignour lige_, and _homes liges_; cp. Low Lat. _ligius_.
+Ligeaunce+, _sb._ allegiance, C3.--OF. _ligeance_, see NED (s.v.
_allegiance_).
+Ligen+, _v._ to tell a lie, S; see +Ly?en+.
+Liggen+, _v._ to lie, S, S2, H, C2, W; +ligen+, H; +li?en+, S2; +lien+, S; +le?e+, S; +list+, _2 pr. s._, S; +li+, _pr. s._, S, S2; +ly+, S; +lige+, _pl._, S; +ligges+, continue, S2; +lygge+, _pr. pl. subj._, S2; +lai+, _pt. s._, S; +lay to+, suited, S2; +leigen+, _pl._, S; +leyen+, S, S3; +y-leye+, _pp._, P; +i-leie+, S; +leie+, W; +leyn+, S3; +y-layne+, S3; +i-lei?en+, S2.--AS. _licgan_, pt. _laeg_, pl. _l?gon_ (_lagon_), pp. _gelegen_.
+Liggyng+, _sb._ lying down, W.
+Lighte+, _v._ to make less heavy, to relieve a horse of his burden by descending, to alight, CM; +lyghte+, S3, C3, Cath.; +light+, S2, S3; +li?ten+, S, S2; +ligten+, S; +lihten+, S; +ly?t+, S2; +li?te+, _pt.
s._, PP; +ly?te+, PP; +ly?t+, S2; +lychtyt+, _pl._, S3; +liht+, _pp._, S2; +ligt+, S.--AS. _lihtan_. See +Liht+.
+Lihen+, _v._ to deceive, S; see +Ly?en+.
+Liht+, _adj._ light, not heavy, easy, S; +lyht+, S; +licht+, S2; +li?t+, W2; +li?te+, active, S; _adv._, S2; +li?tere+, _comp._, S2, W.--AS. _leoht_: OHG. _lihti_; cp. Goth. _leihts_; see Sievers, 83.
+Lihtlich+, _adj._ easy, light, S; +lihtliche+, _adv._, S; +li?tliche+, S, S2.--AS. _leohtlic_, _leohtlice_.
+Lihtschipe+, _sb._ swiftness, S.
+Liken+, _v._ to please, SkD, PP, WW, S3; +liki+, S; +lykyen+, S; +like+, to rejoice, S2; +like+, _pr. s. impers._, PP, S2; +lyke+, PP, S2, C2; +lykede+, _pt. s._, S2.--AS. _lician_ (also _lican_), to please, literally, to be _like_ or suitable for. See +Liche+.
+Likerous+, _adj._ dainty, lecherous, S2, PP, C3; +lykerous+, PP; +lycorouse+, dainty-mouthed, Palsg.; +licorous+, Cotg. (s.v.
_lecheresse_). See +Lechour+.
+Likful+, _adj._ pleasing, SD.
+Likinge+, _sb._ pleasure, S, W; +liking+, PP, W2; +lykyng+, S2, C2.
+Likinge+, _adj._ favourable; +lykynge+, S2.
+Likli+, _adj._ likely, SD.
+Liklihed+, _sb._ likelihood, SkD; +lyklihede+, C2.
+Liklinesse+, _sb._ probability; +lyklinesse+, C2.
+Liknen+, _v._ to liken, to compare, PP; +lykne+, PP; +lickne+, PP; +lykned+, _pp._, C2; +licned+, W; +iliknet+, S2.
+Liknesse+, _sb._ likeness, appearance, PP, W; +liccness+, S; +liknes+, S2; +lyknes+, S3.--AS. _gelicnes_.
+Lilburne+, _sb._ a heavy stupid fellow, S3.
+Lilie+, _sb._ lily, _argentea_, S, S2. _Comb._: +lylie-whyt+, lily-white, S2.--AS. _lilie_ (Voc.); Lat. _lilia_, pl. of _lilium_; cp.
OHG. _lilia_ (Otfrid).
+Lim+, _sb._ limb, S; +lym+, S2; +lyme+, PP; +leome+, PP, S2; +limen+, _pl._, S; +lemes+, PP; +limes+, S; +lymes+, limbs, W2, S2, PP, C2; creatures, PP; +lyms+, S3; +limmes+, C2. _Phr._: +feondes lymes+, limbs of the fiend, PP (cp. Icel. _limir Fjandans_); +the deuyl and his lymmes+, H (Ps. 108. 30). _Comb._: +lim-mele+, limb-meal, SD; +limel+, S.--AS. _lim_, _lim-m?lum_, 'membratim.'
+Limpen+, _v._ to happen, to belong to, S; +lomp+, _pt. s._, SD; +lymppede+ (_weak_), HD; +lumpen+, _pp._, S2.--AS. _limpan_, pt. _lamp_ (pl. _lumpon_), pp. _gelumpen_.
+-ling+, _suffix_. See SkD (s.v. _darkling_).
+Linnen+, _v._ to cease, S; +lynne+, S; +lin+, HD; +lyn+, S3; +lan+, _pt. s._, SD.--AS. _linnan_, pt. _lann_ (pl. _lunnon_), pp. _lunnen_; cp. Icel. _linna_.
+Linnunge+, _sb._ ceasing, S.
+Lipnen+, _v._ to trust; +lippin+, JD.
+Lipning+, _sb._ trust; +lypnyng+, B.
+Lire+, _sb._ cheek, face, PP; see +Leor+.
+Lispen+, _v._ to lisp, SkD; +lyspe+, Cath.; +lipsede+, _pt. s._, C.--AS. _wlispian_.
+Lisse+, _sb._ ease, rest, joy, happiness, S, PP; +lysse+, S, PP.--AS.
_liss_ (for _li-s_); see Sievers, 258. See +Lie+.
+Lissien+, _v._ to ease, SD; +lisse+, HD; +lyss+, S3.--AS. _lissian_.
+List+, _pr. s. impers._ it pleases him, S2, S3, C2; see +l.u.s.ten+.
+Liste+, _v._ to desire, PP; see +l.u.s.ten+.
+Liste+, _sb._ list or edge of cloth, PP, Manip.; +lyste+, PP, S2, Palsg., Cath.; +lyyste+, Prompt.; +lyyst+, Prompt. _Comb._: +lyste of the ear+, _mol de l'oraylle_, Palsg.--OF. _liste_; Icel. _lista_.
+Liste+, _sb._ craft, astuteness, S, S2.--AS. _list_; cp. Icel. _list_, OHG. _list_, from Teut. base LIS. Cf. +Lore+.
+Listely+, _adv._ slily, S2.--AS. _listlice_.
+Listes+, _sb. pl._ the lists, the ground enclosed for a tournament, C2; +lystes+, C.--AF. _listes_, pl.; OF. _lisse_, (also _lice_), a tilt-yard; see Ducange (s.v. _licia_).
+Listre+, _sb._ a lector, preaching friar, PP; +listyr+, Prompt.; reader, Trevisa, 6. 257; +listres+, _pl._, PP.--OF. _listre_ for _litre_; Church Lat. _lector_ (Ducange).
+Lit+, _adj._ little, S; see +Lyte+.
