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A. S. _laen-an_, Su. G. _laen-a_, id.
~Len~, ~Leane~, ~Lend~, _s._ A loan, S.
A. S. _laen_, _lean_, id.
_Acts Ja. VI._
_To_ LEND, _v. n._ To dwell.
V. ~Leind~.
LENDIS, _s. pl._
1. Loins.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. b.u.t.tocks.
_Kennedy._
Isl. _lend_, clunis; in _pl. lendar_, lumbi.
_To_ LENE, _v. n._ To give.
V. ~Lenit~.
LENYIE, LENYE, _adj._
1. Lean.
_Barbour._
2. Of a thin texture.
_Douglas._
A. S. _hlaene_, _laene_, macer.
LENIT, _pret._ Granted.
_Houlate._
Isl. _laen-a_, concedere.
LENIT, LENT, _pret._ Abode.
V. ~Leind~.
LENIT, LENT, _pret._ Leaned.
_Doug._
LENT-FIRE, _s._ A slow fire.
_Baillie._
Fr. _lent_, slow.
LENTFULL, _adj._ Mournful, from _Lent_, the season appropriated to fasting.
_Houlate._
LENTRYNE, LENTYRE, _s._ Lent; still used to denote Spring, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _lengten_, Lent, also Spring.
~Lentrin Kail~, broth made without beef, S.
_J. Nicol._
LENNO, _s._ A child.
_Ritson._
Gael. _leanabh_, id.
_To_ LENTH, _v. a._ To lengthen.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _lengh-en_, Sw. _leng-a_, prolongare.
LEOMEN, _s._ A leg, Aberd.
