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+Lufsumliche+, _adv._ pleasantly, S.--AS. _lufsumlice_.
+Luft+, _adj._ left, S, S2, PP; see +Lyft+.
+Luft+, _sb._ a weak creature, worthless fellow, PP; +lift+, HD. See above.
+Lugen+, _v._ to drift about (on the waves), S2; +luggid+, _pp._, pulled about, PP.
+Lugit+, _pp._ lodged, S3; see +Loggen+.
+Luke+, _v._ to look, S3; see +Loken+.
+Lumpen+, _pp._ befallen, S2; see +Limpen+.
+Lunarie+, _sb._ moon-wort, C3; +lunary+, HD.--OF. _lunaire_; Late Lat.
_lunaria_.
+Lure+, _sb._ a bait, enticement, C3, HD.--OF. _loerre_, (now _leurre_); MHG. _luoder_, a bait (now _luder_).
+Lure+, _sb._ loss, S; +lere+, SD; +lire+, SD.--AS. _lyre_. See +Lesen+.
+Lure+, _sb._ face, SD; see +Leor+.
+Luren+, _v._ to lower, to look sullen, S; +loure+, S2, S3, PP; +lowren+, PP.
+Luring+, _sb._ a looking sullen, S.
+Lurken+, _v._ to lurk, PP; +lorken+, PP; +lurkand+, _pr. p._, S2; +lorked+, _pt. s._, S2.
+Lurking+, _sb._ hiding-place, S2.
+l.u.s.t+, _sb._ desire, inclination, pleasure, PP, S, S2, S3, H; +lest+, C2; +hleste+, S; +lostes+, _pl._, S2; +l.u.s.tis+, W.--AS. _l.u.s.t_.
+l.u.s.t+, _sb._ the sense of hearing, S.--AS. _hlyst_: Icel. _hl.u.s.t_, the ear.
+l.u.s.ten+, _v._ to give ear, to list, S, PP; +listen+, S; +hlesten+, S; +lhesten+, S2; +letsen+, S2, S.--AS. _hlystan_; cp. Icel. _hl.u.s.ta_.
+l.u.s.ten+, _v._ to desire, S, S3; +lyst+, _1 pr. s._, S3; +l.u.s.t+, _pr. s.
impers._, it pleases him, S, PP; +list+, S2, S3, C2, PP; +lest+, PP; +liste+, _pr. s. subj._, it may please, S; +leste+, S, S3, C2, PP; +l.u.s.te+, _pt. s. impers._, S, S2; +liste+, S2, S3, C2; +leste+, C2.--AS.
_lystan_.
+l.u.s.tiheed+, _sb._ pleasure, C2.
+l.u.s.tinesse+, _sb._ pleasantness, S3.
+l.u.s.tnen+, _v._ to listen, S; +lestenen+, G; +listnede+, _pt. s._, S; +lestned+, S2.
+l.u.s.ty+, _adj._ pleasant, S3, C2, C3, PP; +l.u.s.ti+, joyful, S.
+Lutby+, _sb._ paramour, H; see +Loteby+.
+Lute+, _adj._ little, S; see +Lyte+.
+Lutel+, _adj._ little, S, S2; see +Lytel+.
+Luten+, _v._ to stoop; see +Louten+.
+Luer+, _adj._ bad, false, treacherous, S, PP, S2; +lyer+, PP, H; +lier+, PP, S2; +liere+, S, H; +leore+, S.--AS. _lyre_.
+Luerliche+, _adv._ vilely, S.
+Lutlin+, _v._ to diminish, S; +lutlen+, S; +liteled+, _pt. s._, S2.--AS. _lytlian_. See +Lytel+.
+Luue+, _sb._ love; see +Lufe+.
+Lycorys+, _sb._ liquorice, C2; +lycoresse+, Cath.--AF. _lycorys_; Late Lat. _liquiritia_, _glycyrrhiza_; Gr. ?????????a, lit. 'sweet root.'
+Lyf+, _sb._ life, S, S2; +lifue+, S; +liues+, _gen._ as _adv._, alive, S; +lyues+, S, C2; +liue+, _dat._, S, S2; +lyue+, S. _Phr._: +bring o liue+, to kill, S2 (7. 198); +on lyue+, alive, S, C2; +his lyf+, during his life, C2.--AS. _lif_.
+Lyf+, _sb._ a living person, a man, PP; +lif+, S2; +lyfe+, WA.
+Lyf-day+, _sb._ life-time, PP; +lif-da?e+, _dat._, S; +lyfe-days+, _pl._, WA.--AS. _lif-daeg_.
+Lyflode+, _sb._ way of life, mode of life, S2, PP; +liflode+, S, W; means of living, PP; +lijflode+, W2; +lyuelade+, _victus_, Cath.; +liuelod+, S3; +lyuelode+, W.--AS. _lif_ + _lad_, a course, provisions.
+Lyfly+, _adv._ in a lively manner, S3.
+Lyft+, _adj._ left, PP, S2; +luft+, S, PP, S2; +lift+, S, PP, S2; +left+, SkD. _Comb._: +lift-half+, left side, W2; +luft-hond+, left hand, PP.--AS. _lyft_, weak; cp. ODu. _luft_, 'laevus.'
+Lyft+, _sb._ air, sky, PP, S3; +lift+, HD, S2, H; +lyfte+, S2; +lufte+, _dat._, S; +lifte+, S2; +lyfte+, S2.--AS. _lyft_; cp. OS. _luft_, OHG.
_luft_, Goth. _luftus_. Cf. +Loft+.
+Lyften+, _v._ to lift, s.h.i.+ft, raise, PP; +lyftande+, _pr. p._, S2; +lyft+, _pt. s._, PP.--Icel. _lypta_. See +Loft+.
+Lyik+, _adj._ like, W2; see +Liche+.
+Lyke-waik+; see +Lich+.
+Lykhame+, _sb._ body, PP; see +Lichame+.
+Lym+, _sb._ lime, _calx_, S2, C3; +lyme+, Voc. _Comb._: +lym-rod+, a limed rod, C2; +lym-?erde+, a limed twig, S3.--AS. _lim_.
+Lymaille+, _sb._ file-dust, C3; +lymail+, C3.--OF. _limaille_, from _limer_, to file; Lat. _limare_.
+Lymit+, _sb._ limit, WA.--OF. _limite_; Lat. _limitem_ (acc.).
+Lymytour+, _sb._ a friar licensed to ask alms within a certain limit, PP, C, CM; _limitator_, Cath.; +limitour+, PP.--OF. _limiteur_ (Cotg.); Church Lat. _limitatorem_ (Cath.).
+Lynage+, _sb._ lineage, descent, parentage, PP, S3, C2, W; +linage+, C2, C3; +lynages+, _pl._, tribes, S2; +lynagis+, W2.--AF. _linage_.
