第49章 GLOSSARY.(1)(3 / 3)

Gramercy:great thanks.French -grand merci.

Gree:satisfaction.

Gurly:gurgly.

Halfendell:the half part.

Halk:flat ground by a river.

Halse bane:neck bone.

Haud:hold.

Hie:high.First English -heah.

Hie:make haste.First English -higan.

Hilt:covering.

Ilke:same.

Iwis:certainly.First English -gewis.For the prefix i-,answering to First English and German ge-,see Y-.This old adverb is often printed as if the prefix were the pronoun I and wis were a verb.

Japes:trivial mockings.

Jimp:slender.

Kell:coif,woman's headdress.

Kipples:rafters.

Knowe:knoll,little hill.

Lap:started,were rent.

Launsgay:lancegay,a form of spear.

Lease:leasing:falsehood.

Leeful:"its leeful lane,""its lane,"alone;a Scottish idiom joins to "lane"the genitive pronoun,"his lane,"

"their lane,"etc."Leeful,"compassionate,the harp played of itself compassionately.

Lemes:gleams.

Lend:give.See Robin Hood -God lend.First English -laenan,to give,lend.

Lend:dwell,come into contact.See Robin Hood -"when ye together lend."Icelandic -lenda,to land;lendir saman,come close together.

Lere:learn,teach.First English -laeran.See Robin Hood -

"this lesson shall we lere;"

Lere:face.First English -hleor.See Robin Hood -"fell down by his lere."

Let:hinder.Letting:hindrance.

Lewte:loyalty.

Lift:sky.

Linde:lime-tree.

Linn:torrent;also the pool under a torrent of water.