leden, lede (A.S.) 355, 393, _to lead_. pret. s. ladde, 352. _part. act._ ledynge. _part. pas._ lad, 160, 246
ledene (A.S.) 242, 243, _speech, language_. This is applied, as here, to birds, by Chaucer, C. T. 10749:--
This faire kynges doughter, Canace, That on hir fynger bar the queynte ryng, Thurgh which sche understood wel every thing That eny foul may _in his lydne_ sayn, And couthe answer him in _his lydne_ agayn.
ledes (A.S.) 326, _people attached to the land, peasants_
leef (A.S.) _dear, love_. his leef, _his dear_
leelly (A.N.) 19, lelly, 45, 146, _loyally, faithfully_. leele, lele, _loyal_. lelest, 349, _most loyal_
leere, lere (A.S.) 15, 173, _countenance, mien, complexion_
leggen (A.S.) 30, 133, 235, 306, 426, leyen, 374, _to lay, to bet (to lay down a wager)_. _pret. s._ leide, 352, 372, 432, leyde, 98, 436
legistre (A.N.) 139, _a legist, one skilled in the law._
ley, _pl._ leyes (A.S.) 138, _a lea_ (Lat. _saltus_)
lemman (A.S.) _pl._ lemmannes, 303, _a sweetheart, a mistress_
lenen, lene (A.S.) _to give_; hence our _lend_. _pret._ lened, 269. _part. past_, lent, 275
lenen (A.S.) _to lean_. _pret. s._ lened, 369
lenge (A.S.) 27, 421, _to rest, remain, reside long in a place_. _pret. s._ lenged, 151, +_pret. pl._ lengeden, 469, _dwelt, remained_
leode (A.S.) 352, _people, a person_, whence our _lad_
lepen (A.S.) 41, 236, _to leap_. _pret. s._ leep, 10, 41, lope, 71, lepe, 107, lepte, 434. _pl._ lopen, 14, 22, 86, lope, 74. _part. pas._ lopen, 88
leperis (A.S.) _leapers_. lond leperis heremytes, _hermits who leap or wander over different lands_
lered (A.S.) 45, _learned, educated, clergy_
leren (A.S.) 146, _to teach_. _pres._ he lereth. _pret._ lerned, 146, 412, lered, 292, 336, 410
lerne (A.S.) 350, 351, 437, 441, _to learn_. _part. pas._ y-lerned, 141
lesen (A.S.) _to lose_. _pres. s._ lese, lees, 107, 148. _part. act._ lesynge. _part. pas._ lost, lore, 374, y-lorn, 388
lese (A.S.) 121, _to glean_. The word is still used in Shropshire and Herefordshire.
lesynge (A.S.) 66, 387, 388, _a lie, fable, falsehood_
letten, leten, lette (A.S.) 352, 435, _to hinder, to tarry_, _pret. s._ lette, 368, letted, 335. _part. past_, letted, 418. lettere, 19, _a hinderer_. lettyng, _a hindrance_