LOW, _vb._ to flame, to flare up, kindle. Dunbar, G.T., 45; Ramsay, II, 17; Psalms, LXXVI. O.N. _lǫga_, to burn with a flame, Norse _lǫga_, _laaga_, to blaze, but cp. the Sco. sb. _lowe_.
LOWE, _sb._ flame. O.N. _lǫgi_, Norse _laage_. See Skeat.
LOWNE, _vb._ to shelter. Bruce, XV, 276; M.E. _lounen_, to shelter. See _lowne_, adj. Douglas, II, 236, 31, _lownit_, pp. serene, tranquil.
LUCK, _vb._ to succeed. Montg., C., 643. O.N. _lukka_, reflexive, to succeed (bene succedere, Haldorson), _lukka_, sb. luck. O. Sw. _lukka_, _löcka_ and _lykka_. In Scand. dial. the latter umlauted form only is found for the vb., but Norse sb. _lukka_, Dan. sb. _lykke_. Undoubtedly Norse influence in Sco.
LUCKEN, _vb._ to give luck, cause to succeed. Sco. formation from _luck_. Cp. _slok_ and _sloken_.
LUFE, LOOF, _sb._ the palm of the hand. O.N _lófi_, the hollow of the hand, the palm, Norse _love_, id., Sw. dial. _love_.
LUG, _sb._ the ear. See Skeat and Wall. Cp. Norse _lugga_, to pull, and _lug_ as a sb. originally "that which is pulled." In Cu. _lug_ means "the handle of a pail." Compare the Eng. to _lug_, to carry.
LYTHE, _vb._ to listen. Dunbar, 192, I. O.N. _hlyða_, to listen, Dan. _lytte_, O. Sw. _lyÞa_, id.
MAIK, _sb._ companion, partner, consort. Dunbar, T.M.W., 32; Philotus, 2. O.N. _maki_, partner, an equal, Norse _make_, Dan. _mage_, O. Sw. _maki_, M.E. _make_, consort, partner.
MAIKLESS, _adj._ without peer. Wyntoun, IX, Prol. 48; Montg. "The Lady Margaret Montgomery," 8. O.N. _maki_ + _laus_, Norse _makalæus_, Dan. _magelös_, extraordinary.
MAUCH, _adj._ full of maggots. Dunbar, F., 241. O.N. _maðkr_, a maggot, W.Norse, with assimilation, _makk_, E. Norse _mark_, Dan. _madik_, Sw. dial. _mark_, O. Sw. _matk_, and _madhker_. The _k_ is a diminutive ending, cp. Eng. _moth_ < O.E. _maða_. In the Sco. word _ð_ fell out and _a_ was lengthened for compensation. Cp. Cu. _mawk_, a midge, Eng. dial. _mawkish_. Skeat cites Eng. dial. form _mad_.
MELDER, _sb._ flour, meal just ground. Burns, 127, 113. O.N. _meldr_, flour, or corn in the mill, Norse _melder_, wheat about to be ground, or flour that has just been ground, _melderlas_, a load of wheat intended for the mill, _meldersekk_, a bag of flour. Cp. Cu. _melder_, the quantity of meal ground at one time.