A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Lampe], sb. lamp, Cath., PP; laumpe, S2, PP; lawmpe, Voc., Prompt.; lampes, pl., C3.—AF. lampe; Lat. lampadem.

[ Lampe], sb. a thin plate, C3; lamm, HD, ND.—OF. lame; Lat. lamina.

[ Laner], sb. a kind of hawk, basterdus, Voc.; lanner, Cotg.; lannard, HD.—OF. lanier (Cotg.); Lat. laniarium, that which tears, from laniare, to tear.

[ Lanere], sb. a thong, Prompt.; see [Laynere].

[ Lang], adj. long, tall, S; long, S, PP; lengre, comp., S; lenger, S2, C2, PP; lengore, S2; lange, adv. long, S; longe, S, S2; lang, S2; leng, comp., S; lenger, S3; lengere, S, S2; langar, S3; lengest, superl., S, S2.—AS. lang.

[ Langage], sb. language, C, C2, PP.—AF. langage.

[ Langes], pr. pl. belong, S2; see [Longen].

[ Lang-fridai], sb. Long-Friday, i.e. Good-Friday, S; lange-fridai, S.—Icel. langi-frjádagr.

[ Langmode], adj. long-suffering, S2.—AS. lang-mód.

[ Langour], sb. languishment, slow starvation, C2, PP; langours, pl. sicknesses, W.—AF. langour, illness; Lat. languorem.