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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Lobbe-keling], sb. a large cod, S2.

[ Lob-cocke], sb. lubber, S3, Cotg. (s.v. baligaut), HD. See [Lob].

[ Lobres], sb. pl. lubbers, PP, S2.

[ Loby], sb. looby, PP; lobyes, pl., PP.

[ Lode], sb. a way, path, SD; loode, something carried, a load, vectura, Prompt.; lade, SD.—AS. (ge)lád, a way, path, from líðan, to go. See [Liðe].

[ Lode-menage], sb. pilotage, C.

[ Lodesman], sb. pilot, Palsg.; lodezmon, S2; lodysmanne, ‘vector, vehicularius,’ Prompt.

[ Lode-star], sb. load-star, S3; lode-sterre, CM.

[ Lode-stone], sb. loadstone, SkD.

[ Lof], sb. praise, S, S2; lofe, S, WA; loft, S.—AS. lof; Icel. lof, praise, permission, OS. lof; cp. OHG. lob (Otfrid).