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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Lorel], sb. laurel, Prompt.; loryȝer, Prompt.; see [Laurer].

[ Lorn], pp. lost, S2; see [Lesen].

[ Lor-þeaw], sb. a teacher, S; lareaw, SD; lorþeawe, dat., S; lorþeawes, pl., S; larþawes, S; larewes, SD.—AS. lárþéow (láréow). See [Lore].

[ Lose], v. to set free, G; louse, imp. s., G; loside, pt. s., W2. Cf. [Lesen].

[ Lose], sb. praise, H; see [Loos].

Losel; see [Lorel].

[ Losen], v. to praise, PP; losed, pp., WA.

[ Losenge], sb. a kind of quadrilateral figure; losynges, pl., CM.—OF. losenge, praise, flattery, encomium, then grave-stone, square slab, lozenge in heraldry.

[ Losengere], sb. flatterer, deceiver, WA; losanger, sluggard, S3; losengour, C; losenjour, HD.—OF. losengier (Cotg.), also (with different suffix) losengëor, losengetour, flatterer.

[ Losengerye], sb. flattery, lying, PP.