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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Luke], v. to look, S3; see [Loken].

[ Lumpen], pp. befallen, S2; see [Limpen].

[ Lunarie], sb. moon-wort, C3; lunary, HD.—OF. lunaire; Late Lat. lunaria.

[ Lure], sb. a bait, enticement, C3, HD.—OF. loerre, (now leurre); MHG. luoder, a bait (now luder).

[ Lure], sb. loss, S; lere, SD; lire, SD.—AS. lyre. See [Lesen].

[ Lure], sb. face, SD; see [Leor].

[ Luren], v. to lower, to look sullen, S; loure, S2, S3, PP; lowren, PP.

[ Luring], sb. a looking sullen, S.

[ Lurken], v. to lurk, PP; lorken, PP; lurkand, pr. p., S2; lorked, pt. s., S2.

[ Lurking], sb. hiding-place, S2.