a flat stone—in topography, found in the forms of lick and leck, cognate with the Lat. lapis and Grk. lithos; e.g. Lackeen, Licken (the little stone); Slieve-league (the mountain of the flagstone); Lickmollasy (St. Molasse’s flagstone); Bel-leek, Irish Bel-leice (the ford of the flagstone), near Ballyshannon; Lackagh (full of flagstones); Lickfinn (white flagstone); Duleek, anc. Doimhliag (the stone house or church); Auchinleck (the field of the stone), in Ayrshire; Harlech, in Merioneth; Ar-llech (on the rock, the place being situated on a craggy eminence); Llananl-lech—v. LLAN; Llech-trufin, probably originally Llech-treffen (the rock of the look-out, or twrfine); Llanml-lech (the church among many stones); Tre-llech (stone dwelling); Llech-rhyd (the ford of the flat stone); Leck, Lech, Leckbeck (the stony rivers); Leckfield (the field on the R. Leck); Leckwith, in Wales, for Lechwedd (a slope).
LEAMHAN (Gadhelic),
the elm-tree; e.g. the Laune, a river at Killarney, and the Leven, in Scotland (the elm-tree stream); Lennox or Levenach (the district of the R. Leven), the ancient name of Dumbartonshire; Lislevane (the fort of the elm-tree), in Ireland. According to Mr. Skene, the Rivers Leven in Dumbartonshire and in Fife have given their names to Loch Lomond and Loch Leven, while in each county there is a corresponding mountain called Lomond.
LEARG (Gadhelic),
the slope of a hill; e.g. Largy, in Ireland; Lairg, a parish in Sutherlandshire; Largs, in Ayrshire, and Largo, in Fife, from this word; Largan (the little hill-slope); Largynagreana (the sunny hill-slope); Larganreagh (gray hill-slope), in Ireland.
LEBEN (Ger.),
a possession, an inheritance. Forsteman thinks this word is derived from the Old Ger. laiban (to leave or bequeath), cognate with the Grk. leipa, and not from leben (to live); e.g. Leibnitz, anc. Dud-leipen (the inheritance of Dudo); Ottersleben (of Otho); Ritzleben (of Richard); Germersleben (of Germer); Osharsleben (of Ausgar); Sandersleben (of Sander); Hadersleben (of Hada).
LEGIO (Lat.),
a Roman legion; e.g. Caerleon, on the Usk, anc. Isca-Legionis; Leicester, Legionis-castra (the camp of the legion); Leon, in Spain, anc. Legio, being the station of the seventh Roman legion; Lexdon, anc. Legionis-dunum (the fort of the legion); Megiddo, in Palestine, now Ledjun, anc. Castra-legionis (the camp of the legion).
LEHM (Ger.),
LAAM (A.S.),
LEEM (Dutch),