Lak, sb. a plaything. Wallace, VIII, 1410. Norse leik, a game, leiker (pl.), games, toys. Sw. dial. leika, a doll, a play sister. Cp. Cu. lakin, a child's toy.
Lak, sb. contempt, reproach, disgrace. Rolland, I, 455; Rosw. and Lill., 784; R.R., 3092. O. N. lakr, defective, O. Dan. lak, fault, deficiency. Sw. lack, fault, slander. O. Sw. lakkare, a slanderer. Cp. Dan. lakkeskrift, a satirical piece. See lack, vb.
Leister, sb. a three-pronged salmon spear. Burns, 16, 1. Dumfries and Ayr., any spear for striking or spearing fish with. O. N. ljóstr, a salmon spear. Norse ljoster, ljøster, Dan. lyster, Sw. ljuster, vb. Ljostra, vb. in Norse, to spear fish. Cu. lister, leester. See also Worsaae, p. 260. Vb. leister in Sco., to strike fish with a spear or leister.
Link, vb. to walk briskly, smartly. Burns, 1291, 6, 5, 2. Norse linke, to hurry along, cp. Sw., Dan. linke, to limp along. Stevenson in Ille Terrarum 6, 3, uses link in the sense of "walking along leisurely," which is nearer the Dan. meaning of the word.
Lirk, vb. to crease, to rumple, shrivel. Ramsay, I, 307. O. N. lerka, to lace tight, lirk, sb. a crease, a fold.
Lipin, lippen, vb. to trust. R.R., 3501; Psalms, XVIII, 30, etc. O. N. litna (?), very doubtful. See B-S.
Lite, vb. to dye, to stain. Dalr., I, 48, 24; Douglas, IV, 190, 32. O. N. lita, to dye, Shetland, to litt. See Wall.
Litling, sb. dyeing. Sat. P., 48, 1. See lit.
Loft, sb. upper room, gallery. O. N. lopt, Norse loft, Aberdeen laft. See Skeat.
Loft, vb. to equip with a loft. C.S., 96. See loft, sb.