Lenþe, Lennthe, Lenght, n. length, V 248, XVII 123, 257. [OE. lengþu.]
Leof. See Lef.
Lepe, v. to leap, run; lepeȝ hym, gallops, V 86; Lepte, pa. t. leapt, XII a 160. [OE. hlēapan, str.]
Lepys, n. pl. leaps; wyth sundyr lepys, ? dancing separately, I 234 (but see Sonder, and note). [OE. hlēp.]
Lere, n. face, VI 38. [OE. hlēor.] See Lyre.
Lere, Leere, v. trans. to teach, instruct, VIII a 251, XVI 55, 127, 330, 391; intr. to learn, IV a 17, XIV b 57, XVI 313, 321; Lerid, pp. educated (i.e. clergy), XI a 38. [OE. lǣran, teach.]
Lerne(n), v. to learn, II 39, VII 20, &c. Lurne(n), XIII b 29, 34, 36. [OE. léornian.]
Lernyng(e), n. learning, XI b 169; instruction, in for l. of us, for our instruction, VII 32; knowledge, XVI 85. [OE. léornung, intr.]
Les(e). See Lasse, Lees.
Lese, v.1 to lose, II 178, V 74, IX 130; Lose, XVII 363; Lore, pp. XII a 187; Lorne, XVI 198; Lost, VII 148, VIII b 99; Ylore, II 209, 545. [OE. (be-, for-)lēosan, pp. -loren; cf. losian, be lost.] See Forlorn.