Leþeȝ, 3 sg. pres. softens, is assuaged, VI 17. [OE. (ge-)liþian, -leoþian, distinct from līþian.]
Leude. See Lede, n.1
Leue, n. permission, VIII a 68; leave, in tok his leve, XII a 31. [OE. lēaf, fem.]
Leue(n), v.1 to leave (alone, behind, off), abandon, neglect, cease (to), V 86, XI b 10, 50, 301, XIII a 56, XVI 284, &c.; Lef(f)e, IV b 66, XVI 376; Leif(f), X 156, 198; Leueþ, imper. pl. stop, I 265. Left(e), pa. t. and pp. I 71, IV b 74, VII 26, XI b 261, XII b 179, XVI 314, &c.; Leuid, Leuyt, Levit, VII 74, 126, X 159, XIV b 78; Yleft, pp. XIII b 8, 41. For to leue for to, that you may cease to, I 21; to lefe, to be left undone, avoided, IV b 66. [OE. lǣfan.] See Bleue.
Leue(n), Leeue, v.2 to grant, in Crist leue, Christ grant, XIV c 87, 95. [OE. lēfan.] See Leue, n.
Leue(n), v.3 to believe, V 60, 353, VI 65, 109, VIII a 84; Leyf, Leyue, imper., VIII b 3, 24. [OE. (ge-)lēfan.] See Beleue, Ylefde.
Leue, Leu-, &c. See Leef, Lef, Liue(n).
Leued, adj. leafy, I 62. [From Leef.]
Leuedi, n. lady, mistress, II 53, 89, 347, 455, XV c 23, &c.; Ladi, XII a 50, 144, &c.; Lady, gen. sg. in oure Lady day, I 242. [OE. hlǣ̆fdige.]
Levyn, n. lightning, XVII 346. [? OE. *lēfn- ≺ *lau(h)mni- (cf. Goth. lauhmuni).]