Lyk(e), Like, Lich(e), adj. and adv. usually foll. by (un)to, like, IV a 16, VI 72, 141, IX 35, 98, XII a 57, XVII 506. [OE.(ge-)līc; (ge-)līce, adv.] See Ilyche.
Like, Lyke, v. to please, II 251, 449, 529, VI 206, VIII b 42, XI b 142; impers. with dat. (as vs liketh, it pleases us, we please), V 66, 178, VIII a 150, 286, IX 177, XII a 115, XVI 321 (or pers. pl. 'like', as below), &c.; ȝif ȝou lyke, if it pleases you, IX 74 (cf. ȝif it lyke ȝou, 284); for loue þat likes ille, that are wretched bec. of love (or bec. of love that is painful), XV b 24; quasi-pers. (with it) V 267, IX 284; pers. to like, XVII 361. (OE. līcian.]
Likeing, Likyng, Lykyng(e), n. delight, pleasure, IV a 30, VII 20, 75, XI b 158, XVII 75, &c.; for likyng to here, to be heard with delight, to give pleasure in the hearing, VII 71; of gode likeing, well-pleasing, II 599. [OE. līcung.]
Likne, Lykne, Lyken, v. to make like, XIII b 23; to compare, IV a 6, VI 140, XIV c 74; Lyckend, pp. (to be) compared, IV a 33. [From Lyk, adj.]
Liknes(se), n. likeness, appearance, XII a 9, 133, 172, XVII 28. [OE. līc-nes.]
Lilie, n. lily, XV b 17; Lilie-flour, lily, XV e 19. [OE. lilie; see Flour.]
Lym(e), n. limb, member, VI 102, XIV c 93; Lemes, pl. IX 80; Limes, Lymes, II 171, VIII a 118, b 8; Lymmeȝ, VI 104. [OE. lim; pl. leomu, limu.]
Lymbo, Lymbus, n. limbo; the 'border' (of hell) where the souls of the just who died before Christ awaited His coming, XVI 102, 198. [L. limbus (patrum); in limbo.]
Lymp(e), v. ? to limp; lympit of the sothe, ? stumbled from, fell short of, the truth, VII 36. [Cf. OE. lemp-healt, limping; MHG. limphin, to limp. Not recorded otherwise in E. until much later.]
Lynage, n. kindred, VIII b 26; tribe, IX 163. [OFr. li(g)nage.]