Lynde, n. lime-tree; (allit.) tree, V 108. [OE. línd(e).]
Lyne, n. sounding-line, XVII 461. [OE. līne; OFr. ligne.]
Lynt, n. lint, refuse of flax used as an inflammable stuff, X 20. [ME. lin(e)t, obscurely rel. to OE. līn (OFr. lin), flax.]
Lyoun, n. lion, II 538, IX 247, 249. [OFr. lioun.]
Lippe, Lyppe, n. lip, V 238, VIII a 259, XI b 84, XII a 181, &c. [OE. lippa.]
Lyre, n.1 face, XVI 119. [ON. hlýr.] See Lere.
Lyre, n.2 flesh, calves, V 160. [OE. līra.]
Lys(e), List. See Ligge(n).
List(e), Lyst(e), v. impers. to desire, wish (as me list, I desire), IV a 77, V 65, 74, XVI 68, 277; prob. pers. at IX 302, XVI 313; þat hym list after, what he has a desire for, VII 20; List, pa. t. VII 166. [OE. lystan.]
Lyste, n. joy, VI 107. [Alteration of Lust, under infl. of prec.; or ON. lyst.]