An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

LEISTER, LISTER, s. A spear, armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish, S.
Burns.

Su. G. liuster, id.; liustra, to strike fish with a trident.

To LEIT, v. a. To permit.
Bannatyne P.

To LEIT, v. n. To delay.
Henrysone.

Su. G. laet-ia, intermittere, A. S. laet-an, tardare.

To LEIT, LEET, LET, v. n.
1. To pretend, to make a shew as if, S. B.
Bannatyne Poems.

Su. G. laat-as, Isl. laet-a, id. prae se ferre, sive vere sive simulando.

2. To give a hint of.
Nevir leet, make no mention of it, S. B.
V. [Let on].

To LEIT, LEET, v. n. To ooze, S.

C. B. llaith, that which is run out. Teut. lyd-en, transire.