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

To LET GAE, v. a. To raise the tune, S.
Forbes.

TO LET ON
1. To seem to observe any thing, S.
Burns.
2. To mention a thing.
Ramsay.
3. To give one's self concern about any business.

Isl. laet-a, ostendere.

Kelly.

TO LET WIT, To make known, S.
Dunbar.

Belg. laat-en weeten, Sw. let-a en weta, id.

TO LET WI'T, i. e. with it, v. a. To make known, S. B.
Ross.

To LETE, v. n. To pretend.
V. [Leit], v. 3.

To LETE, v. n. To forbear.
Sir Tristrem.

Lete, s. But let, without obstruction.
Wyntown.