lear, II, 176, C 1, 2: instruction. IV, 413, 2; 414, 1; 467, 1: learning. III, 473, 24: information. See lair.

lear, II, 313, 25: apparently meant for lair, bed; but rhymed with white, and the reading should undoubtedly be lyke, that is, lyke-wake, as in II, 117, 16.

leard, laird. See lard.

lease==leash, II, 265, 19: a thong or string (as if for bringing back the deer he should kill?). I, 211, 20: a leash (of hounds), pack. III, 216, 31: a leash (of bucks), three.

leasing(e), leasynge, lesynge, leesin, I, 412, 26; III, 28, 132, 134; 359, 86; IV, 465, 22: falsehood.

leath, laith, III, 162, 54; IV, 479, 4; V, [216], 6: loath.

leaugh, leugh, lewgh, leiugh, lieugh, III, 465 f., 33, 39, 42, 49; 487, 6, 14, 16 (see laigh): low.

leave, gie them a’ thier leave, I, 431, D 13, E 10: take leave of them all.

leave==leeve, dear, II, 414, 24. leaver, III, 362, 82.

leave (to weepe), IV, 140, 10: cease.