lightly, lightlie, lyghtly(e), III, 23 ff., 11, 41, 45, 61, V, [82], 36: quickly. III, 35, 35: easily. V, [84], 3: for slight reason.
lightly, lichtlie, -ly, III, 472, 10; IV, 351, 2, 9: treat with disrespect. IV, 92, 2: slight (in love). IV, 94, 3; 98, 8; 100, 7; 103, M 1; IV, 337 a, g 16: speak disparagingly of.
like, liken, like to be dead (dee), II, 58, 7; 372, 24; III, 386, 7; 392, 6; 394, J 4; 395, M 2 (cf. L 2): in a condition, in a fair way, or likely. liker, II, 97, 22: more likely (?). See lyken.
like, III, 355, 13; 358, 60, 80; 360, 109, 111: please. III, 400 a, (7): be pleased, satisfied.
likesome, II, 433, 5, 6, 8; 440, 23; 442, 4; 446, 89: pleasing, lovely.
lilt, I, 187 b; IV, 266, 16: to sing cheerfully. lilted, IV, 95, 3: sang, chanted.
lily, lilly, lilye, lillie, liley, lillie, lea, lee, lie, I, 325, B 11; III, 299, 8, 11; 300, 25; 301, 32, E; 435, 2; IV, 454, 6; 455, 14; 458, 7; V, [244], 16, 19; lillie leven, I, 324, 13; 325, C 12; lilly bank, brae, IV, 220, 13, 14: explained as “overspread with lilies or flowers,” but clearly from A. S. léoflíc, Old Eng. lefly, etc., lovely, charming. So, lilly feet (i. e. leely), I, 130, E 13; lily leesome thing, IV, 432, 2. We have lilly Londeen, IV, 485, 19==the frequent leeve London, lovely London. See leeve, lee-lang.
limmer (French limier, a kind of hound), a term of opprobrium, or simply of dislike. II, 322, 6; III, 466, 47: wretch (m. or f.), rascal. limmer thieves, 439 f., 4, 20; 441, 34. limmer loon, IV, 146, 15, 17. of a woman, II, 219, 9: jade.
lin. See linn.
Lin, Linn, Linne, Line, Lyne, a stock ballad-locality (like Linkum): I, 78, 38; 466, 5; 478 f., 5, 10, 16, 34; II, 240, 2; 290, 19; IV, 379, 18; 381, 12; 382, 15; V, [14], 1 ff.; [182] f., 2, 11, 29; [219], 6; thro Linkum and thro Lin, II, 124, 37.