lin, III, 105, 11; 174, 15: stop.
lin’d, III, 164, 91: beat.
ling, lyng, III, 3, 6; 7, 5; 99, 53: a species of rush, or thin long grass, bent grass, Scotland; in England, heath, furze.
lingcan, I, 299, 5: lichame, body.
linger, I, 334, 8: longer.
Linkem. See Linkum.
linkin, linken, IV, 332 b; V, [124], 4; [240], 1: tripping, walking with a light step. on a horse, II, 285, 11. linking ladie, IV, 355 b: light of movement. key gaed linking in, V, [18], b 23: passing in quickly, slipping in.
linkit his armour oer a tree, III, 270, E 7, comparing A 9; B 8; D 8, and observing the crooked carle in E 8, seems likely to be corrupt, and perhaps we should read leaned his arm out-oer. Otherwise, hung his armor, etc.
Linkum, an indefinite ballad-locality. not a bell in merry Linkum, II, 106, 21, 22. thro Linkum and thro Lin, II, 124, 37. cock crew i the merry Linkem, II, 239, B 4. a the squires in merry Linkum, IV, 432, 1.
linn, lin, lynn(e), water-course, torrent, river, pool in a river (A. S. hlynna, torrens): I, 303, D 4; II, 147, 9; 153, 24; III, 274, 1. of a mill-stream, I, 129, D 6. o’er the linne, II, 282 f., 9, 17, 18; IV, 479, 10 (==in the lynn, IV, 479, 5); II, 283, 8, 9: over the bank into.