liflode (A.S.) living, state of life
lift (A.S.) [316], air, sky
lige (A.N.) [76], [390], liege
liggen, ligge (A.S.) [361], to lie down. pres. s. I ligge, he lith, lyth, [355], thei ligge, [421]. pret. sing. lay. part. act. liggynge. part. pas. leyen, [45], y-leye, [82], y-leyen, [198], [399]
lighten (A.S.) to alight, descend, or dismount from. pret. s. lighte, [352]
lightloker (A.S.) [112], [237], [321], more lightly, more easily
lik, lich, y-lik (A.S.) [389], like, resembling. liknesse, likeness, y-liche, [401]
liche (A.S.) [173], the body. Chaucer, C.T. l. 2960, speaks of the liche-wake, or ceremonies of waking and watching the corpse, still preserved in Ireland:—
Ne how the liche-wake was y-holde
Al thilke night, ne how the Grekes pleye.