Glossary. 
Lordlie, 112/3, adv. to live in a lordly 
or grand style. 
Losels, 63/12, s. p/. worthless, aban- 
doned fellows. Prompt. Parvy. has 
“¢ Lorel or losel, or ludene, Zrco.” 
Louage, 45/12, s. Lovage. Lzgusticum 
Scoticum, Linn. 
Lowe, 23/24, aaj. not advanced, if 
Spring is taken to mean the season ; 
or, not grown up, if Spring is the 
young grass. 
Lowe, 63/11, adv. low, feeding so lowe 
=to allow the flocks to eat the 
pasture too low or short. 
Lower, 20/17, v. scowl, look discon- 
tented. 
Lubberlie, 9/16, aa7. lazy, idle. ‘‘Thither 
this lusking /adber softly creeped.” 
Tom Te Troth’s Message, New 
Shak. Soc. ed. F: J. Furnivall, 
p- 128. ‘‘Baligaut, m. an vnweldie 
lubber, great lobcocke, huge luske, 
mishapen lowt, ill-fauoured flaber- 
gullion.”—Cotgrave. 
Lubbers, 57/22, s. p/. louts, awkward 
fellows. Welsh ob =a heavy 
lump, //adi = a looby. Gaelic 
leobhair =a lubber.—W edgwood. 
Lug, 87/4, v. drag, draw. 
Lurched, 23/3, 4%. robbed of their food, 
being left in the Zach. 
Lurching, 88/7, s. greediness. L. Lat. 
lurcare, to swallow food greedily. 
**To durch, devour, or eate greadily, 
ingurgito.’—Baret’s Alvearie. Cf. 
Bacon’s Essays, xlv. 
Lurke, 86/1, v. idle, loiter about. 
Lurketh, 62/9, v. pv. ¢. lounge, dawdle 
about. The same as Lusk. Har- 
man, p. 82, speaks of ‘‘lewtering 
luskes and lazy lorrels.” 
Lust, 15/10, s. desire. 
Lustie, 60/5, a7. strong, lusty. 
M. 
Mads, 50/4, s. g/Z. maggots, worms. 
Another form of woth. 
Magget the py, 49/9, the magpie. See 
note. 
Maides, 90/3, s. £7. maidens, girls. 
Maierom, 42/13, s. marjoram, from 
Lat. majorana, with the change of 
n to m, as in ‘‘ Holm, Lime,”’ etc. 
Maine, 19/17, adj.=meint, i.e. mixed 
wheat. See Mung or muncorn in 
Halliwell. 
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Mainecombe, 17/3, s. a comb for horses’ 
manes. 
Maine sea, 14/4, the ocean, the high 
sea. Cf. the expression ‘the 
Spanish main.” 
Male, 102/4, s. mail-bag, portmanteau, 
or sack. 
Mallow, 33/6, s. the field mallow. 
Mams, 95/5, s. #7. mothers, mammas. 
Manerly, 85/11, adj. polite, decent. 
Mar, 95/2, v. spoil, ruin. 
*Marefoles, 53, s. Z/. fillies. 
Marke, 17/17, s. marking tool. 
Marres, 20/14, v. pr. ¢. spoils, interrupts. 
Marrow, 87/40, s. a mate, companion. 
** Marwe, or felawe yn trauayle or 
mate, socius, compar, sodalis.” 
—Prompt. Parv. See Towneley 
Mysteries, p. 110, and quotations 
in Craven Glossary and Jamieson. 
Marsh men, 17/19, s. A/. farmers in the 
fen and marshy country. 
Martilmas, 12/3. The feast of St. 
Martin, 11th November. See Notes. 
Mast, 63/5, s. the fruit of the oak and 
beech and other forest trees. A.S. 
mést. Ger. mast, from Gothic 
matan, to nourish. 
Mastlin, 63/23, s. mixed corn. 
Mestlin. 
Mates, 113/30, s. 47. companions. 
Mawdlin, 49/c, s. Magdalene. 
Mawdelin, 42/14, s. Maudlin. Balsamita 
Jeminea.—Gerard’s Herball. 
Meade, 63/3, s. meadow. A.S. méa, 
meadu, genitive, meadewes. 
Meake, 17/14, s. ‘‘a hook at the end 
of a handle five foot long.” —T.R. 
“A meag or meak, a pease-hook.” 
—Ray. Also in Coles’ Dict. 1676. 
Meane, 113/25, s. means, help. 
Meanie, 2/6, adj. many. 
Measling, 16/23, becoming measly. 
“* Masyl or mazil, sekenesse.”— 
Prompt. Parv. 
Measure, 68/9, v. be moderate, be 
within measure. 
Meated, 17/12, AP. fed. 
Meateth, 62/7, uv. pr. ¢. feeds, supports. 
Medcin, 33/19, s. medicine. 
Meedeful, 87/7, adj. thankful. 
Meedes, 106/4, s. Z/. meadows. See 
Meade. 
Mendbreech, 89/6, s. one who sits up 
late at night to mend his clothes. 
Mercurie, 39/22, s. Mercury, or Good 
King Henry, is largely grown by 
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