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hentilaag, hentilaagets, hentilaags, hentilag, hentilaged, hentilaget, hentilagets, hentilagets, hentilags, hentylaggets, laag, laag, lag, lag, lagat, lagd, lagdt, laget,
lag [I.Sh. lag]
n. A handful of wool.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
laget [ˈlagət]: I.Sh. A loose trailing shred or wisp of some material such as wool, hay or straw.
hentilaget usually pl. hentilagets: I.Sh. Tufts of wool lost from sheep and gathered. Odds and ends.
lagamachie, lagamachy, lamgamachie, lamgammachie, legammachie,
lagamachie [MN. ləˈgamaxi, ləŋ-ˈ, ləm-ˈ]
n. Logomachy. A long rigmarole.
lager, laggared, laggart, lagger, laggered, laggerit, laggert, laiger, laigered, laigert, leger, legger, leggered, leggert, loacher, locher, logger,
lagger [ˈlagər]
n. Mire, mud. A soft, muddy place. Anything clinging or sticky. A smear of food or grease etc.
v. To sink in soft, miry or muddy ground, to be encumbered by walking through mire, snow or the like. To cause to sink or become bogged in soft, wet ground. To besmear, bespatter with mud or wet clay.
pt. pp. laggert, laggered adj. Bespattered, covered in mud.
laggen, laggin, laggins, laigin, laigin, laigins, leggin, leggins, lyagin, lyagin,
laggin [ˈl(j)agɪn, ˈlegɪn]
n. The edge or bottom of something. The projection of the staves beyond the bottom of a barrel.
pl. laggins
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
frae lug tae laggin: From top to toe.
Lahronfeel, Laitheronwheel,
Lahron [ˈlaːrən]
pn. Latheron (Caithness).
 
Lahronfeel [-fil]
pn. Latheronwheel (Caithness).
laegh, laeuch, laich, laicher, laich-in, laichset, laich-set, laichy-braid, laigh, leagh, leigh, leuch, lyaach,
laich [lex]
n. A low-lying tract of ground of any size, a plain, a vale, a hollow.
adv. Low.
adj. Low, not high, not loud. Low in stature, short, not tall. Of buildings: of one storey, on the ground floor, below ground- or street-level. Not elevated in position. In flat or low ground, in the plain. Of wind: blowing from the south. Of low or humble rank or condition, lowly.
comp. laicher
superl. laichmaist
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
laich-in: In a low voice.
laich-set: Stocky.
laichy-braid: A short, stocky person or annimal.
disladen, dislaiden, disloaden, doonlade, doonlaid, doonload, dounlade, dounlaid, dounload, ladable, lade, laden, laden$t, laid, laid, laid_o, laidable, laiden, laidened, laident, laidit, lait, laitit, layed, layit, loaden, loadit, loadsa, loadsae, loadsay, loadsie, lod, lodd, unlade, unlaid,
laid [led]
n. A load.
v. To load.
pt. laid, laidit
pp. laid, laidit, laiden [ledən] adj. Loaded.
 
laiden
v. To load.
pt. pp. laident
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dounlaid: Download.
dislaiden: NN.b. To unload.
laidable: Loadable.
laid o: A load of ...
unlaid: To unload.
laidner, laidnert,
laidner [ˈlednər]
n. Lardiner, a larder, a meat safe.
 
laidnert:
adj. Stocked, supplied.
ladron, ladrone, laidron, laitherin, laithron, lathron,
laidron [ˈledrən, ˈlɔd-]
also laithron [ˈleðrən]
n. A rascal, a loafer. A slattern, a drab.
hauf_laif, hauf_loaf, hauf-laif, hauf-loaf, lafe, laif, laifs, loaf, loafs, loff, loffie, loffs, pan-loaf, pant-loaved,
laif [lef]
n. A loaf. Bread.
pl. laifs
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hauf-laif: A loaf of plain white bread half the size of a standard loaf.
pan-laif: A loaf with a hard crust, a pan-loaf. An affected way of speech adopted to impress others.
plain laif: A batch loaf.
steepit laif: MN. Bread poultice.

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