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lust, lustie, lusty,
lust [lʌst]
n. Lust.
v. To lust.
 
lustie
adj. Lustful.
Lestalrig, Lochsterrick, Lusterig, Lusterrick,
Lusterig [ləsˈtɛrɪk]
pn. Restalrig (Edinburgh).
Luthermair, Luthermuir,
Luthermuir [ˈluθərmøːr, C. -meːr, N. -miːr, -mjuːr]
pn. Luthermuir (Aberdeenshire).
belovit, beluvit, lae, leesome, lo$e, lo$ed, lo$ein, lo$es, lo$es, lo$esome, lo$in, loaf, loafer, loav, loave, loaver, loavr, loe, loe$d, loed, loein, loer, loesome, lof, lofe, lofer, lofer, loff, loo, loo$d, loo$ed, looe, looed, looer, looin, loosome, loosum, lou, loue, loued, louin, lour, lousome, love, love, lover, lover, lovesome, lovey, lovie, low, lowin, lude, lue, lued, luein, luer, luer, luesome, luive, luiver, lusome, luv, luvd, luve, luved, luver, luvesome, luvey, luvie, luvin, luvit, luvsome, luvved, luyt,
luve [lʌv, løːv, lev, liv, lɪv]
contracted lue [løː, C. leː, N. liː]
n. Love.
dim. luvie A sweetheart, a lover.
v. To love.
pt. pp. luved, lued
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beluved arch. beluvit: Beloved.
links o luve: S. The navelwort Umbilicus rupestris or SN. wandering sailor Cymbalaria muralis.
luer arch. Rather (have than something else).
luesome [-səm]: Loveable, pleasant, righteous, just.
luver: A lover.
luver's wanton: The heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata.
luveseek: Lovesick.
luvin, luein: Loving.
luvinly: Lovingly.
lyart, lyred,
lyart [ˈlaeərt]
adj. Variegated, multicoloured, streaked with two colours, especially red and white. Of the hair: streaked with white, grizzled, silvery. Of a horse: dappled.
Lybster,
Lybster [ˈləibstər]
pn. Lybster (Caithness),
laek, laik, laike, lak, lake, leck, leek, leek-stane, leek-strae, leik, lek, lik, like, lik-strae, loike, luk, lyke, lyke-stane, lyke-strae, lyke-wake, lyke-wauk, lyke-wyke,
lyke [ləik, NN. I. lik]
n. A corpse, an unburied body. A vigil by relatives and friends over a corpse until burial, a wake.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lyke-stane: I.Sh. The stone on which a corpse was laid before being loaded on to a boat.
lyke-strae: NN. I. The straw of the bed on which one had died, burned during the funeral.
lyke-wauk: The vigil beside someone who has died.
lymphad,
lymphad [ˈlɪmfad]
n. A one-masted rowing galley used by Highland chieftains.
lynx,
lynx [lɪŋks]
n. The lynx Lynx lynx
leog, ljoag, ljog, log, loga, lyoag, lyog, lyoig,
lyoag [I.Sh. lyoːg]
n. A rivulet running through swampy ground, a small morass. A strong tide-movement, a sea-swell, a shoreward surge with wind blowing from the sea. A tabu-name for the sea.

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