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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.
laag, laig, laug, leag, leg, lig, llauge, lyaag, lyahg, lyaug, lyawg,
laig [leg, MN. l(j)aːg]
also lig [lɪg]
n. Chatter, idle talk. The noise of many people talking, noisy unintelligible talk, a gabble.
v. To talk a great deal, to chatter, prate, gossip.
laek, laik, lake,
laik [lek]
n. MN. A toy, plaything, a small marble.
laem, laim, lame, laym, layum, lem, lemm, lemn,
laim [I.Sh. lem]
n. A kind of half-loft formed by planks of wood laid over the cross-beams of the living-room of a cottage, and used as a large shelf or store.
lain, laine, lane, layn, layne, len$,
lain [len]
v. To conceal or be silent about something.
laap, lab, labach, labbach, labe, laib, laip, laipach, lap, lep, lepp, lerb, lerp, lirb,
laip [lep]
also MN. intersive form lerp [lɛrb].
n. The act of lapping. A mouthful of liquid. A slight or perfunctory wash, a swill.
v. To lap, take up liquid with the tongue.
Compounds and phrases etc.
laipach MN.: A long story about nothing. A small quantity to drink.
laipin: Lapping.
laer, laert, lair, lair$t, laired, lairie, lairit, lairt, lairy, lare, lared, lear, leart, ler, lera, lerr,
lair [leːr]
n. Mud, mire.
v. To become bogged in mud or snow etc. To cause to sink in miry ground, to embog.
pt. pp. lairt, laired adj. Stuck or bogged down in mud or snow etc.
lairie
adj. Muddy.
laer, lair, lair$t, lairstane, lair-stane, lairt, lare, layer, lear,
lair [leːr]
n. An animals lair. An enclosure, a grave-plot, a covert. A person's bed.
v. To lay down, to place in position.
pt. pp. lairt, laired
Compounds and phrases etc.
lair-stane: A grave-stone.
ill-laired, ill-lairit, ill-lairt, laer, lair, lairnin, lare, larnin, layr, lear, leir, leir, lore, onlaired, onlearit, unlaired, unlairt,
lair [leːr]
n. Lore. The act of teaching. Learning, knowledge, education, doctrine. A habit or custom.
v. To teach, educate, learn.
pt. pp. lairt, laired
Compounds and phrases etc.
ill-lairt: Of children: having bad habits, badly brought up, spoiled.
unlairt: Unlearned.
See lear also.
Lairbert,
Lairbert [ˈleːrbɛrt]
pn. Larbert (Falkirk).
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