laa; s. m. day. Prov. “Tra hig y laa hig e<h> choyrle lesh.” [When the day comes its counsel will come with it.]
laghyn; s. pl. days; the pl. of laa.
laa jeh’n vee; s. day of the month.
laa ny nuyr; s. the next day after to-morrow.
laa ny vairagh; s. lit. the morrow day.
laa-bleeaney; s. m. anniversary day.
laa-chaie; s. the other day. This chaie comes from caghlaa (change), the change of a day.
laa-feailley; s. a holy day, a festive day.
Laa-Innyd; s. m. Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent; from aoin or oine (a fast); it ought to be Laa-Aoinyd (a day of fasting); though we have it not for fasting, it is in the Erse.
laa’l; s. (laa and eail), day and festival, but perhaps ought to be from laa and oiel, the day and night of, or the vigil of the festival day.
Laa’l Breeshey;
s. the feast of St. Brede or Bridget, kept on the
first of February. Prov. “Laa’l Breeshey bane,
dy chooilley yeeig lane,
dy ghoo ny dy vane;” [White St. Bridget’s Day; every
ditch full of black or of white] and,
“Choud as hig y scell greinney stiagh Laa’l Breeshey, hig y
sniaghtey my jig Laa Boayldyn.” [As long as the sunshine appears on St.
Bridget’s Day, the snow will come before May Day.]
Laa’l Çhybbyr-Ushtey; s. m. Epiphany-day. This ought to be Laa’l çhebbal ooashley, the day of offering worship, as the wise men of the East did, of which it is a commemoration.
Laa’l maccan; (Innocent’s day),
Laa’l Moirrey ny Gianle; s. m. Candlemas-day, kept on the second of February. Prov. “Laa’l Moirrey ny Gianle, lieh foddyr as lieh aile.” [Mary’s Feast Day of the candles, i.e., Candlemas, half fodder and half fire.]
Laa’l Moirrey ny Sansh or Sanish; s. m. the Annunciation day, kept by the Church on the 25th day of March.
Laa’l Parick; s. m. St. Patrick’s day or Patrick-mas day, the festival of St. Patrick, kept on the 17th day of March. “Laa’l Parick arree yn dow gys e staik as y dooinney gys e lhiabbee.” [St. Patrick’s Day in spring the ox to his stake and the man to his bed.]
Laa’l Paul;
s. m. St. Paul’s day, held the 25th day of January.
“Laa’l Paul ghorrinagh gheayee,
Ghenney er y theihll as baase-mooar sleih.
Laa’l Paul aalin as glen,
Palçhey er y theihll dy arroo as meinn.” [St. Paul’s Day stormy and windy,
famine in the world and great mortality among people. St. Paul’s Day fair and
clean, plenty in the world of corn and meal.]
laa-shynnee; s. a fox day [EDD: a single fine day followed by rain].
ard-laa; s. m. a high day; John xix. 31: Shen-y-fa son dy nee laa yn aarlaghey ve, as nagh beagh ny kirp er y chrosh er laa yn doonaght (son va’n doonaght shen ny ard-laa) ghuee ny Hewnyn er Pilate, ny lurgaghyn oc dy ve brisht, as ad dy ve goit ersooyl. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
cour-y-laa; a. daily, by the day, diurnal.
laaoil; a. daily, diurnal; Dan. viii. 11: As va pooar-caggee er ny choyrt da noi yn oural-laaoil, kyndagh rish drogh-yannoo, as cheau eh sheese yn ynrickys gys y thalloo. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground.
laad; s. m. a load, burden; pl. -yn.
laad; v. load, burden; -agh, 77 -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
laadey; v. loading, burdening.
laadit; 85. loaded, laden.
s’laadit; a. how loaded or laden. K
anlaadit; unloaded; disburdened; 85.
laadeyder; s. m. one who loads; pl. -yn.
laagh; s. f. mire, mud, slush; pl. -yn.
laaghey; a. d. of mire or mud.
laagh; v. to cover with mire, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
laaghit; 85. mired, mudded.
laaghagh; a. miry, full of mud.
s’laghagh; a. how miry.
s’laghee or s’laghey; a. more or most miry. L
laaghan; s. a slough, a place of mire.
laair; s. f. a mare; pl. -eeyn.
laan; s. m. a stud, a mould; pl. -yn. Cant. v. 1[5]: Ta ny lurgaghyn echey myr pillaryn marble soit er laanyn dy airh ghlen, ta’n eddin echey myr Lebanon, thollee myr ny cedaryn. His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
laare; s. f. a floor; pl. -yn.
laarey; a. d. of the floor.
laare-vooie or laare-voaillee; s. the threshing or winnowing floor.
mwyllin laare; s. f. a floor mill.
laareagh; s. f. a flooring; pl. -yn.
laare; v. floor; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
laareaghey; v. putting on the floor.
laareit; 85. floored.
laareyder; s. m. a floorer; pl. -yn.
laatçh; v. lace; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
laatçhey; v. lacing.
laatçhit; 85. laced.
s’laatshit; a. how laced. L
laatçhey; s. m. a lace; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
laatçhagh; a. d. of lace.
s’laatshagh; a. how laced or covered with lace. L
s’laatshee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. L
laatçheyder; s. m. a lacer; pl. -yn.
labb; s. m. a blow, a severe blow.
lab; s. m. a lot, a great quantity.
labb; v. strike severely; -agh, 77; -ys, 88.
labbal; v. striking with something heavy.
labbit; 85. struck, &c.
labbeyder; s. m. a striker with weight.
labr or labree; v. labour, work; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
labrit; 85. laboured, wrought.
s’labrit; a. how laboured. L
labree; s. m. a labourer, a worker.
laboree or labreeyn; s. pl. workers, helpers; Rom. xvi. 3: Bannee-jee Priscilla as Aquila my cho-laboree ayns Creest Yeesey. Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus.
laboraght; s. m. labour, work; pl. -yn.
laccal; s. m. want, lack.
laccal; v. wanting, lacking. Prov. “Tra ta fer laccal ben, cha vel eh laccal agh ben, Agh tra ta ben echey, t’eh laccal ymmodee glen.” [When a man wants a wife, he wants nothing but a wife; but when he has a wife, he wants many (things) clean.]
laccallagh; s. m. one in want; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee]. See also ymmyrçhagh.
lagg; s. m. a hollow; pl. see ligg.
ligg; s. pl. hollows; the pl. of lagg.
laggan; s. a hollow, a dimple; pl. -yn.
laee;
my-la’ee; a. with the descent, drooping.
kione-my-laee; s. the drooping or lower end.
lah; s. m. lad. Dr. Kelly in his Manks grammar says lah means sir; but I think it cannot mean that, as it is only used in familiar conversation; the feminine of which is yah.
lahn; v. mash; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 88; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lahney; v. mashing.
lahnit; 85. mashed.
lahneyder; s. m. a masher.
laiy; v. lay; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ym, 86; -ys, 88.
laiyal; v. laying.
laiyt; 85. laid; Exod. xxvi. 32: As nee oo croghey ad er kiare pillaryn dy fuygh-shittim laiyt harrish lesh airh. And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold.
lajer; a. strong.
lajerey; a. pl. strong.
s’lajer; a. how strong. For the comp. and sup. of this word see stroshey. L
stroshey; a. stronger, strongest, the comp. and sup. of lajer and troshagh.
lajeragh or lajerys; a. d. of strength; Ez. xlv. 9: …cur-jee veue tranlaase as spooilley, as jean-jee briwnys as cairys, trog-jee nyn laue-lajerys veih my phobble. …remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people.
kione-lajeragh; a. headstrong; Hos. iv. 16: Son ta Israel creoi-wannallagh, myr colbagh kione-lajeragh. For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer.
lajerid; s. m. strength, potency.
lane; a. full, much; s. a deal, much. Prov. “Ta lane eddyr raa as jannoo;” [There is much between saying and doing] and, “Ta lane caillit eddyr y laue as y veeal.” [There is much lost between the hand and the mouth.]
laane; See lane; Luke v. 36: Cha vel dooinney erbee cur peesh dy eaddagh noa er shenn gharmad: er-nonney, ta chammah yn noa raipey yn laane lesh, as cha vel yn pheesh va goit ass yn noa coardail rish y chenn. No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
laney; a. pl. full.
lane-doarn; s. f. a handful.
lane-duirn or laneyn-duirn; s. pl. handfuls, fistfuls.
lane-fo; s. defiance; v. to defy.
lane-marrey; s. m. high water.
lane-marrey traie; s. turned on the ebb.
lane-vie; a. indifferent, middling, very well.
baare-y-lane; s. m. high-water-mark.
lung-lane; a. quite full; Ez. xxviii. 16: Liorish ymmodee dty varchantys, t’ad er dty lhieeney lung-lane dy hranlaase, as t’ou er n’yannoo peccah. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned.
laneid; s. m. fulness, repletion, satiety.
lannoon; s. m. a twin; pl. -yn.
lannoonagh; a. d. of twins.
lansh; s. m. a great deal; pl. -yn.
lant; s. f. the lap of one board on another in clinch built vessels. pl. -yn.
laue; s. f. a hand; pl. -yn.
lauey; a. d. of the hand or hands.
laue-ry-laue; adv. hand in hand.
laue-scriuee; s. f. manuscript.
laue my height; s. m. a hand suit, bound to prosecute by giving the hand to the coroner or lockman on searching for stolen goods. [It is unclear what height is here.]
laue yn eaghtyr; adv. the upper or whip hand, victory.
argid-laue; s. m. ready money, cash.
ass-laue; adv. p. without delay, quickly.
barrey-laue; s. f. a hand barrow
er-louyn; adv. on a rope, by the hand, along.
fo-laue; s. m. a note of hand, a promissory note, a certificate or receipt under a person’s hand, or from his hand; pl. -yn; or foghyn-laue.
fo-e-laue; adv. under his hand, his subscription; Isa. xliv. 5: Jir fer, Lesh y Chiarn mish; as gowee fer elley ennym Yacob er hene; as ver fer elley fo-e-laue gys y Chiarn, as sliennooys eh-hene er cowrey Israel. One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
fo-laue-aspick; s. m. confirmation.
maidjey laue; s. m. a walking stick.
mwannal laue; s. f. the wrist, pl. mwannallyn laue.
mwyllin laue; s. f. a hand mill.
my-laue; after çheet it is an adv. going on, coming on, going forward, getting better in health or circumstances.
rolaue; adv. before, beforehand.
sollaghey-laue; s. a bribe, something put into the hand to pervert the judgment; Micah vii. 3: Dy vod ad dy jeean cur-rish olk, lesh nyn ghaa laue: ta’n prince geearree leagh, as yn briw shirrey sollaghey-laue. That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward.
lauee; a. handy, dexterous.
s’lauee; a. how handy, comp. and sup.
lhag-lauee; a. faint-handed, feeble-handed.
lhome-lauee; a. empty-handed.
neu-lauee; a. unhandy.
laueys; s. m. handiness, speed; v. perform<ed> in a handy, dexterous, skilful manner.
lauean; s. ‘glove’
lauenyn; s. pl. gloves.
leac; s. f. a flat stone, a slate; pl. -yn.
lhic; s. pl. slates, flat stones.
leagh; s. m. reward, price, recompense; compensation; in Ez. xxii. 12 it is gifts: Aynyd’s t’ad er ghoaill leagh son deayrtey fuill. In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood.
leagh-shiaullee; s. fare, payment of passage; Jonah i. 3: …as hooar eh lhong goll gys Tarshish: myr shen deeck eh yn leagh-shiaullee, as hie eh er boayrd, dy gholl maroo gys Tarshish, veih fenish y Chiarn. …and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
leagh-mooar; a. precious, valuable.
mooar-leagh; a. precious, valuable; Pro. vi. 26: Son liorish drogh-ven ta dooinney tayrnit sheese gys boghtynid: as nee ben adultrinagh shelg son y vioys mooar-leagh. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
leaghyr or laghyr; s. f. coarse grass like rushes; from laagh (mire), and aiyr (grass), it grows in meadows in miry places.
jargan-leoighyr; s. m. a lizard.
leah; adv. soon, early.
s’leah; a. how soon or shortly. L
s’leaïe; a. id., comp. and sup; Heb. xii. 9: Ny-sodjey, ta er ve ain ayraghyn dooghyssagh, dreill shin fo smaght, as hug shin arrym daue: nagh der mayd eisht foddey sleaïe biallys da Ayr ny spyrrydyn, as ve bio? Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? L
leaum; s. m. a sudden heavy shower of rain, a squelch.
leayr or lheear; a. clear, evident.
[s’leayr]; v. seeing, perceiving. See Remarks 167 and 168. <S>
b’leayr; v. saw clearly, did see.
çhionn-leayrtys; s. m. the time between day-break and sunrise, and sunset and night; pl. -yn.
co-leayrtys; s. twilight, partaking of light and darkness.
yn cho-leayrtys; s. the twilight. C
com-leayrtys; s. m. the time between day-break and sunrise, and sunset and night. The word is in its aspirated state in Josh. ii. 5: As haink eh gy-kione mysh traa dooney ny giattey, ’sy chomleayrtys, dy jagh ny deiney magh. And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; pl. -yn.
yn chom-leayrtys or cho-leayrtys; s. the time when one is hardly able to see clear by reason of being dark or duskish. The former of these words is in Josh. ii. 5 [see above], and the latter in 2 Sam. xvii. 22: Eisht hrog David er, as ooilley’n pobble va mârish, as chossyn ad harrish Jordan: cha row fer jeu nagh row er gheddyn harrish Jordan ec y cho-leayrtys. Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. C
com-leayrtagh or çhionn-leayrtagh; a. hard to see, difficult to discern because of darkness coming on.
feer chom-leayrtagh or çhionn-leayrtagh; a. 6. very difficult to see or descry on account of darkness. C
leayst; v. rock, reel, swing, stagger; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lheayst; See leayst.
leaystey; v. rocking, reeling, staggering; Job xii. 25: T’ad rasey ’sy dorraghys fegooish soilshey, as t’eh cur orroo dy leaystey myr dooinney meshtal. They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
leaystit; 85. rocked, swung.
leaysteyder; s. m. one who rocks, &c., a rocker.
leaystane; s. m. a thing to rock or swing on; pl. -yn.
leeid; v. lead, conduct; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
leeideil; v. leading, conducting.
leeidit; 85. led, guided.
s’leeidit; a. how led or directed. L
leeideilagh; s. m. a leader, a conductor; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
leeideilagh purtey; s. m. a pilot.
ard-leeideilagh; s. m. a captain; Josh. v. [13-]14: Vel uss er y cheu ainyn, ny son nyn noidyn? As dooyrt eshyn, Cha nee nyn ’oï; agh myr ard-leeideilagh sheshaght caggee yn Chiarn ta mish er jeet. Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come.
leeideilys; s. m. guidance, direction.
leggad; s. m. a legacy; pl. -yn.
leggad; s. m. a person to liking; a custom in former times of calling a lad and lass to be together at a supper, &c.
leigh; s. f. law; pl. -aghyn; French, loi.
leigh ny hAgglish; s. f. canon law.
anleigh; s. m. partiality in law.
anleighagh; a. contrary to law.
leighder; s. m. a lawyer, a pleader; pl. -yn.
leighderaght; v. at law, suing at law, pleading at court.
leighderys; s. m. practice at law.
leighoil; a. lawful.
leighoilid or leighoilys; s. lawfulness.
leih; s. m. forgiveness.
leih; v. forgive; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
dy leih; v. to forgive; Mat. vi. 14: Son my leihys shiuish da deiney nyn loghtyn, leihee nyn Ayr flaunyssagh myrgeddin diuish. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
leiht; 85. forgiven, pardoned.
s’leiht; a. how forgiven.
lent; s. m. the lower edge of any thing that hangs down, the skirt; pl. -yn; opposed to fent.
leoaie; s. f. lead, metal; pl. -yn.
leoaiey; a. pl. (sic) leaden.
leoaiey; a. d. of lead.
leod; v. derogate, detract, disesteem, undervalue, dislike; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
leodaghey; v. becoming less in esteem or value, becoming disliked; Eccl. x. 1: Myr ta beishteigyn marroo breinnaghey ooil chostal yn photecaree: myr shen ta kuse dy ommijys leodaghey eshyn, ta ayns goo mie son creenaght as ooashley. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. Prov. “Ta rouyr çhebbyn mie leodaghey mitçhoor.” [Too many good offers degrade a rogue.]
leodit; 85. disesteemed, disrespected, disliked, derogated.
s’leodit; a. how derogated. L
leoie; s. f. ashes.
leoh; a. d. of ashes.
lesh; pre. with, towards; p. p. belonging to him, his.
liesh; p. See lesh. Both words are used.
leshyn; id. em.
lesh-hene; p. p. his own, belonging to himself.
lh’ee; p. her own, belonging to her, hers; Job xxxix. 16: T’ee creoghit noi e eeanlee, myr nagh beagh ad lh’ee hene: ta’n obbyr eck ayns fardail gyn aggle. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her’s: her labour is in vain without fear; -ish, id. em.
lhieu; p. p. with them, theirs; -syn, id. em.
lhiam; p. mine, my, belonging to me, with me; -s, id. em.
lhiam-lhiat; s. an inconstant or unsteady person.
lhien; p. p. with us, ours, belonging to us; -yn, id. em. See also lhian. Heb. xii. 25: Jeeagh-jee nagh der shin cooyl rishyn ta loayrt: son mannagh ren adsyn scapail hug cooyl rishyn ren loayrt er y thalloo, foddey smoo cha jig eh lhienyn, my hyndaa-ys mayd ersooyl voishyn ta loayrt veih niau. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven.
lhian; pro. our, ours, belonging to us, with us; -yn, id. em.
lhiat; pro. thine, belonging to thee, with thee, and sometimes thou; as, cur lhiat eh (bring thou him or it); -s, id. em. Prov. “Lhiat myr hoil oo.” [(Be it) to thee as thou deservest.]
lhieu; p. p. with you or ye, yours; -ish, id. em.
lesh-traa; adv. deliberately.
lesh-y-cheilley; adv. one with another.
lesh y choonid; adv. rather narrow.
s’liesh or s’lesh; v. belonging to, owning, owneth, &c. L
b’lesh or by-liesh; s. m. ownership.
by-liesh; adv. belonging to, owner or owners of.
by-lesh; his, belonging to him; -yn, id. em; Obadiah, 14: Chamoo lhisagh oo v’er hassoo ’syn aa-gherrit, dy yiarey jeh adsyn by leshyn ren scapail; chamoo lhisagh oo v’er livrey seose adsyn by-leshyn va er-mayrn ’sy laa seaghnagh Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
b’leshin; v. belonging to him.
by-lhieu; adv. belonging to them.
my-lesh; v. belonging, owning.
my-lhieu; pro. pl. the owners.
cur-lesh; v. bringing, carrying, &c.
er-lesh; p. he conceives or imagines; -yn, id. em.
er-lhiee; p. she imagines, &c.; -ish, id. em.
er-lhieu; p. they, &c. conceive, &c.; -syn, id. em.
er-lhiam; p. methinks, I conceive, or imagine.
er-lhien; p. we imagine or conceive; -yn, id. em.
er-lhiat; p. thou conceivest, &c.; -s, id. em.
er-lhieu; p. ye or you conceive, &c.; -ish, id. em.
leshtal; s. m. (from lieh skeeal) an excuse. Prov. “Cha daink rieau yn baase gyn leshtal.” [Death never came without an excuse.]
leshtal croobagh; s. a lame excuse.
leshtalagh; s. m. an excuser; a. excusable or excusatory.
lessoon; s. f. a lesson; pl. -yn.
lhag; a. loose, slack.
lag; a. loose, slack, not tight. See lhag.
s’lag; a. how slack or loose.
s’laggey; a. id., comp. and sup.
lhag-chreeagh; a. faint-hearted.
lhag-hastagh; a. weak in knowledge or understanding; Pro. xvii. 18: [NB the citation has lhag-hushtagh, to which the definition rather corresponds, not lhag-hastagh] Ta’n dooinney lhag-hushtagh coyrt e laue, as t’eh goll raane fenish e charrey. A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend].
lhag-lauee; a. faint-handed, feeble-handed.
lhag-laynt; s. m. indisposition.
lhag-layntagh; a. indisposed, slightly disordered.
lhag-stayd; a. impotent; Jud. vi. 6: As va Israel er ny injillaghey gys lhag stayd kyndagh rish ny Midianiteyn; as deïe cloan Israel gys y Chiarn. And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
lhagg* or lhaggee; v. slacken, loosen; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhaggaghey; v. loosening, slackening; Dan. v. 6: Eisht va eddin y ree er ny chaghlaa, as va sneih er e aigney, myr shen dy row juntyn e veeghyn er ny lhaggaghey, as woaill e ghlioonyn noi-ry-hoi. Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another; 2 Kings iv. 24: As yeelt ee assyl, as dooyrt ee rish e sharvaant, Eiyr, as cur er dty hoshiaght; ny lhaggee dty imman er my hon’s, mannagh jir-ym rhyt. Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee; Isa. xxxiii. 23: Ta dty choyrdyn er ny lhaggaghey; cha row fort ayndoo dy yannoo shickyr yn chroan; cha row dy niart ayndoo dy skeayley yn shiaull. Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail.
lhaggit; pt.
s’lhaggit; a. how slackened or loosened. L
s’laggit; a. how loosened or slackened. L
lhaih; v. read; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhaiht; 85. read.
s’lhaiht; a. how read, or often read. L
lhaihder; s. m. a reader; pl. -yn.
lhampane; s. m. a languid, weak, limber [OED: Easily bent (without damage to shape or structure); flexible, pliant, supple], not stiff person; pl. -e. [pl. of lhampanagh]
lhampanagh; a. languid, limber, childish.
lhampanid or lhampanys; s. m. langour, want of stiffness, debility.
lhangeid; s. m. a lanket [OED Manx English = languet: A type of fetter for an animal]; pl. -yn.
lhannee; s. f. church-land, glebe-land; as, thalloo lhannee.
lhap; v. lap [OED: To coil, fold, wrap (a garment, or anything supple)], double; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhappal; v. lapping, doubling, folding.
lhappit; 85. lapped, doubled, folded.
lhargagh; s. f. a descent, declivity, a sloping side of a hill or mountain, down the hill; opposed to ughtagh; pl. lhargeeyn.
liargagh; s. m. (sic) a declivity or descent. See also lhargagh.
lhargee; a. d. of descent or declivity, of declining or sloping ground.
liargee; a. d. of declivity or going down; Jer. xlviii. 5: Son ec ughtagh Luhith, nee keayney kinjagh goll seose; as ec liargee Horonaim, ta ny noidyn er chlashtyn eam dy hoyrt-mow. For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
lhead* or lheadee; v. starve with cold [OED: To die or be almost dead of, or with cold. Also in hyperbolical use: to be extremely cold]; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84;-ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
dy lheadey; v. to starve with cold.
er lhea; v. hath, &c. starved with cold.
lheamys; s. m. a blemish; pl. -yn.
lheamysagh; a. defective, having blemishes.
lheamysid; s. m. defectiveness.
lheamysit; 85. blemished, deformed.
lhean; a. broad, wide.
lheaney; a. pl. broad, wide.
s’lhean; a. how broad or wide. L
s’lhea; a. id., comp. and sup. L
shlea; a. broader, wider, broadest, widest; the comp. and sup. of lhean.
co-lhean; adv. as wide, equally broad. Colhean coliauyr (as broad as long).
lheanagh or lheanaghey; v. widening, &c.
lheanit; 85. sprained; widened.
lheaney; s. a sprain; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
lus y lheaney; s. f. bindweed, convolvulus.
lheead; s. m. breadth, width; pl. -yn.
lhee; s.
fer-lhee; s. m. a physician, a doctor or surgeon.
lheihys; v. heal, cure a wound.
gyn-lheihys; adv. incurable; 2 Chron. xxi. 18: As lurg shoh ooilley woaill y Chiarn eh ’sy volg lesh doghan gyn-lheihys. And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
lus-lheihys; s. f. Solomon’s seal or heal; a species of bell-wort.
saase-lheihys; s. m. medicine; Jer. xlvi. 11: …ayns fardail nee oo goaill ymmodee saaseyn-lheihys; son cha bee oo er dty laanaghey. …in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
<dy> lheihysagh; a. medical, healing.
lheeah; a. hoary, gray, mouldy.
s’lheeah; a. how hoary or gray, comp. and sup. L
lheeah-rio; s. f. hoar-frost.
cleaysh-lheeah; s. f. a moss that grows on rocks, and is used in dying red.
keeir-lheeah; s. m. those two colours of wool spun and wove into cloth are so called, and which was formerly the garb generally worn by the Manks peasantry.
lheeaghey; v. getting hoary, gray, or mouldy.
lheeaghys; s. m. hoariness, grayness, mouldiness.
lheean; s. m. the floor on which the meal falls from a flour mill.
lheeannee; s. f. a meadow.
lheeantyn; s. pl. meadows.
lheeannagh; a. d. of a meadow or meadows.
lus millish ny lheeanagh; s. f. meadow sweet.
lus ny binjey lheeanagh; s. f. meadow trefoil.
lheeannag; s. f. a small meadow.
lheegh; s. f. a ladle; pl. -yn.
lheh;
er-lheh; adv. apart, separately, severally, privately, chiefly; a. private, particular.
lheibeidjagh; a. unwieldy, cumberous.
s’lheibeidjagh; a. how unwieldy, &c. L
s’lheibeidjee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. L
lheibeidjys or lheibeidjid; s. m. unwieldiness.
lheid; pro. such, like, of that kind.
lheie; v. melt, dissolve, soften, grow tender; disappear; -agh,77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lheiht or lheit; 85. melted, dissolved, liquified.
lheieder; s. m. a melter, a dissolver, a founder; Jer. vi. 29, it is spelled lheeider: Ta ny builg-sheidee losht, ta’n leoie er n’gholl naardey ’syn aile; ta’n lheeider lheïe ayns fardail; son cha vel ny meechrauee er ny ghaartlian ass. The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away; but in Jer. li. 17, it is lheieder: …ta keeayl dy chooilley lheieder lheïe ersooyl marish e yalloo grainnit: son cha vel y jalloo lheït agh fardail, as cha vel ennal ayndoo. …every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them; pl. -yn.
lheie er sooyl; v. to dwindle away by degrees; to wear off, to vanish.
lheih; s. f. a place at sea noted for fishing on, by some called aahley.
lheihll or lheil; v. move, stir about slowly or heavily, use of limbs; Acts xiv. 8: As va ny hoie ec Lystra dooinney dy row va er choayl lheihll e choshey, va ny vaccagh veih brein e vayrey, as nagh ren rieau shooyl. And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.
lheiltagh; s. m. a mover, one who can use or exercise his limbs; pl. -yn.
anlheiltagh; s. m. a person unable to move or help himself; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
lheiltys; s. m. exercise, motion.
anlheil or anlheiltys; s. m. <unable>[inability] to move about, imbecility, helplessness.
lheim; s. m. a leap, jump, limp, an embrace [i.e. mating] of animals; pl. -yn.
lheim-surley; s. m. a standing-jump.
blein-lheim; s. f. a leap year.
lheim; v. leap, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lheimyragh or lheimyraght; v. skipping, hopping, leaping, &c.; Acts iii. 8: As lheim eh seose, as hass eh, as huill eh, as hie eh stiagh ayns y chiamble maroo, shooyl as lheimyragh, as cur moylley da Jee. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God; Nah. iii. 2: Feiyr y chipp, as sheean freaney ny queeylyn, as lheimyraght ny cabbil, as leaystey ny fainee. The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
lheimmit; 85. leaped, leapt, covered.
lheimmeyder; s. m. one who leaps, a jumper; pl. -yn.
lheimmeyder-faiyr; s. m. a grasshopper.
corlheim; v. hop, leap on one foot; -agh, 77; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
corlheimeraght; v. hopping, capering, skipping.
tarlheim (sic: stress); v. alight, alighting, coming down from a horse or beast on which a person rides; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms. 87; -ys, 88.
harlheim; v. did alight; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. T
tarlheimit; 85. alighted.
tarlheiman; s. m. a stile or step, made use of when mounting on, or alighting off, a beast.
lheiney; s. f. a shirt.
lheintyn; s. pl. shirts.
lheiy; s. m. a calf; pl. -ee; Prov. “Ta booa vie ny gha as drogh lheiy ec.” [Many a good cow has a bad calf.]
far-lheiy; s. m. a false conception of a calf, said to be generated between a cow and what is called a tarroo-ushtey.
lhemeen or lhemyn; s. a moth; pl. -yn.
lhemeenagh; a. mothy, having moths.
lheng; s. f. a halfpenny; pl. -yn.
lherrym; s. the larboard [port] quarter of a boat or vessel; pl. -yn.
lhesh; s. f. the hip; pl. -yn.
lheshey; a. d. of the hip or hips.
lheshagh; a. rocking in walking, as if the hips were weak.
lheunican; s. a sty on the eye lash; pl. -yn.
lhiabbee; s. f. a bed. Some say from liehbee (half meat).
lhiabbaghyn; s. pl. beds.
lhiabbagh; a. d. of a bed or beds.
co-lhiabbagh; s. m. f. a bed-fellow; a concubine; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
lhiann; v. flatten; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhiannaghey; v. flattening by pressure, mangling, or pressing.
lhiannit; 85. pressed flat, flattened.
lhiannag; s. f. a flake; any thing flattened, pressed, or made flat; a pea-pod, &c. before it is full; as, lhiannag phisheragh [flat pea pod].
lhiannan-shee; s. f. a familiar spirit.
lhiannoo; s. m. a child. Some say this word is from lieh-noo (half a saint).
lhiennoo; pl. of lhiannoo; Mat. ii. 16: Eisht Herod toiggal dy row eh mollit liorish ny deiney-creeney, v’eh erskyn-towse eulyssagh, as hug eh magh sarey, as varr eh ooilley ny lhiennoo-mec v’ayns Bethlehem, as ayns ooilley ny ardjyn shen, veih daa vlein dy eash as fo, corrym rish y traa v’eh dy imneagh er vriaght jeh ny deiney creeney. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
lhiennoo; a. d. of children, of the child; Mark ix. 24: As chelleeragh deie ayr y lhiennoo, as dooyrt eh lesh jeir, Hiarn, ta mee credjal; niartee lesh my chredjue faase. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief;
lhiannooagh; a. childish, puerile.
lhiant; v. cleave, adhere to, stick close to; -agh, 77, &c.
lhiann; v. cleave; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhiantyn; v. cleaving, adhering to, sticking close to.
lhiantagh; a. attached, adherent, united with, sticking to.
s’lhiantagh; a. how attached. L
s’lhiantee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. L
lhiantys; s. m. attachment, adherence.
lhiare or liare; s. m. leather. The orthography of both these words is used.
lhiareagh; a. leathern, of leather.
lhias or lhiasee; v. atone, ransom, amend, correct; replenish, manure; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88. This verb is supposed to be from lheihys and aghey (healing, making amends, making up what was lost, mending, atoning, healing up the breach); and in this way it is understood in manuring land, putting some thing on to make it as good as before.
lhiasaghey; v. atoning, ransoming, amending, correcting; manuring, replenishing.
lhiasee; a. d. of atoning, amending, &c.
lhiasit; 85. atoned, amended, recompensed; manured.
lhiasaghey; s. m. atonement, ransom, restitution.
lhiaseyder; s. m. an atoner, amender, recompenser; Jer. li. 56: Er-yn-oyr dy vel y spooilleyder er jeet urree, eer er Babylon, as ta ny deiney niartal eck goit; ta ooilley ny bow’ghyn oc brisht, son nee yn Chiarn Jee, yn Lhiaseyder, dy shickyr cooilleeney. Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite; manurer; pl. -yn.
lhiasagh; s. m. manure; amends, recompense. Prov. “Ta dty lhiasagh dty ghoarn.” [Thy recompense is thy fist.]
lhiass or lhiassee; v. allege, invent, contrive lies and tell them for truth; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhiassagh; v. contriving and telling untrue stories.
liassaghey; v. to allege, feign, or contrive lies; Neh. vi. 8: Cha vel fockle dy lheid as t’ou liassaghey, agh t’ou er hroggal yn goo shoh ass dty chree hene. There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. See lhia [deest; sc. lhiaee-vreag ?].
dy lhiassaghey; v. to allege, invent, and fabricate lies, and tell what is not true of your own invention or fabrication.
lhiassee; a. d. of alleging lies. See lhiaee.
lhiaee-vreag; s. f. a fabricated lie, a falsity alleged for truth; nearly of the same meaning with breag-lhiassit. The lhiaee in this word would be a. d. of false allegation or contrivance.
lhiasit; 85. alleged, invented, contrived falsely, laid against in untruth; Acts xxv. 27: Son er-lhiam pene dy row eh red neu resoonagh pryssoonagh y choyrt, as gyn soilshaghey ny cooishyn va lhiasit n’oï. For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
lhiasseyder; s. m. an alleger of untruths.
lhiass; <ad>v. needs; 2 Tim. ii. 15: Bee uss imneagh dy phrowal oo hene firrinagh gys Jee, obbree nagh lhiass nearey ’ghoaill, rheynn dy kiart yn goo dy ynrickys. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
liass; <ad>v. See lhiass. S
s’liass; v. need, needeth, needs, &c. L
shlaiss; <ad>v. needs.
lhias dou; adv. need I[?].
lhiastey; a. loath, reluctant, slow to do a thing.
liasstagh or liasstey; a. slothful, remiss, idle, sluggish, loath to do a thing, indolent, inactive. See also lhiasstey.
s’liastey; a. how loath, comp. and sup. L
loam-liastey; a. very reluctant or loath.
liasstid; s. f. sloth, indolence, reluctance, slowness, tardiness.
lhiastyn; v. [be] in debt, owing.
lhiastynagh; s. m. a debtor, one that owes; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
lhiastynys; s. m. debt. Prov. “Share goll dy lhie fegooish shibber na girree ayns lhiastynys.” [Better to go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.]
lhiattee; s. f. side; pl. lhiattaghyn or lhiatteeyn; 2 Kings xix. 2[3]: Lesh earroo my ainee ta mee er jeet seose gys yrjid ny sleityn, gys lhiatteeyn Lebanon, as giare-ym sheese e viljyn thollee cedar, as e reih viljyn-juys: With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof.
lhiattee-ry-lhiattee; <s.>[adv.] side by side.
ry-lhiattee; adv. by the side, aside.
lhiattagh; a. d. lateral, of a side or sides.
jeelt lhiattagh; a side saddle.
lhie; v. lie, lay down; -agh, 77; -e, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhie-ghreiney (sic); s. m. sunset, the setting of the sun.
lhieit or lhiet; 85. laid, lain.
lhieder; s. m. one that lies down; pl. -yn.
lhie-nane; v. said of a horse, cow, sheep, &c. lying on its back in a hollow, so that it cannot rise up of itself.
lhiaght; s. m. a lying place; a lair, a lodging place, a grave, a couch; Amos iii. 12 [see below: cooill-lhiaght]; a tomb, a sepulchre; 2 Sam. xxi. 14: As craueyn Saul as Yonathan e vac, d’oanluck ad ayns cheer Venjamin ayns Zelah, ayns lhiaght Kish e ayr. And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; 2 Kings xxiii. 17: Eisht dooyrt eh, Cre’n scrieu shen ta mee dy akin? As dinsh deiney yn ard-valley da, Shoh lhiaght yn dooinney dy Yee haink veih Judah. Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah; pl. -yn.
cooill-lhiaght; s. f. a couch; Amos iii. 12: …myr shen vees cloan Israel, ta cummal ayns Samaria as Damascus, er ny livrey myr veih corneil lhiabbagh, ny cooill lhiaght. …so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
lhiaght; v. lay in a place, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhiaghtey; v. laying or lodging in a place.
lhiaghtit; 85. lodged, laid.
lhiaghteyder; s. m. a layer down or depositor.
lhieen; v. fill, make full; -agh, 77 -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhieent; 85. filled, made full.
liegh-lhieent; a. half-flood or flowed.
lhieeney; s. m. a filling; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
lhieeney-aigney; s. m. satisfaction.
aa-lhieeney; s. m. second filling, laying eggs the second time; [v.] to replenish, to fill again.
mooir lhieeney; s. m. the flowing of the sea, the flood tide.
lhieeneyder; s. m. one who fills; pl. -yn.
lhieeney; s. m. a spasm, pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
lhieg or lhiegg*; v. fell, bring to the ground, fall, cast or throw down; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhieggit; 85. fallen, felled.
lhieggeyder; s. m. a feller, one who throws down.
lhieggey; s. m. a fall, degradation; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn]. Prov. “Yiow moyrn lhieggey.” [Pride will have a fall.]
lhieggey-ushtey; s. m. a waterfall, a cataract.
lhiet or lhiett*; v. let, hinder, prevent, stop; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhiettal; v. hindering, stopping, preventing, staying; Job xxxviii. 37: Cre’n chreenaght oddys towse ny bodjallyn? ny quoi oddys moir ushtaghyn yn aer y lhiettal? Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven.
lhiettalagh; s. m. a hinderer, a prevention; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee]; a. preventive, obstructive.
lhiettrimys; lhietrymys, or liettrimys, s. m. a hinderance, obstacle, or impediment. This word, the orthography of which is varied in three instances in the Manks Scriptures, is used for difference in Exod. xi. 7: Agh noi veg jeh cloan Israel, cha jean moddey hene gleashagh e hengey, noi dooinney ny baagh: dy vod fys ‘ve eu cre’n lhietrymys ta’n Chiarn dy yannoo, eddyr ny Egyptianee as Israel. But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel; Mal. iii. 18: Eisht nee shiu chyndaa, as ver shiu lhiettrimmys eddyr y dooinney cairal, as mee-chairal; eddyr eshyn ta shirveish Jee as eshyn nagh vel shirveish eh. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not; Acts xv. 9: As cha dug eh liettrimys erbee eddyr adsyn as shinyn, casherickey ny creeaghyn oc liorish credjue. And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith; Rom. iii. 22: Dy jarroo cairys Yee, ta liorish credjue Yeesey Creest, dauesyn ooilley, as orroosyn ooilley ta credjal; son cha vel liettrimys erbee: Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:. Would not caghlaa or anchaslys, or neuchaslys, have been a better word? [Perhaps barrier conveys the sense that the translators intended with liettrimys.]
lhiettrimysagh; a. obstructive, hindersome.
lhieuan; s. m. elm; pl. -yn.
lhieuanagh; a. d. of elm timber.
lhig or lhigg*; v. let, permit, suffer, allow, gallop, shoot; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhig-ort; adv. pretend, feign thyself.
lhigey; v. galloping. Lhigey’n laair vane (running from service).
lhiggey; v. letting, permitting, shooting. The pl. which is according to 67 [change -ey to -aghyn], is in Zec. iv. 2, for discharges, pipes, &c.: Ta mee er yeeaghyn, as cur-my-ner cainlere slane airhey, as claare er e vullagh, as ny shiaght lampyn echey er, as shiaght lhiggaghyn gys ny shiaght lampyn va er e vullagh. And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof.
lhiggit; 85. let, allowed, suffered to be.
lhiggit; 85. galloped.
lhiggit-shaghey; 85. postponed, procrastinated, let by, delayed.
lhiggeyder; s. m. one who lets, permits, &c.
lhiggeyder; s. m. one who gallops; pl. -yn.
’slhig; v. and let or permit. [l. s’lhig? See b’lhig.] L
cha b’lhig; v. 167. will not let or permit.
cha b’lhigagh; v. would, &c. not let, &c.
lhimmey; adv. save, except.
er-lhimmey; adv. except, save.
lhing; s. m. life time, days of life; Psl. lxxii. 7: Ayns y lhing echeysyn nee yn vooinjer chairagh bishaghey: dy jarroo, as palchey dy hee, choud as ta’n eayst farraghtyn. In his time shall the righteous flourish: yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth; Acts xi. 28: As hass seose fer jeu enmyssit Agabus as hoilshee eh liorish y Spyrryd dy beagh genney vooar er feaï-ny-cruinney; shen haink myrgeddin gy-kione rish lhing Claudius Cesar. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar; 2 Kings xxiii. 22: Shickyr cha row lheid y chaisht er ny reayll er-dy laghyn ny briwnyn ren Israel y vriwnys, ny rish lhing reeaghyn Israel, ny reeaghyn Yudah. Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah.
lhingey; s. f. a lisne [OED lissen: A cleft or seam dividing the strata of a rock; EDD (s.v. lissom): A narrow strip of anything; a streak; the strand of a rope; a layer, stratum; the parting of stone in a quarry] or cavity in a river between rocks.
lhiondaig; s. f. an even grassy plot in a valley; pl. -yn.
lhionnaig; s. f. a strand or part of a rope or cord twisted by itself before it is topped; pl. -yn.
lhis* or lhisagh; v. should, ought; -in, 83; -ins, 84.
lhiy; s. f. a colt; pl. -aghyn, or -nyn. The latter is in Jud. x. 4: As va echey jeih mec as feed, va markiagh er jeih lhiynyn assyl as feed, as va oc jeih ard-valjyn as feed. And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities.
lhiyagh; a. coltish; ticklish.
lhoau or loau; a. rotten, putrid; Prov. “Leah appee leah lhoau.” [Soon ripe soon rotten.].
lhoauey; a. pl. rotten, putrid.
s’loau; a. how rotten. L
s’loauey; a. id., comp. and sup. L
lhoau or loau; v. rot, putrify; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88. Num. v. 22: As dy jed yn ushtey shoh, ta cur lesh y mollaght ayns dty vynnagh, dy chur er dty volg dy att, as dty lheeassid dy lhoau: And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot.
lhoauee; a. d. of rottenness.
yn veishteig loauee; s. the palmer worm. B
lhoauid; s. m. rottenness.
loauys; s. f. rottenness.
lhon; s. m. a blackbird; pl. -yn.
lhong; s. f. a ship; pl. -yn.
lhuingey; a. d. of ship or ships, naval; Rev. xviii. 17: As ren dy chooilley vainshter, as sheshaght lhuingey, as shiolteyryn, as ooilley ny va dellal er yn aarkey, shassoo foddey jeh. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off.
lhong-chaggee; s. f. a man of war.
lhong-spooillee; s. f. a pirate [sc. ship].
lhong-vree; s. f. a steam-vessel.
lout-eaghtyrlhong; s. f. a ship’s deck.
lhuingys; s. f. shipping.
Lhuingys Chaggee Reeoil Hostyn; s. the Royal Navy of Great Britain.
goaill-lhuingys; v. embarking; s. embarkation.
lhongey; s. m. a meal; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
lhongee; a. d. of a meal or meals.
traa-longee; s. f. meal-time.
lhoo; s. m. a shaft or thill [OED: The pole or shaft by which a wagon, cart, or other vehicle is attached to the animal drawing it]; pl. -ghyn.
lhoob; s. m. a loop; pl. -yn.
lhoob-yiarn; s. m. a link.
lhoob; v. bend, bow; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83;-ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhoobey; v. bending.
lhoobit; 85. bent, made crooked.
lhoobey; s. m. a bend, a bow; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
lhoobeyder; s. m. a bender; pl. -yn.
lhott; s. m. a wound; pl. -yn.
lhott; v. wound; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhottey; v. wounding, hurting so as to cause a wound.
lhottit; 85. wounded.
lhotteyder; s. m. one that wounds.
lhoys;
s’lhoys dou; etc. ‘I dare’
cha lhoys; v. dare not. <S>
loys dhyt; p. darest thou[?].
b’loys; v. durst, darest.
by-loys; <ad>v. 167. durst or darest. See b’loys.
my v’loys; v. if darest or durst. B
lhuan; s. f. any weak thing that comes out of due time, such as a lamb, calf, swarm of bees, &c.; pl. -yn.
looan; s. See lhuan.
Lhuanys or Lhunys; s. m. Lammas [OED: The 1st of August, ... observed as a harvest festival... Also, the part of the year marked by this festival].
lhuddyr; v. maul, mangle, hack and dirty withal; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
dy lhuddyraghey or lhuddyral; v. to maul, mangle, &c. in an unskilful manner.
lhuddyrit; 85. mangled, dirtied, draggled in dirt.
lhuddyrey; s. m. a mangler, &c.; pl. 69 [change -ey to -yn].
lhun or lhunn*; v. launch; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88. The butt end of an oar is called lhun, because used to draw or launch a boat on.
lhunney; v. launching.
dy lhunnaghey; v. to launch.
lhunnit; 85. launched.
lunn; s. See lhunn.
lhunneyder; s. m. one who launches; pl. -yn.
lhune; s. m. ale, strong drink.
lhionney; a. d. of ale or beer.
thie lhionney; s. m. an ale house.
lhuss; s. leeks, lentils, herbs.
lus; See lhuss an herb, leek.
lus-blaystal; s. f. savory.
lus feie y tooill; s. f. wild clary.
lus-lheihys; s. f. Solomon’s seal or heal; a species of bell-wort.
lus-luna; s. f. moonwort.
lus millish ny lheeanagh; s. f. meadow sweet.
lus-skeilley; s. f. loosestrife, or willow-wort.
lus-thie; s. f. sengreen, houseleek.
lus ny binjey; s. f. dropwort.
lus ny binjey lheeanagh; s. f. meadow trefoil.
lus ny binjey mooar; s. f. crudwort.
lus ny chroshey (sic); s. f. cudwort, cotton weed, chaffweed, or dwarf cotton.
lus ny fahnnaghyn; s. f. wartwort, spurge.
lus ny freenaghyn mooarey; s. f. dove’s foot, crane’s bill.
lus ny geayee; s. f. anemone.
lus ny minnag; s. f. dandelion, piss-a-bed.
lus ny moal moirrey; s. f. common mallows.
lus ny moyl moirrey; s. f. marsh mallows.
lus yn aile; s. f. burnet.
lus y çhengey veg; s. f. mouse-ear.
lus y çhiolg; s. f. golden maiden hair.
lus y chollane; s. f. the herb robin run over the hedge.
lus y chorran; s. f. sickle weed.
lus y cramman doo; s. f. knapweed or button wort.
lus y daa phing; s. f. money-wart, the herb twopence.
lus y druight; s. f. sun-dew.
lus y ghew; s. f. purging flax.
lus y ghoot; s. f. gerrard, goutwort.
lus y lheaney; s. f. bindweed, convolvulus.
lus y ryptar; s. f. allseed, rupture wort, little flax.
lus y tooill; s. f. clary or clear eye, eye bright.
lus y volley; s. f. lady’s bed-straw.
lus y vooin; s. f. gladwin [OED gladwyn s.v. gladdon, A popular name of the iris (Iris Pseudacorus)] or stinking gladwin [OED stinking gladdon ‘Iris foetidissima’].
lus y wee or wuigh; s. f. woald or wold [OED weld: The plant Reseda Luteola, which yields a yellow dye], dyer’s weed, for dying yellow.
lus y yiarey; s. f. flux weed.
oayl-luss; s. f. the science of botany.
slaan-luss; s. f. ribwort.
slane-luss or slan-luss; See also slaanluss ribwort, called so in Manks on account of its quality in assisting nature to heal, when applied.
liack; a. like, equal. See also liak [deest, sc. laik ?].
laik; adv. like.
co-liack; adv. alike, equal. See also coliak.
co-liak; adv. alike, of the same likeness.
liack; v. approving of, liking; -agh, 77; -in, 83; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
laik; v. to choose, to approve.
s’liack; v. do or doth like. L
by-liack or by-laik; adv. See also b’liack, 167. did or didst like; Gen. xlviii. 17: As tra honnick Joseph, dy dug e ayr e laue yesh er kione Ephraim, cha by-laik lesh eh. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him.
b’liack; v. did or didst like.
liackal; v. liking.
liackit; 85. liked.
liaee; v. (from liack), liking; as, cha vel liaee aym er (I have no liking for it).
liass; s. (from liehys or leighys), law-step, or a step by law or marriage.
liass huyr; s. f. a step sister.
liass inneen; s. f. a step daughter.
liass vac; s. m. a step son.
liass voir or liass ummug; s. f. a step mother.
liass vraar; s. m. a step brother.
liass yishig or liass ayr; s. m. a step father. The latter of these is seldom used.
liauyr; a. long, prolix, lengthy.
liauyrey; a. pl. long, lengthy.
s’liauyr; a. how long. L
s’lhiurey; a. longer, longest, the comp. and sup. of liauyr. L
cleaysh-liauyr; s. f. a long ear, slow in answering, forbearing.
co-liauyr; adv. as long, equal in length.
lhiuree; v. lengthen, make long.
lhiuragh or lhiuraghey; v. lengthening.
lhiurid; s. m. length, procerity; pl. -yn.
er-lhiurid; adv. at length, at full length, along on the ground.
lickly; adv. likely, probable, but not altogether certain, more for than against.
s’lickly; a. how likely, comp. and sup. L
lieckan; s. f. (from lieh kione), cheek; 1 Kings xxii. 24: Agh hie Zedekiah mac Chenaanah er-gerrey, as woaill eh Micaiah er y lieckan, as dooyrt eh, Cre’n raad ghow Spyrryd y Chiarn voym’s dy loayrt rhyt’s? But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?; Job xvi. 10: T’ad er vlaakey orrym lesh nyn meeal: t’ad er my woalley er y lieckan dy naareydagh; t’ad er haglym ad-hene cooidjagh m’oï. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me; and Luke vi. 29: As huggeysyn woaillys oo er y derrey lieckan, chyndaa myrgeddin yn lieckan elley: as eshyn ghoys ersooyl dty chloagey, ny bee noi dty chooat y lhiggey lesh myrgeddin. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also; what is seen in a profile view of the head; pl. -yn.
lieckanagh; a. d. of the cheek or cheeks; caslys lieckanagh would be a profile likeness.
lieen; s. m. lint, flax, linen; pl. -teeyn or -teenyn. The pl. is used for nets, perhaps because they are made of flax; Eccl. vii. 26: As hooar mee ny shirroo na’n baase yn ven ta’n cree eck ribbaghyn as lieenteenyn, as e laueyn myr geulaghyn: quoi-erbee ta dy wooiys Jee shaghnys ee, agh bee’n drogh yantagh goit lioree. And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her; and Mark i. 18: As chelleeragh hreig ad nyn lieenteenyn, as deiyr ad er. And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
mwyllin lieen; s. f. a flax mill.
lieh; s. m. half, moiety; pl. -ghyn.
yn derrey-lieh; s. m. the one half.
liegh; a. half gone, half done, mid way.
lieh-charkyl; s. m. a semicircle.
lieh-chiart; a. uneven, odd, rough.
lieh-chiartys; s. m. unevenness.
lieh-chraue; s. f. a gristle.
lieh-hooillagh; a. monocular, one eyed.
lieh-hoost; s. m. threshing with one flail.
lieh-kiart; s. m. the even half.
liegh-lhieent; a. half-flood or flowed.
lieh my lieh; adv. half each, half apiece.
lieh-scoadey or lieh-skew; a. slopewise, obliquely.
cur-ny-lieh; v. impeaching, accusing.
er-y-lieh; adv. on the half, by the half.
fer loayrt as lheh; s. m. an intercessor.
my-lieh; adv. my behalf; Deu. xxxi. 19: Shen-y-fa nish, scrieu-jee yn arrane moyllee shoh diu hene, as ynsee-jee eh da cloan Israel: dy vod eh ve oc dy ghoaill, as dy vod yn arrane shoh ve son feanish my-lieh noi cloan Israel. Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
liehid or liehd; s. f. half a breadth.
liehbage; s. f. a flook [OED fluke: A flat fish, esp. the common flounder, Pleuronectes Flesus], a flat fish; pl. -yn.
liehneen; s. m. the lining of a hedge, &c.
liggar; s. m. liquor, spirits; pl. -yn.
liggin; s. m. slack water, eddy water, dead water, where or when there is no tide or stream; pl. -yn.
limmer; s. the passage for water under the floorings of a boat or vessel.
lindeyr; s. f. a lintel; pl. -yn.
lioar; s. f. a book; pl. -yn. This word is used as an oath, and it may seem strange that it is so used in our excellent translation of the Scriptures; Isa. xl. 24: Dy jarroo, cha bee ad er nyn soiaghey; lioar, cha bee ad er nyn guirr. Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown; and Mal. ii. 2: …ver-ym eer mollaght erriu, as ver-ym mollaght er ny bannaghtyn eu; lioar, ta mee hannah er chur mollaght orroo, er-yn-oyr nagh vel shiu goaill eh gys nyn gree. …I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart, for yes or yea.
Cleragh-ny-Lioaryn; s. m. the Clerk of the Rolls.
lioaragh; a. d. of book or books; as, ynsagh lioaragh (book learning).
ynsagh-lioaragh; s. m. book learning, the use of letters, in contradistinction to the learning of any thing else.
lioaran; s. f. a small book, a pamphlet.
lioar-hasht; s. f. a library; pl. -yn.
lioarlhan; s. f. (lieh-arlane) [see farlane], half a firlot [OED: A measure of capacity for corn, etc.], a quarter of a boll.
liooar; a.
dy liooar; adv. enough.
s’lioar or s’liooar; adv. hardly enough, enough, what sufficeth; John xiv. 8: Dooyrt Philip rish, Hiarn, jeeagh dooin yn Ayr, as s’lioar dooin eh. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
by-lioar or by-liooar; <ad>v. 167, would be enough. See also blioar.
b’lioar; v. it would, &c. be enough.
liorish; pre. and adv. by; p. p. by him, by <the>, beside; 2 Kings xi. 20: As ghow ooilley pobble ny cheerey boggey, as va’n ard-valley ayns shee: as va Athaliah er ny varroo lesh y chliwe liorish thie’n ree. And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house; -in, id. em.
liorish-hene (sic: stress); p. p. by himself.
lioree; p. p. by her; -ish, id. em.
lioree-hene; p. p. by herself.
lioroo; p. p. by them; -syn, id. em.
lioroo-hene; p. p. by themselves.
liorym; p. p. by me; -s, id. em.
liorym-pene; p. p. by myself.
liorin; p. p. by us; -yn, id. em.
liort; p. p. by thee; -s, id. em.
liort-hene; p. p. by thyself.
lieriu; p. p. by you or ye; -ish, id. em.
list; s. f. a lean to one side.
list; v. -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
listal; v. leaning.
listit; 85. leaned.
litçher; s. m. a lazy person, a sluggard, an idler; pl. -yn.
litçheragh; a. lazy, slothful, idle, indolent, sluggish. “Litçheragh goll dy lhie, litçheragh dy irree, as litçheragh dy gholl dys y cheeill Jedoonee.” [Lazy going to bed (lie), lazy rising, and lazy to go to church on Sunday.]
s’litçheragh; a. how lazy. L
s’litçheree; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. L
litçheraght; s. f. laziness, idleness, indolence, slothfulness; pl. -yn.
livrey; v. deliver; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
livreit; 85. delivered.
s’livreït; a. how delivered. L
livreyee; a. d.
fer livreyee; s. m. a deliverer; 2 Sam. xxii. 2: Yn Chiarn my chreg, my hoor lajer; as my er-livreyee. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
livreyder; s. m. a deliverer.
livreys or livrey-ys; s. deliverance; pl. -syn, Jer. xxx. 7: …eer earish hrimshagh Yacob; agh yiow eh livrey-ys. …it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
loagan; v. stagger, staggering; Isa. xxix. 9: T’ad er-meshtey, agh cha nee lesh feeyn; t’ad loagan, agh cha nee lesh jough lajer. They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
loaganagh; s. m. one that staggers; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
loaganys; s. staggering.
loaght; v. handle, feel; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
loaghtey; v. handling, feeling with hands.
loaghtee; a. d. of handling.
loaghtit; 85. handled, felt with the hand.
s’loaghtit; a. how handled or felt with hands. L
loaghteyder; s. m. a handler; pl. -yn.
loaghtrane; s. See loaghrane.
loaghrane; s. f. the handle of a flail. See cass.
loaghtyn or lugh-dhoan; a. brown; Gen. xxx. 33 and 35: …dy chooilley unnane nagh vel breck as spottagh mastey ny goair, as loaghtyn mastey ny kirree, lhig da shen ve coontit myr griu vaarlee. …every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. As scarr eh yn laa shen ny goair fyrryn va schimmeigagh as spottagh, as ooilley ny goair woirryn va breck as spottagh, as dy chooilley unnane va red ennagh dy vâneyd ayn, as ooilley ny va loaghtyn mastey ny kirree, as hug eh ad fo laueyn e vec. And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.There is no word in English by which to express loaghtyn or keeir. Lugh dhoan is very descriptive of the colour —lugh (mouse), and dhoan (brown). These colours mixed will produce the shade which is understood by loaghtyn, or the word may be from lhosht dhoan (burnt brown).
s’loaghtyn; a. how dun and brown. L
loam;
a. shorn, bare. See also lhoam. Both are used.
Prov. “Cronk ghlass foddey voym,
Loam loam tra roshym eh” [A green hill far from me, Bare, bare, when I
reach it]; and another, “Yn loam leigh yn loam chair;” though
some will have it to be, yn loam aggair. [The bare law, the bare right
(or wrong).]
loamey; a. pl. bare.
s’loam; a. how bare or shorn. Prov. “S’loam ta laare y valley vargee.” [Bare is the ground of the market town.] L
s’loamey; a. id., comp. and sup. L
loam-choshagh; a. bare-footed.
lhome-lauee; a. empty-handed.
loam-liastey; a. very reluctant or loath.
lhoamid; s. m. bareness.
loam; v. bare; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88,
lhoam or lhome; v. bare; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lomm; v. make bare; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lhoamey; v. making bare.
lommey; v. making bare.
lhoamee; a. d. of making bare.
lommee; a. d. of baring.
lhoamit; 85. bared, made bare.
loamit; 85. made bare, bared.
lommit; 85. bared, made bare.
s’loamit; a. how bared. L
lhoameyder; s. m. one that makes bare.
lommeyder; s. m. one that makes bare.
lomman; s. m. a scorching wind that dries up and makes the ground bare of herbage; Hos. xiii. 15: Ga dy vel eh messoil mastey e vraaraghyn, hig geay-niar er, hig lomman lajer veih’n Chiarn seose ass yn aasagh, as chyrmee eh seose ny farraneyn geill echey, as hed ny strooanyn ushtey echey naardey. Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up.
lommanagh; a. scorching, baring.
loamrey; s. f. a fleece; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
lomrey; s. See loamrey.
loamr; v. fleece, shear off; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lommyrt; v. shearing sheep, making bare by cutting off the wool or hair.
loamrit; 85. fleeced, shorn.
lomrit; 85. shorn bare of wool or hair.
s’loamryt; a. how shorn or fleeced. L
neu-lomrit; a. unshorn, unfleeced.
loamreyder; s. m. one that shears the fleece off.
lhommyrt; s. m. the shearing of sheep.
lommyrtagh; s. m. a shearer of sheep; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
lommyrtagh; a. anything made bare, as a sword, &c., unsheathed.
lhommyrtagh; a. bare of cover; drawn; as, cliwe lhommyrtagh (a drawn sword).
loayr; v. speak, spoke; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
loayrt; v. speaking.
loayrit; 85. spoken.
s’loayrit; a. how much spoken. L
fer loayrt as lheh; s. m. an intercessor.
fer loayrt er nyn son; s. m. one speaking for us.
loayreyder or loayrtagh; s. m. a speaker.
loayrtys; s. m. utterance to speak, or of speech.
coloayrt; v. conversing; -agh, 77, &c.
coloayrtagh; s. m. converser; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].
coloayrtys; s. m. conversation; pl. -yn.
loggyr; s. f. something got or allowed above expectation, or for luck.
logh; s. f. a lake, a pool; pl. -yn.
loghan; s. f. a small lake; pl. -yn; the dim. of logh.
loghanagh; a.
s’loghanagh; a. how full of lakes. L
s’loghanee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. L
loght; s. m. crime, offence, trespass, guilt, transgression, sin; pl. -yn.
ard-loght; s. m. felony, capital offence; pl. -yn.
gyn-loght; adv. without crime or guilt, innocent.
loghtynid; s. m. criminality, guiltiness.
neu-loghtynid; s. m. innocence, [being] not guilty.
loghtal; a. severe, violent, stern; deep as a cut, &c.; strong as a gale of wind.
s’loghtal; a. how severe or heavy. L
s’loghtaley; a. id., comp. and sup. L
loghtalid; s. m. severity, violence.
lomarcan; a. alone, deprived of company.
my-lomarcan; pro. a. I alone; Job i. 16: Ta aile Yee er duittym veih niau, as er lostey seose ny kirree, as ny sharvaantyn, as er stroie ad, as ta mish my-lomarcan er scapail dy insh dhyt. The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
londeyr; s. f. a lantern; pl. -yn.
londeyragh; a. d. of a lantern.
londernee or londyrnee; v. glaring, dazzling with lustre; Nah. ii. 4: Nee ny fainee freaney ayns ny straïdyn, nee ad roie noi-ry-hoi ayns ny raaidyn lheaney, nee ad loandernee myr lossey aile, nee ad roie myr ny tendreilyn. The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
loo; s. m. an oath; pl. -ghyn.
looee; a. d. of an oath or oaths.
loo-oaiagh; (a false oath)
loo; v. swear; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
looit; 85 sworn.
s’looit; a. how sworn. L
loor; a. lusty, stout; Gen. xlix. 14: Ta Issachar ny assyl loor, croymmey eddyr daa errey. Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens.
loorid; s. m. lustiness.
lorg; s. m. a staff.
luirg; s. pl. staves; the pl. of lorg.
lorg-howshan; s. f. a measuring rule.
lorg-immanagh; s. f. a goad; Ecclesiast[es] xii. 11: Ta goan deiney creeney myr lorg-immanagh, as myr treinaghyn eiyrit shickyr liorish mainshtyryn y cho-chruinnaght, t’er nyn goyrt magh liorish yn un vochilley The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
lorg-reeoil or lorg-reill; s. f. a sceptre.
lorg* or lorgee; v. drive or urge forward with a staff; -agh 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
dy lorgaghey; v. to excite or drive forward.
lorgit; 85. excited, urged.
losht; s. f. a bake stone, or baking board.
losht; v. burn; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms. 87; -ys. 88.
lostey; v. burning; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
loshtee; a. d. of burning.
losht or loshtit; 85. burnt, burned.
s’losht; a. how burned. L
creayn-losht; s. m. burning ague; Lev. xxvi. 16: Shoh myrgeddin neem’s y yannoo riuish, ver-yms lhiam erriu atchim, consumption, as crayn-losht, ver naardey’n soilshey, as cur sneih er y chree. I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart.
lostey-chainley (sic); s. m. the churching of women. Called so, perhaps, from the practice of burning a candle during the service in former times.
losteyder; s. m. one who puts things to burn.
loshagh; a. [?]
neu-loshagh; a. incombustible [l. neu-loshtagh ?].
loshtagh; a.
s’loshtagh; a. with what burning smart. L
s’loshtee; a. id., 58. L
loss; v. blaze, flame; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lossey; v. flaming, burning in a blaze;
lossee; a. d. of flame or flaming, blazing.
lossey; s. m. a flame; Luke xvi. 24: Ayr Abraham, jean myghin orrym, as cur Lazarus, dy vod eh baare e vair y hummey ayns ushtey, as my hengey y eayraghey; son ta mee er my horchaghey ayns y lossey shoh. Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
lossaghyn; s. pl. burnings, flamings.
lossag; s. f. a small flame or flash.
lossan; s. f. luminous particles seen in the sea by night, and on fish that are not dry, in the dark; the aurora borealis or northern lights.
lossanagh; a. having luminous qualities, or [of the] aurora borealis.
s’lossanagh; a. how luminous. L
s’lossanee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. L
losgan; s. f. a lamp; pl. -yn.
losserey; s. f. an herb; pl. 72 [change -ey to -eeyn] [pl. lossreeyn in the Bible].
losseree; s. f. herbage, herbs.
ard-losserey; s. m. ground-ivy, alehoof.
ard-losserey-firryn; the herb archangel.
lott; s. f. a lot.
lott; v. to allot; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lourane; s. m. a leper; pl. -e.
louraanagh; a. leprous.
s’louraanagh; a. how leprous. L
s’louraanee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. L
louraanys; loihrey, or lourey, s. f. leprosy.
lout; s. m. a loft; pl. -yn.
lout-eaghtyr; s. f. a deck.
lout-eaghtyr-lhong; s. f. a ship’s deck.
lout; v. loft; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
anlout; v. unloft; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -ey, 82; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -it, 85; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
loutey; v. <a> lofting.
loutit; 85. lofted.
s’loutit; a. how lofted. L
louteyder; s. m. one who lofts.
louyr; s. f. an abort or abortion; a slink [OED: An abortive or premature calf or other animal] or castling [OED: The offspring of an untimely birth] which has been some time dead before brought forth, so that it is partly rotten and stinking.
louyran; s. f. a small castling. Prov. “Lhiannoo ny louyran.” [A child or a castling.]
low; v. allow; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lowit; 85. allowed.
s’lowit; a. how allowed. L
neu-lowit; a. disallowed.
lowal; a. lawful, allowable; Luke xiv. 3: As dreggyr Yeesey, as loayr eh rish fir-ynsee yn leigh as rish ny Phariseeyn, gra, Vel eh lowal dy lheihys er laa yn doonaght? And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
s’lowal; a. how much approved or allowed of. L
s’lowaley; a. id., comp. and sup. L
mee-lowal; a.disallowable.
neu-lowal; a. disallowable, unfit immoral, immodest, illtimed.
lowaltys; s. m. approbation.
lowanse; s. m. a thing allowed; Jer. xxxvii. 21: Eisht doardee Zedekiah yn ree Jeremiah dy ve ayns cooyrt y phryssoon, as dy choyrt da gagh-laa lowanse arran veih straid y fuinneyder, derrey veagh ooilley’n arran ’syn ard-valley baarit. Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent.
loweyder; s. m. an allower; pl. -yn.
mee-low; v. disallow; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
mee-lowal; v. disallowing.
mee-lowit; 85. disallowed.
lubban breck; s. f. a sea nettle.
lubberlab; s. f. the herb bogbane.
luddan-mea; s. f. a luminous oily spot on the surface of water; Job xli. 32: T’eh cur er luddan-mea dy hoilshean ny yeï; heillagh fer yn diunid dy ve lheeah. He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
luff; v. loof [sc. luff], bear close to the windward; -agh, 77; -al, 79; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
luffal; v.
lugg; s. f. a sea or sand worm used for bait.
lugh; s. f. a mouse, a mole; pl. -ee; Isa. ii. 20: Nee dooinney ayns y laa shen ceau gys ny lughee as ny craitnagyn, e yallooyn argid as e yallooyn airhey, ren ad, dagh dooinney da hene, dy ooashlaghey. In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats.
loagh; s. See lugh.
lughagh; a. d. of a mouse or mice.
lught; s. m. load, cargo, burden; what any thing can hold; pl. -yn.
lught-thie; s. m. a household, a family.
lught; v. -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
lughtagh or lughtaghey; v. taking in a cargo or load.
lughtit; 85. loaded, loaden.
neu-lughtit; unladen, unloaded.
anlught; v. unload.
anlughtit; 85. unladen.
lughteyder; s. m. one that loads; pl. -yn.
lune; v. slander; -agh, 77; -e, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.
luney; v. slandering; 2 Sam. xix. 27: As t’eh er luney dty harvaant gys my hiarn y ree. And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king.
lunit; 85. slandered.
lunagh; a. rude, sarcastic, contemptuous, slanderous; s. m. a rude person; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee]; slanderers; Mark xv. [29]: As loayr yn vooinjer va goll shaghey dy lunagh n’oi, craa nyn ghing, as gra, Ah, uss ta lhieggal y chiamble, as dy hroggal eh reesht ayns three laa. And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days.
lung-lane; a. quite full; Ez. xxviii. 16: Liorish ymmodee dty varchantys, t’ad er dty lhieeney lung-lane dy hranlaase, as t’ou er n’yannoo peccah. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned.
Lunnin; s. m. London.
lurg; pre. after, after him or it; -syn, id. em.
lurg-ooilley; adv. after all.
lurg y thooilley; a. postdiluvian.
my lurg; p. p. after me; -s, id. em.
lurgey; s. f. a leg; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].
lurgagh; a. d. of the leg or legs.
camlurgagh; a. bow legged.
lurgeydish; s. f. the herb penny-royal.
lutçh; v. to carry in a clumsy slovenly manner; -agh, 77, &c.
lutçhey; v. lubbering.
lutçhagh; a.
dy lutçhagh; adv. loobily.
lutçhynagh; s. m. a looby [OED: A lazy hulking fellow; a lout; an awkward, stupid, clownish person], a lubber [OED: A big, clumsy, stupid fellow; esp. one who lives in idleness; a lout], an awkward clumsy fellow; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].