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 nydy vane;” [White St. Bridget’s Day; every
ditch full of black or of white] and, “Choud as higy 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 nyGianle,
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 estaik as y dooinney gys elhiabbee.” [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.
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.
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.
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.
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; orfoghyn-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.
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.
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 captainof 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.
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.
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.]
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. “Lhiatmyr 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 theSpirit 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 veishteigloauee, 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 ooilleyny 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. ofa 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.
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.
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.
lusny 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 ?].
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.
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.
liasshuyr, s. f. a step sister.
liassinneen, s. f. a step daughter.
liassvac, s. m. a step son.
liassvoir or liassummug, s. f. a step
mother.
liassvraar, s. m. a step brother.
liassyishig or liassayr, 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.
ynderrey-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.
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.
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.
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].
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
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].
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 nytendreilyn. 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.
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; -agh77; -ee, 80; -in,
83; -ins, 84; -ym,
86; -yms, 87; -ys,
88.
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 ?].
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.
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. “Lhiannoony
louyran.” [A child or a castling.]
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?
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.
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.
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: Liorishymmodee 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].
