An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 488 : LAVE, _s._ The remainder. V. ~Lafe~. LAVELLAN, _s._ A kind of weasel, Caith. _Pennant.

LAVE, _s._ The remainder.

V. ~Lafe~.

LAVELLAN, _s._ A kind of weasel, Caith.

_Pennant._

LAVER, _s. Fro laver to layre_.

_Sir Gawan._

LAVEROK, LAUEROK, _s._ The lark, S. often q. _lerrik_, _larick_.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _laferc_, _Lawerc_, id.

LAUGHT, LAUCHT, _pret._ Took.

_Wallace._

A. S. _laecc-an_, apprehendere; _laehte_, cepit.

LAVY, _s._ The foolish guillemot.

_Martin._

Isl. Norw. _lomvie_, _langivie_, id.

LAVYRD, _s._

1. Lord.

V. ~Laird~.

2. Applied to the Supreme Being.

_Wyntown._

LAURERE, _s._ Laurel.

_Douglas._

Fr. _laurier_, id.

LAUS, _s._ Perhaps, hair.

_Gawan and Gol._

Dan. _lu_, _luv_, id.

LAW, _adj._ Low.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _lag_, Isl. _lag-r_, id.

~Law~, _s._ Low ground.

_Barbour._

_To_ ~Law~, _v. a._ To bring down.

_Douglas._

Teut. _leegh-en_, deprimere.

~Law~, ~Lawe~, _A Lawe_, _adv._ Downward.

_King's Quair._

~Lawly~, _adj._ Lowly.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

_To_ LAW, _v. a._ To litigate, S.

LAW, _s._

1. A designation given to many hills or mounts, whether natural or artificial, S.

A. Bor.

_Statist. Acc._

A. S. _hlaewe_, _hlawe_, agger, acervus.