An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 479 : LAYNERE, _s._ A thong. _Wyntown._ Fr. _laniere_, id. LAING, _s._ A small ridge of land

LAYNERE, _s._ A thong.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _laniere_, id.

LAING, _s._ A small ridge of land, Orkn.

_To_ LAIP, LAPE, _v. a._ To lap, S.

_Dunbar._

LAIP, _s._ A plash, Loth.

V. ~Lappie~.

LAIR, LAYRE, LARE, _s._

1. A place for lying down, S.

_Montgomerie._

2. The act of lying down.

_Douglas._

3. A burying-place, S.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _laeger_, Germ. _lager_, Dan. _laijer_, a bed; also, a sepulchre.

_To_ ~Lair~, _v. a._ To inter.

_Ferguson._

LAIR, _s._ A stratum, S.

_Ruddiman._

LAIR, LARE, _s._ A mire, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _leir_, lutum, coenum.

_To_ ~Lair~, _v. n._ To stick in the mire, S.

_Law Case._

_To_ ~Lair~, _v. a._ To mire, S.

_Pitscottie._

LAIRBAR, LARBAR, _s._ One in a torpid state; _larbitar_, Ang.

_Philotus._

~Larbar~, ~Larbour~, _adj._

1. Sluggish.

_Dunbar._

2. Ghastly.

_Evergreen._

LAIRD, LARDE, _n._

1. A person of superior rank, a lord.

_Wyntown._

2. A leader, a captain.

_Douglas._

3. A landholder, under the degree of a knight, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _hlaford_, _lavord_, Isl. _lavard-ur_, Su. G. _Laward_, dominus.

~Lairds.h.i.+p~, _s._ A landed estate, S.

_Ramsay._

LAIRT, LEIR, _adv._