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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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langadar, seaware with long leaves (Lewis):
langaid, a fetter, fetters (especially for horses), langar, Ir. langfethir (O'B.; Lh. has †langphetir), E. Ir. langfiter (Corm. Gr., "English word this"), W. llyfethar, M.W. lawhethyr; from Eng. lang (long) and fetter. The Sc. has langet, langelt, which is the origin of G. langaid.
langaid, the guillemote (Heb.); from Sc. (Shetland) longie, Dan. langivie (Edmonston).
langaiseachadh, pulling a boat along by a rope from the bank:
langan, lowing of the deer; from the Sc., Eng. lowing?
langasaid, a couch, settee; from Sc. langseat, lang-settle, "long seat".
lann, a blade, sword, Ir. lann, also "a scale, scale of a fish, disc" (Arg., M'A.): *lag-s-na? Root lag, as in E. Ir. laigen, lance, W. llain, blade, Lat. lanceo, Gr. λόγχη, lance-point. Thur. (Zeit. 28) suggests *plad-s-na, "broad thing"; Gr. πλαθάνη, Ger. fladen, flat cake, further G. leathann, broad, etc. O. Ir. lann, squama, is referred by Stokes to *lamna, allied to Lat. lamina, lamna; which would produce rather O. Ir. *lamn, Modern lamhan. Ir. lann, gridiron, is doubtless allied to O. Ir. lann.
lann, an inclosure, land, Ir. lann, E. Ir. land, W. llan, O. W. lann, area, ecclesia, Br. lann: *landâ; Teut. land, Eng. land. See iodhlann.
lannsa, a lance, Ir. lannsa; from the Eng.
lanntair, a lantern, Ir. laindéar; from the Eng.
laoch, a hero, Ir. laoch, a soldier, hero, E. Ir. láech, a hero, champion: *laicus, soldier, "non-cleric", E. Ir. láech, laicus, W. lleyg; all from Lat. laicus, a layman, non-cleric.
laogh, a calf, so Ir., E. Ir. lóeg, W. llo, Cor. loch, Br. leué, M. Br. lue: *loigo-s, calf, "jumper", root leíꬶ, skip, Got. laikan, spring, Lit. láigyti, skip, Skr. réjati, skip (see leum further). It is possible to refer it to root leigh, lick: "the licker".
laodhan, pith of wood, heart of a tree, Ir. laodhan, laoidhean; also G. glaodhan, q.v.
laoighcionn, lao'cionn, tulchan calf, calf-skin; from laogh and †cionn, skin, which see under boicionn. crann-laoicionn, wooden block covered with calf-skin (Wh.).
laoidh, a lay, so Ir., E. Ir. láed, láid, O. Ir. lóid: *lûdi-? Alliance with Teutonic liuþ, Eng. lay, Fr. lai, Ger. lied, is possible if the stem is lûdi-; cf. for phonetics draoidh and ancient drûis, drûidos, Druid, Gaul. Lat. druidæ (Stokes).
laoineach, handsome; cf. loinn.
laoir, drub lustily (M'A.), laoireadh, rolling in the dust (H.S.D.). Cf. léir.
