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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
root lud, Teut. root lut, Eng. lout, little, Norse lúta, to lout, bow, Ag. S. lot, dolus, etc.
lot, share, etc., one's croft (Lewis):
loth, a colt, Manx, lhiy, W. llwdn, young of deer, sheep, swine, hens, etc., Cor. lodn (do.), M. Br. lozn, beast, Br. loen, animal: *pluto-, *plutno-; cf. Lat. pullus, foal, Eng. filly.
loth, marsh (Suth.), O. Ir. loth, mud; see further under lòn. Hence Loth, parish.
lothail, the plant brook-lime, Ir. lothal (O'B.), lochal:
luach, worth, value, Ir. luach O. Ir. lóg, luach: *lougos, root lou, lû, gain; Lat. lûcrum, gain, Laverna, the thieves' goddess; Got. laun, a reward, Ag. S. léan (do.); O.Slav. lovŭ, catching.
luachair, rushes, Ir., E. Ir. luachair: "light-maker", from louk, light (Lat. lux, etc.), M.W. lleu babir, rush-light.
luadh, fulling cloth; cf. Ir. luadh, motion, moving, root ploud (Lit. plaudżu, wash, Eng. fleet), a side-form of the root of luath. But compare dol.
luaidh, mention, speaking, Ir. luadh, O. Ir. luad: *laudo-; Lat. laus, laudis, praise. Hence luaidh, beloved one: "spoken or thought of one".
luaidh, lead, Ir., M. Ir. luaidhe: *loudiâ; Eng. lead, Ag. S. léad (*lauda-), Ger. loth.
luaimear, a prattler, Ir. luaimearachd, volubility; see next word.
luaineach, restless, Ir. luaimneach, E. Ir. luamnech, volatile (as birds), lúamain, flying; root ploug, fly; Eng. fly, Ger. fliegen, Norse fljúga.
luaireagan, a grovelling person, a fire-fond child; from luaith, ashes: "one in sackcloth and ashes"?
luaisg, move, wave, luasgadh (n.), Ir. luasgaim, M. Ir. luascad, O. Br. luscou, oscilla, Br. luskella, to rock: *louskô, *ploud-sko-, root ploud or plout, plou, go, flow, move, as in luath, q.v. Bez. queries connection with Lit. plúskát, plúkt, pluck, tear.
luan, moon, Monday, so Ir.; M. Ir., O. Ir. luan, moon, Monday: *loukno-, Lat. lux, luceo, lûna, moon. The Gadelic is possibly borrowed from Lat. Ir. go lá an Luain, till doomsday.
luaran, a dizziness, faint:
luath, ashes, Ir. luaith, E. Ir. lúaith, W. lludw, Cor. lusu, Br. ludu: *loutvi-. Bez. queries if it is allied to Ger. lodern, to flame.
luath, swift, Ir. luath, O. Ir. lúath: *louto-, root plout, plou, go, flow, be swift; Eng. fleet, Norse fljótr, swift (root pleud); Gr. πλέω, I sail; Lat. pluit, it rains; Skr. plavate, swim, fly.
lùb, bend, Ir., M. Ir. lúbaim, E. Ir. lúpaim (ro-lúpstair, they bent, L.Leinster): lúbbô, root leub, lub; Eng. loop, M. Eng. loupe, noose; λυγίζω see lag. Skeat regards the Eng. as borrowed from the Celtic. Hence lùib, a fold, creek, angle.
