*laigôn—laiseigs.
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		*laigôn, H-. v., in bi-1., to lick: Lu. l(î, 21. [Cognate w. O. E. licciari (Goth. *likkôn), Mdl. E. lieke, Ifrfo. E. lick, O. H. £. lechôn, M. H. G. N. H. G. leekeii, to lick. Of Germanic orig. is the kindred O. Fr. lecher, to lick, whence O. Fr. lecheour, a man addicted to lewdness, lit. a licker, whence Mdl. E. lechour lechur, Mdn. E. lecher; compd. re-lecher (re= Lt. re, again), to lick over again, whence Mdn. E. relish, to taste or eat with pleasure. Goth, laigôn refers to loighá-, Idg. root lígh: leigh; comp. Gr. hsíxsiv, to lick, Xixveveiv., to lick, lick up, feast on by stealth, A/JKO^, delicate, dainty, exceedingly fond of dainties, Lt. lingere, to lick, Skr. rih, lih, to lick.'] líiikan, red. r. (179), to leap for joy; Lu. 1. 41. 44. 6, 23.— Compd. bi-1. w. ace., to mock; Mk. 10, 34. 15, 20. 31. Lu. 14, 29; pass; Lu. 18, 32. Gal. 6, 7. [Cf. O. E. lâcan, to leap, play, Mdl. E. lake, to play, M. H. G. leichen, to leap, mock, O. N. leika, to play. 8. follg. w.~] laiks, m., a dance, dancing; Lu. 15, 25. [Cf. O. E. lac, n., Mdl. E. lâk, lôk, play, gift, sacrifice, O. N. leikr, piny, O. H. G. M. H. G. leicli, m. n., play, song, melody, N. fJ. G. (borrowed from M. H. G. leich), leich, m., a kind of song. From Germanic stem laik; s. prec. w. ]
					laíktjô, f. (57), for. w., lection, lesson, reading; occurs always in the margin (in cod. B), opposite the passage to be read in church; comp. I Cor. 15, 58. II Cor. 3, 4. [Borrowed from Lt. lectio, a reading, a passage to be read, from lectus, pret. partic. of legere, to read. Of the same orig. are Mdn. E. lection, A7. H. G. lection.] lais, pret.-pres. v. (30; 197), / know (oîâa), w. a follg. inf.; Phil. 4. 12.—Prop. pret. of *leisan, q. v. S. the causative laisjan and follg. w. laisareis, m. (92), teacher, master; Mt. 8, 19. 9, 11. 10, 24. 25. Mk. 4, 38. 5, 35. 9, 17. 38. 10, 17. 20. 35. 12, 14. 19. 32. 14, 14. Lu. 2, 46. 3, 12. 6, 40. 7, 40. 8, 49. 9, 38. 10, 25, 18, 18. 19, 39. 20, 21. 28. 39. Jo. 11, 28. 13, 13. 14. Eph. 4, 11. I Tim. 2, 7. II Tim. 1, 11. 4, 3. Skeir. I d. II, b. VII, a. [From *laisa (comp. O. E. l&r, f., teaching, learning, Mdl. E. l§re, Mdn. E. lore, O. S. O. H. G. lêra, M. H. G. lêre, N. H. G. lehre, /!, teaching, doctrine, s. lais, *leisan), and Germanic suff. -arja. Cf. O. H. G. lêrari, M. H. G. lêrapre, lerer, N. H. G. lehrer, 727., teacher. — Compd. witôdalaisareis, q. v. Comp. prec. and follg: w.~] laiseigs, adj., apt to teach; I Tim. 3, 2. II Tim. 2, 24. — From *laiHíi and suff. -ei-ga. Comp. prec. and follg. w.