Obs. Also 3 læch, laich. [App. to be identified (in spite of the difficult form laichen, which may be corrupt) with OE. léc masc., cogn. w. lócian to LOOK.] A look, glance.
[c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom. (Thorpe), II. 374. Wo sceolon awendan urne lec fram yfelre ʓesihþe, ure hlyst fram yfelre spræce.]
c. 1205. Lay., 1884. Laðliche læches heo leiteðeni mid eȝan. Ibid., 3410. He … þas worde seide mid seorhfulle laichen. Ibid., 13703. Mid his lechen he gon liȝen. [Often elsewhere in LAY.]
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1138. Þine leches beoþ grisliche Þe hwile þu art on lif-daȝe.
