Obs. Also lente. [ad. L. lent-em, lens.] collect. sing. Lentils.
1382. Wyclif, Ezek. iv. 9. Take thou to thee whete, and barli, and bene, and lent. Ibid. (1388), 2 Kings xxiii. 11. Forsothe there was a feeld ful of lente.