laich

"That's some o 'Robbie Boath's wark," he says in laich till himsel ', wi' an awfu 'girn on his face.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

"There's a tinkler wife needin 'a bawbee's-wirth, an' I've socht the shop heich an 'laich for't."

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Meg's man gey a kind o 'a whistle in laich, an' I saw fine syne whaur he had tint himsel '.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

I socht heich an 'laich for't, but na, na; it wasna to be gotten.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

A common word for warrior, or hero, laich, now laoch, is simply from laicus, a layman.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

And I begud to hear a laich lauch far awa ', and it cam' nearer and nearer ilka week, till it was ringin 'i' my verra lug.

Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

I'll put on my sheen, and rin ye alang the laich grun '!

Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864

It's sair eneuch, laird, whan we hae to gang at the Lord's call, but whan the messenger comes frae the laich yett (low gate), we maun jist lat gang an 'forget.

Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

The lad was scaret at that, as weel he micht, an 'takin' aff 's bannet, he lowtit laich, an 'left her.

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

I'll ha'e to gang far down the laich (low) ro'd afore that be poassible.

The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864