Sc. Also 6 leis(s, 8 leez. [Short for lief is me dear is to me.] An expression of lively satisfaction; ‘pleased am I with.’ Const. for, on.
15[?]. Wowing of Jok & Jynny, 15, in Bannatyne Poems (1873), 388. I schro the, lyar, full leis me yow.
a. 1568. Clerk, Ibid., 297. Fow leiss me that graceles gane.
1724. Ramsay, Tea-t. Misc. (1733), I. 25. Leez me on thy snawy pow, Lucky Nansy.
1792. Burns, Bessy & Spinning Wheel, i. Oh leeze me on my spinning-wheel, Oh leeze me on my rock and reel.
1861. Ramsay, Remin., Ser. II. 29. Leeze me abune them a’ … for yon auld clearheaded man.
