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Lakedʹion or Laquedem (Isaac)

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The name given in France, in the fourteenth century, to the Wandering Jew.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Lælaps
Laertes
Lætare Sunday
Lagado
Lager Beer
Laird (Scotch)
Lagoon
Laïs
Laissez Faire, Laissez Passer
Lake School (The)
Lakedion or Laquedem (Isaac)
Lakin
Laksmi or Lakshmi
Lalla Rookh [tulip cheek]
Lama
Lamaïsm [Tibetan, Blama, spiritual teacher]
Lamb
Lamb (The Vegetable) or Tartarian lamb;
Lamb
Lamb-pie
Lamb’s Conduit Street (London)