(a) To laugh (in amusement, triumph, derision, etc.); smile; jeer; of the eye(s: show pleasure or amusement; (b) ~ for scorn (bismare), ~ ascorn, to laugh in scorn; ~ faste (loude, loudere steven, on height), laugh aloud, loudly; ~ or louren (frounen), laugh or scowl; whatever (one) does; in all circumstances, no matter what; ~ smere, smere ~, laugh contemptuously; ?also, laugh happily; ~ with mouth, laugh, smile; (c) to laugh, rejoice, express pleasure; be happy, revel, enjoy oneself, make sport; of the face: be cheerful, be bright; also fig.; of the heart: rejoice inwardly; ~ in his herte, rejoice in his heart, laugh inwardly; (d) ppl. as adj. smiling, laughing, pleasant; also fig.; laughing eie(s, laughing eyes; laughing chere, laughing face, cheerful manner.

(a) To laugh at (sth.); rejoice over (sth.); look with favor on (sth.); (b) ~ gret (a loud) laughter, to laugh loudly; (c) ~ thi fille, to laugh your fill; ~ his herte fille, laugh to his heart's content; (d) refl. to laugh oneself (to death); (e) ~ to (at, into) scorn, ~ to bismare (hoker, scorn, etc.), ~ til (unto) hething, to laugh (sb.) to scorn, ridicule (sb.).

With prep.: (a) ~ on (to, up, upon), to smile at (sb.), look with favor on (sb.), look fondly at (sb.); also fig.; ~ on everi man, laugh openly; (b) ~ on (upon), to laugh at (sb.); deride (sb.); (c) ~ at (of), to laugh at (sb. or sth.); mock (sth.), make little of (sth.); (d) ~ at (for, in, of), to laugh because of (sth.); be glad of (sth.), rejoice in (sth.); also fig.