(a) Garlic (Allium sativum); also, a bulb or a clove of garlic; clove of gar-lek, one of the small bulbs making up a bulb of garlic; (b) wilde gar-lek, some uncultivated member of the genus Allium……
(a) A leek (Allium porrum); unsette lek, a leek not yet transplanted; (b) garlic (Allium sativum); also, one of a group of sharp-tasting herbs; lek man, a dealer in potherbs; (c) in phrases: grene……
A derivational suffix in abstract nouns derived from OE or ON: brud-lac, fair-lek, fight-lak, freo-lac, godleic, grimme-leȝȝc, haȝherleȝc, meklac, reflac, wedlok, etc. In ME formations it is……
