Lakedʹion or Laquedem (Isaac).

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.

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)