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láðettan

  • verb [ weak ]
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láðettan, p. te
To be odious or hateful, be hated, be hostile, to abominate, hate
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  • Láðetteþ

    detestantur,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 8
      • .

  • Man láðette tó swýðe ðæt man scolde lufian

    people hated too much what they ought to love,

    • Wulfst. 168, 13
      • .

  • Uncer láðette ǽgðer óðer ðeáh ðe hé hít óðrum ne sǽde

    each of us hated the other, though he did not say so to the other,

    • Shrn. 39, 22
      • .

  • Ðás gyltas ne mǽgon úre sáwla ofsleán ac hí mágon hí áwlǽtan and Gode láðettan

    these sins cannot destroy our souls, but they can pollute them and be hateful to God,

    • Homl, Th. ii. 590, 29
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  • Hundas beorcynde gesihþ oððe him láðhetan

    if a man sees dogs barking, or be hostile to him,

    • Lchdm. iii. 200, 26
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  • Olfendas geseón and fram him gesihþ láðhetan

    to see camels and if he sees himself to be hated by them,

    • 31.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. leidezan, leidezzan detestari, abominari, aversari, inhorrescere, Grff. 2, 177.
]
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v. láðian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “láðettan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21205.

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