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latian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
latian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§537;
To be slow, to linger, loiter, delay
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  • Ic latige on sumere stówe

    moror,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 25
      • ;
    • Som. 27, 14
      • .

  • Hwí latast ðú swá lange ðæt ðú ðé lǽce ne cýðst

    why dost thou delay so long to show thyself to the leech?

    • Dóm. L. 6, 66
      • .

  • Lataþ

    tardat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 48
      • .

  • Deáþ ne lattaþ

    mors non tardat,

    • Rtl. 11, 7
      • .

  • Eall líchoma hefegaþ and latiaþ ða fét

    all the body grows heavy, and the feet are sluggish,

    • L. M. 2, 25
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 216, 23
      • .

  • Ic latode

    distuli,

    • Cant. M. ad f. 27
      • .

  • Ðeáh ðe hé ðá get latode on ðissum líchomlícum gebyrde

    though his birth was still deferred,

    • Blickl. Homl. 167, 7
      • .

  • Hit is swytol ðæt man ðæs latode ealles tó lange,

    • Wulfst. 168, 2
      • .

  • Ne lata ðú

    ne cuncteris,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 34
      • .

  • Ne yld ðú ł ne lata ðú

    non tardaveris,

    • Ps. Spl. 39, 24
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 69, 7
      • :
    • Exon. 13 a
      • ;
    • Th. 23, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 373
      • .

  • Smeáge húru georne gehwá hine sylfne and ðæs ná ne latige tó lange

    at any rate let every one examine himself, and not delay in that too long,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 192
      • .

  • Nó latiendum

    non cunctante,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 22.
Etymology
[
Icel. lata to be slow
:
O. H. Ger. lazón tardare.
]
Linked entries
v.  elcian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “latian.” 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/21224.

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