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læt

  • adjective
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Grammar
læt, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §425; §446; §620;
Late, slow, sluggish, tardy
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  • Wundrodon ðæt hé on ðam temple, læt wæs

    mirabantur quod tardaret ipse in templo,

    • Lk. Skt. 1, 21
    • .
  • Hræd tó gehiéranne and læt tó sprecenne

    velox ad audiendum, tardus ad loquendum,

    • Past. 38, 8
    • ;
    • Swt. 281, 6
    • .
  • Hlæt,

    • Rtl. 28, 19
    • .
  • Nalas elnes læt

    not slow of courage,

    • Beo. Th. 3063
    • ;
    • B. 1529
    • .
  • Ne sceal se tó sǽne beón, ðissa lárna tó læt, seðe him wile lifgan mid Gode,

    • Exon. 117 a
    • ;
    • Th. 450, 17
    • ;
    • Dóm. 89
    • :
    • Apstls. Kmbl. 66
    • ;
    • Ap. 33
    • .
  • Se mæssepreóst se ðe biþ tó læt ðæt hé ðæt deófol of men ádrífe

    the priest who is too slow in driving the devil from a man,

    • Blickl. Homl. 43, 22
    • :
    • Exon. 74 a
    • ;
    • Th. 276, 29
    • ;
    • Jul. 573
    • :
    • 76 a
    • ;
    • Th. 285, 11
    • ;
    • Jul. 712
    • .
  • Heora behreówsung wæs tó lætt

    their repentance was too late,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 572, 15
    • .
  • Nis seó stund latu dæt ...

    the time does not tarry, when ...

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2422
    • ;
    • An. 1212
    • :
    • Exon. 46 a
    • ;
    • Th. 156, 16
    • ;
    • Gú. 875
    • .
  • Nis seó tíd latu,

    • 51 a
    • ;
    • Th. 178, 4
    • ;
    • Gú. 1239
    • .
  • Be latre meltunge

    of sluggish digestion,

    • L. M. 2, 33
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 238, 6
    • .
  • Wið latre meltunge,

    • 2, 34
    • ;Lchdm. i. 238, 27.
  • Late gange

    gradu lento,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 76
    • .
  • Læte

    dissides, i. tardi,

    • 141, 6
    • .
  • Ne beóþ ǽfre tó late

    numquam sunt sera,

    • 62, 18
    • .
  • Swæfna gewisse synt oft late

    dreams are certain, but often late of fulfilment,

    • Lchdm. iii. 186, 27.
  • Ðæt hí ne beón ne wordes ne weorces, ne ealles tó hræde ne tó swíðe læte,

    • L. I. P. 10
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 318, 36
    • .
  • Nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend tó ðam orlege,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 92
    • ;
    • An. 46
    • .
  • On heortan læte [hlatto, Lind.] tó gelýfenne

    tardi corde ad credendum,

    • Lk. Skt. 24, 25
    • .
  • Ðæt hé ðý lætra biþ tó uncystum

    that it [the body] be the less ready to vices,

    • L. E. I. 3
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 404, 20
    • .
  • And á swá hit forþwerdre beón sceolde swá wæs hit lætre

    and ever as things ought to have been more forward, did they go on more slowly,

    • Chr. 999
    • ;
    • Erl. 134, 33
    • .
  • Siððan ðú sprǽce tó ðínum þeówe ic hæfde ðé lætran tungan

    ex quo locutus es ad servum tuum, impeditioris et tardioris linguæ sum,

    • Ex. 4, 10
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. lats slothful
:
O. Sax. lat
:
O. Frs. let
:
Icel. latr
:
O. H. Ger. laz piger, segnis, stupidus, tardus
:
Ger. lass.
]
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v. unlæt, lata; lætemest, lætest.
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