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§57; §425; §446; §620;
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slow, sluggish
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  • Be lattre meltunge sumra metta,

      Lch. ii. 160, 9.

  • Late

    lento

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 62.

  • On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ðá ðe bióð tó late (

    pigri:

    cf. ðá sláwan 19), on óðre ðá ðe bióð tó hrade,
      Past. 281, 18. I a.
with gen., B. 1529: Dóm. 89 (in Dict.).
with prep.,
    An. 46: Ll. Th. ii. 404, 20
(
in Dict.).
with dat. infin., Past. 281, 6 : Lk. 24, 25 (in Dict.).
with clause, Bl. H. 43, 22 (
in Dict.).
delayed or deferred in time, late
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  • Gif se biscop þá gýt lǽttra wǽre ꝥ hé inne eóde

    si adhuc episcopus tardius intrasset

    ,
      Gr. D. 59, 18.
advanced in point of time in the course of the day or night, late
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  • Ðá seó lætre (lættre, v. l.) tíd weóx

    cum hora tardior excrevisset

    ,
      Gr. D. 128, 12.

  • Hí wǽron genýdde ꝥ hí for þǽre lættran tíde (

    tardiori hora

    ) wunedon læng þonne hí sceoldon,
      126, 26.
  • Oð ðá lætran tíde, 24.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “læt.” 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/54207.

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