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  • Þá mettas þe late melten,

      Lch. ii. 176, 23.

  • Listnie and late gange let him listen and go slowly (?); gradu lento [but late

    might be instrumental of

    læt], Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 76.

  • Nis hé swár swá sume fuglas, þá þe late þurh lyft lácað,

      Ph. 316.

  • Hé ágeaf andsware æfter longre hwíle, swá hé late meahte oreðe gewealdan,

      Gú. 1198.
after the proper or usual time, after delay, after a long time, at an advanced period or
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  • Hé wile áfeallan, ðeáh hit late sié

    non quidem repente, sed cadit

    ,
      Past. 437, 22.

  • Heó wile late áþreótan þæt heó fǽhðo ne týdre, Sal. 447. II a.

    late in the day, at a late hour :-- Ðá þá hí eft late (lator þonne hí sceoldon, v. l. )

    gecyrdon tó mynstre,
      Gr. D. 126, 28. II b. in
    n

  • Þý lator,

      Ors. 3, 1; S. 100, 16.

  • Bútan hit gelimpe þæt man lator áríse þonne hit gebyrige,

      R. Ben. 36, 3.

  • Se móna dæghwámlíce feówer prican lator áríst þonne hé dyde on þám óþrum dæge. Swá eác seó sǽ symle feówer prican oððe fíf lator flówð, Angl. viii. 327, 26-28. II c. where

    late is contrasted with early or soon

    :-- Hasterbal swá late fleáh for þon þe hé elpendas mid hæfde,
      Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 27.

  • Hé hét sendon æfter, þéh hé ꝥ tó late dyde,

      6, 34; S. 290, 31 : Past. 249, 8.

  • Sume lator félað þára lǽcedóma, sume raþor,

      Lch. ii. 84, 25.

  • Lengten ne mæg beón ǽr .v. id. Febr. , ne lator þonne .II. id. Martii,

      Angl. viii. 324, 42.
the comparative used in the sense
after the point of time indicated by the context
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  • Gif se bisceop þá á lator inn eóde

    si adhuc episcopus tardius intrasset

    ,
      Gr. D. 59, 19.
recently, lately
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  • Þeáh hé latost tó mynstre cóme and ýtemest sý on endebyrdnesse,

      R. Ben. 119, 4.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “late.” 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/54335.

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