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late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Ǽr oððe lator prius aut posterius, Athan. 25. Lator tardius, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 10. Ðæt ðæt lator biþ, ðæt hæfþ anginn, Homl. Th. i. 284, 7. Onbútan Martines mæssan and gyt lator, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 20.

lafor

(n.)
Grammar
lafor, es; m.

A leopard

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A leopard [so Cockayne, but ought not the word in the following passage to be eoforas?] Swelce eác laforas ðǽr cwóman unmǽtlícre micelnisse and monig óðer wildeór and eác tigris nec minus apri ingentis forme mixti maculosis lincibus tygribusque, Nar.

lata

(n.)
Grammar
lata, an; m.
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One who is late or slow Ðeáh heó ðæs bearnes lata wǽre though she were late in bearing the child, Blickl. Hom1.163, 8

láteów

Similar entry: lád-teów

latta

Similar entry: lætt

lawer

(n.)
Grammar
lawer, laber

laver

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laver [a plant. v. E. D. S. Plant Names], Lchdm. i. 254, 1, 2

Linked entry: laber

laber

Similar entry: lawer

laser

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Laser zizania Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 28. Þurh þæs sǽd þe ǽgðer sǽwð ge laser ge coccul, Angl. viii. 300, 24. Lasera, coccela loliorum, zizaniorum Hpt. Gl. 462, 23. Add

laser

(n.)
Grammar
laser, es; m. n.[?]. A

tarecockle

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tare, cockle Laser, zizania, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 29; Wrt. Voc. 55, 34. Lasur lolium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 15. Ǽtan ł lasor zizania, 72, 61

látwa

Similar entry: lád-teów

-lagol

(suffix)

Similar entry: ǽ-lagol

late

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Sume lator félað þára lǽcedóma, sume raþor, Lch. ii. 84, 25. Lengten ne mæg beón ǽr .v. id. Febr. ne lator þonne .II. id.

lǽr

Similar entry: LÁR

lago-

(prefix)

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-lǽr

(suffix)
Grammar
-lǽr, empty. v. ge-lǽr; lǽre, lǽr-ness. [v. N. E. D. leer.]

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lata

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For the passage substitute Þeáh þe heó þæs bearnes lata wǽre, heó þonne Gode (þæs bearnes MS., but see Latin) nóht lata ne wæs erat tarda soboli, sed non tarda Deo Archiv cxxii. 248, 20-22; Bl. H. 163, 8

láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Dele passage in l. 19, and add Láþe exosas Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 25. hateful, repulsive Láþ unclǽnnys detestanda obscenitas An. Ox. 4301. Láþera inuisorum (uitiorum), 885. <b>I a.</b> hateful to a person :-- Hú láð eów selfum wæs tó gelǽstanne

latu

Similar entry: word-latu

laur

(n.)
Grammar
laur, lawer, es; m.

Laurelbay

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Laurel, bay Laures croppan, seáw, bléda, leáf, Lchdm. ii. 20, 17: 226, 2: 228, 25: 230, 3. Mid lawere gebeágod crowned with laurel, Blickl. Homl. 187, 27

láþ

(n.)
Grammar
láþ, es; n.
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Nis him nán láð, hé rest hine eáðe, Ps. Th. 40, 9. Þæt nán wiht ne sý . . . þæs leófes ne þæs láðes þæt hig þonne mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wlfst. 185, 2. Ne cweðe gé nán láð ðǽm deáfan non maledices surdo Past. 453, 1. Gif hit ꝥ wǽre,