læt
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læt
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læt
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *lat, whence also Old High German laz and Old Norse latr.
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læt (comparative lætra, superlative latost)
- slow
- late
- Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiv.
- Wiþ latre meltunge. Olisatrum hātte wyrt sēo dēah tō drincanne.
- For late digestion; a wort hight olusatrum, which is good to drink.
- Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiv.
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Declension of læt — Strong
Declension of læt — Weak
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *lētaz (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *lē-. Akin to Middle Dutch laet (Dutch laat), Old High German laz (“half-freedman, serf”), Old Frisian lethar (“freedman”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts). More at allegiance, liege.
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lǣt m
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læt