Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *lataz, whence also Old English læt (slow, sluggish, late), Old High German laz (slow, lazy).

Adjective edit

latr (comparative latari, superlative latastr)

  1. lazy, slow
    Latr ok óhlýðinn.
    Lazy and disobedient.
    Ek em latr.
    I'm lazy.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: latur
  • Faroese: latur
  • Norwegian: lat (Bokmål), lat (Nynorsk)
  • Old Swedish: later
  • Danish: lad
  • Elfdalian: lat
  • Gutnish: latar, latur, lattur
  • Scanian: lader

References edit

  • latr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press