læt

læt

1. first-person singular active present indicative of láta

læt

1. present of låta

From Proto-West Germanic *lat, whence also Old High German laz and Old Norse latr.

• IPA^(key): /læt/

læt (comparative lætra, superlative latost)

1. slow
2. 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.

• hræd

• late
• latian
• lætnes
• lætsum
• lettan

• latian

• Middle English: late, laite, latte, lete, leate
  • English: late
  • Geordie English: lyet
  • Scots: late
  • Yola: laate

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.

• IPA^(key): /læːt/

lǣt m

1. a class of man ranking between a slave and a ceorl
2. a serf

læt

1. first-person singular present active indicative of láta