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Old English · adjective

læt

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/læt/
Syllables
læt (1 syllable)
Modern English
latelyetrankingserfslowceorl

læt1 · adjective

Senses

  1. slow

  2. late

    Wiþ latre meltunge. Olisatrum hātte wyrt sēo dēah tō drincanne.

    For late digestion: a herb named alexanders, which is good to drink.

    Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiv.

Declension

Strong declension of læt
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative lætlatulatolæt
Accusative lætnelatelæt
Genitive lateslætrelates
Dative latumlætrelatum
Instrumental latelætrelate
Plural
Nominative latelatalatelatulato
Accusative latelatalatelatulato
Genitive lætralætralætra
Dative latumlatumlatum
Instrumental latumlatumlatum
Weak declension of læt
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative latalatelate
Accusative latanlatanlate
Genitive latanlatanlatan
Dative latanlatanlatan
Instrumental latanlatanlatan
Plural
Nominative latanlatanlatan
Accusative latanlatanlatan
Genitive lætralatenalætralatenalætralatena
Dative latumlatumlatum
Instrumental latumlatumlatum

læt2 · noun · masculine

Senses

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

  2. a serf

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of læt
SingularPlural
Nominative lǣtlātas
Accusative lǣtlātas
Genitive lǣteslāta
Dative lǣtelātum

læt3 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. imperative singular of lǣtan

  2. Inflected form of lǣtan

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lat. Cognate with Old High German laȥ and more distantly Old Norse latr.

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 (fralēts). More at allegiance, liege.

Descendants

late, lyet

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