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Old English · adjective

lætsum

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈlæt.sum/
Syllables
ˈlæt · sum (2 syllables)
Modern English
latesomeslowlate

Meaning

  1. slow; late

    Swelċe ēac ġewearþ ofer eall Engla land miċel eorþstyring on þone endleftan dæġ hærfestmonaþes, and wæs swīðe lætsum ġēar on corne and on ǣlċes cynnes wæstmum, swā þæt maniġe menn rǣpon heora corn onbūtan Mārtīnes mæssan and ġīet lator.

    All of England was hit by a huge earthquake on August 11, and it was a very slow year for grain and all kinds of crops, so that many people reaped their grain around Martinmas [November 11] or even later.

    Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 1089

Declension

All forms (20)

Etymology

From læt + -sum.

Descendants

latesome

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