Old English · interjection
la
- Part of speech
- interjection
- IPA
- /lɑː/
- Syllables
- lɑː (1 syllable)
Meaning
lo!, oh!, ah!
Lā! næddrena cyn.
Oh! generation of vipers.
Enclitic particle used to emphasise interrogation, exclamation, entreaty, affirmation, negation
Ðā cwæþ ic hwæt is ðæt lā?
Then said I, “what is that then?”
Etymology
Unknown. Probably onomatopoeic. Compare Polish ła.
Descendants
lo
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