eldertongue

Old English · adverb

lator

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈlɑ.tor/
Syllables
ˈlɑ · tor (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. (comparative)comparative degree of late; later

    Hwæt eac seo sǽ wunderlice geþwærlæcð þæs monan ymbrene; symle hí beoð geferan on wæstme and on wanunge. And swa swa se mona dæghwonlice feower pricon lator arist, swa eac seo sǽ symle feower pricum lator fleowð.

    The sea too agrees wonderfully with the course of the moon; they are always companions in their increase and waning. And as the moon rises daily four points later, so also the sea flows always four points later.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
  2. slowly

Etymology

Related to late.

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