laith
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lathe, from Old English hladan or Old English hleadan, or from or potentially reinforced by Old Norse hlaða (“barn, storehouse”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaþǭ (“loader”), from *hlaþaną (“to lade, load”). Cognate with Icelandic hlaða (“barn”), Swedish lada (“barn”), Danish lade (“barn”).
Noun[edit]
laith (plural laiths)
- (dialectal, rare, Northern England) shed, barn
- 2000, Eileen White, editor, Feeding a City: York: The Provision of Food from Roman Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Prospect Books, →ISBN, page 135:
- Six quarters of wheat were held at Thomas Roger's house, and in laiths outside Bootham and Micklegate Bar he had store of wheat, rye, barley, beans and peas, totalling £21 6s 8d which represented about a quarter of his assets.
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Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lōth, from Old English lāþ, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyt-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
laith
Adjective[edit]
laith (comparative mair laith, superlative maist laith)
Derived terms[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
laith
- Soft mutation of llaith.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
llaith | laith | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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