læt

See also: laet and lät

Icelandic

Verb

1. first-person singular active present indicative of láta

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

læt

1. present of låta

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *lataz, whence also Old High German laz, Old Norse latr; from Proto-Indo-European *lad- (“slow, weary”). Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Old English lettan (“to hinder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læt/

Adjective

læt (comparative lætra, superlative lætest)

1. slow

   læthȳdiġ ― dull, slow minded

   lætbyrd ― slow birth

   lætrǣde ― deliberate

2. slack, lax, negligent
3. late

   lætcumen ― slow in coming, late

Declension

Declension of læt — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	læt	latu, lato	læt
Accusative	lætne	late	læt
Genitive	lates	lætre	lates
Dative	latum	lætre	latum
Instrumental	late	lætre	late
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	late	lata, late	latu, lato
Accusative	late	lata, late	latu, lato
Genitive	lætra	lætra	lætra
Dative	latum	latum	latum
Instrumental	latum	latum	latum

Declension of læt — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lata	late	late
Accusative	latan	latan	late
Genitive	latan	latan	latan
Dative	latan	latan	latan
Instrumental	latan	latan	latan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	latan	latan	latan
Accusative	latan	latan	latan
Genitive	lætra, latena	lætra, latena	lætra, latena
Dative	latum	latum	latum
Instrumental	latum	latum	latum

Derived terms

• lætsum

Related terms

• latian
• lator, latost

Descendants

• English: late

Etymology 2

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 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts). More at allegiance, liege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læːt/

Noun

lǣt m

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

Declension

Declension of lǣt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lǣt	lātas
accusative	lǣt	lātas
genitive	lǣtes	lāta
dative	lǣte	lātum