laith

English

Etymology

From Middle English lathe, a borrowing from 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

laith (plural laiths)

1. (dialectal, rare, Northern England) shed, barn
   • 2000, Eileen White (ed.), Feeding a City: York: The Provision of Food from Roman Times to the Beginnning 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.

Anagrams

• Lahti, Litha, lathi, tahil, tahli, thali, thial

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English lōth, from Old English lāþ, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyt-.

Pronunciation

• (verb): IPA^(key): /leð/
• (adjective): IPA^(key): /leθ/

Verb

laith

1. to loathe, detest

Adjective

laith (comparative mair laith, superlative maist laith)

1. loath

Derived terms

• laithsome

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lai̯θ/

Adjective

laith

1. Soft mutation of llaith.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.