latr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lataz, whence also the Old English læt (“slow, sluggish, late”), Old High German laz (“slow, lazy”).
Adjective
latr (comparative latari, superlative latastr)
Derived terms
- latr sækir latan heim (confer Icelandic líkur sækir líkan heim (“birds of a feather flock together”) and English like attracts like)
- ólatr (dilligent)
Descendants
References
- “latr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press