adj.
WA laith
'loathsome, hateful; unwilling' (Modern English )
PGmc Ancestor
*laiþa-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
leiðr 'loathed, disliked'
(ONP leiðr (2) adj.)
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far leiður, Icel leiður, Norw leid, ODan leth, Dan led, OSw leþer, Sw led
OE Cognate
lāð 'hated, hateful, hostile, evil'
Phonological and morphological markers
ON /ei/ < PGmc */ai/
Summary category
A1*c
The majority of MED's citations with relevant spellings come from N/EM texts.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Pat 401; WA 1258, 4748, 4793 etc.; WA 1258, 3866, 4748 etc.
The comparative form lathire is found in the A MS of WA at 1258 ('bot ilka lathire & othire'), but TPD follows the D MS ('bot lede elike loth') by printing laith.