adj.
'horrible' (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
See layth.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 3230
MED lōthlī (adj.), OED loathly (adj.), Bj. 47, de Vries leiðr, Mag. leiður, Orel *laiþaz