læt

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See also: laet and lät

Icelandic

Verb

læt

  1. first-person singular active present indicative of láta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

læt

  1. present of låta

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lat, whence also Old High German laz and Old Norse latr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

læt (comparative lætra, superlative latost)

  1. slow
  2. 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
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Descendants
  • Middle English: late, laite, latte, lete, leate
    • English: late
    • Geordie English: lyet
    • Scots: late
    • Yola: laate

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

Noun

lǣt m

  1. a class of man ranking between a slave and a ceorl
  2. a serf
Declension
Declension of læt (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lǣt lātas
accusative lǣt lātas
genitive lǣtes lāta
dative lǣte lātum

Old Norse

Verb

læt

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of láta
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