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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *laiþ (“loath, hateful”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
lāþ (comparative lāþra, superlative lāþost)
- loathsome, hateful, unpleasant, evil
Leofest on life lað biþ ðænne.- What is dearest in life, shall then be hateful.
Declension
Declension of lāþ — Strong
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
lāþ n
- a person or thing that is evil, hated or unpleasant
Mid lufe ge mid laðe- With what is pleasant and what is unpleasant.