laith
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of laith
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English lath, loth for the adjective; Middle English lath(i)en, loth(i)en for the verb
Example Sentences
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Aince already hae I saved your life, and I would be laith to throw that awa now which I had before sae meikle pains—though wae's my heart! sae little thanks or reward—to preserve.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
O laith, laith were our gude Scots lords To wet their cork-heel'd shoon; But lang or a' the play was play'd They wat their hats aboon.
From Literature for Children by Orton Lowe
Wullie was naething laith, and back they gaed the-gither.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Edwin Sidney Hartland
He stretch'd his arm and took me up, Tho' laith I was to gang but thee: I look frae heaven aboon the storm, Sae Mary, weep nae mair for me!
From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
O laith, laith were our gude Scots lords To weet their milk-white hands; But lang ere a' the play was ower They wat their gowden bands.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
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