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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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
Frae the hert o' the maiden that tear-drap rase Wi' a Rin, burnie, rin; Wear'ly clim'in up weary ways There was but a drap to fa' in, Sae laith did that burnie rin.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
For I will hae na sic servants as thee, So, get ye back to Northumberland.40 But laith was he the lassie to tyne, A may's love whiles is easie won!
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Go round by th’ end o’ t’ laith, if ye went to spake to him.’
From Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I wad be laith to rin and chase thee, Wi' murd'ring pattle!
From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Burt
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