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 our Scots nobles were richt laith To weet their cork-heeled shoon; But lang ere a' the play was played, Their hats they swam aboon.
From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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 Lowe, Orton
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
The stream was strang, the maid was stout, And laith laith to be dang, But, ere she wan the Lowden banks, Her fair colour was wan.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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 MacDonald, George
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