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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Go round by th’ end o’ t’ laith, if ye went to spake to him.’
From Wuthering Heights by Brontë, Emily
"I wad be laith to charge them that may be innocent," said my gudesire; "and if there be anyone that is guilty, I have nae proof."
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest
O laith, laith were our gude Scots lords To weet their cork-heeled shoon; But lang ere a' the play was played They wat their hats aboon.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
Wullie was naething laith, and back they gaed the-gither.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney
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
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