laith

American

[layth] / leɪθ /

adjective

loath.

verb (used with object)

loathe.

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

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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 Frank Sidgwick

I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee, Wi’ murd’ring prattle!

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by William Beebe

"It seems a strange thing to ask a gift again, but I own I am laith to cut another."

From Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

"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 Ernest Rhys

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