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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Like the cat, fain fish wad ye eat, but ye are laith to weet your feet.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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
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
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
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