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
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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 Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Sir Patrick Spens Was nothing laith When as he heard "flim-flam," But syne he's ta'en a silken claith And wiped his diagram.
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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
Like the cat, fain fish wad ye eat, but ye are laith to weet your feet.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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
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