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† wlate, v. Obs. Also 4 wlath, 5 wlatte. [OE. wlatian = MLG. wlaten.] 1. intr. and impers. with dat. To feel disgust or loathing.
c1000ælfric Num. xxi. 5 Us wlataþ nu for ðisum eohtostan mete. c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 220 Þonne hie mete þicgeað & drincað, þonne wlatað hie. a1225Ancr. R. 86 Ȝif heo hit [sc. the filth of flattery] stunken, ham wolde wlatien þer aȝean. Ibid. 400 Forði þet tu ert ase wlech..þu makest me uorto wlatien. a1250Owl & Night. 354 Ouerfulle makeþ wlatie. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 3538 Swyche men god almyȝty hatys And with here foule synne hym wlatys. Ibid. 9932 Ȝyf þou hym louest, with synne þou wlates. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 305 With her vn-worþelych werk me wlatez with-inne. c1450Mirk's Festial 47 His hert wold wlaton and be aschamed of hymselfe, to þenk þat he wer conceyuet of so fowle þyng. 2. trans. To loathe, abhor.
a1340Hampole Psalter v. 7 Man of blodes & swikel wlath sall lord. 1382Wyclif Eccl. ii. 18, I wlatede alle my bisynesse, that..most studiousli I trauailede. c1395Plowman's T. iii. 1098 To worship god men wolde wlate. 1493[H. Parker] Dives & Pauper (Pynson) vi. xvii. t viii, The glose..seyth that it is amaner of spech to do wlate auoutre and shewynge that auoutrye is ful greuous. 3. To disgust.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiv, (Pelagia) 187 Now me wlatis sa myn syne Þat I for-sak it. a1400–50Wars Alex. 5634 It wald haue wlated any wee þat welth to be-hald. |