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† ˈwlatsome, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 wlatsum, -som, wlatesome, Sc. vlatsum, 4–5 wlathsum.
[f. wlat n. + -some.]
Loathsome, detestable.
a1300Cursor M. 23229 Fell dragons and tades bath Þat ar apon to lok ful lath, Ful wlatsum on to here or se. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 541 Lo! suche a wrakful wo for wlatsum dedez. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints x. (Mathou) 484 His wlatsum Infirmyte [sc. leprosy]. Ibid. xviii. (Egipciane) 418, I sal sa quhow myn saule vithine Is fylyt vith a vlatsum syne. c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 634 Ful wlatsom was the stynk of his careyne. c1386― Nun's Pr. T. 233 Mordre is so wlatsom and abhomynable To god. c1430Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 203 Man is but wlatsum erþe and clay. c1492,1563[see the erron. form waltsome].
Hence † ˈwlatsomeness, loathing, disgust.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxi. (Eugenia) 351 Þe abbot..Gat on his fete & stert hir fra,..Hafand at hyr gret wlatsumnes. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 195 Here sour dowȝ is savery þing þat fordoiþ wlatsunnesse [sic]. 1398[see waltsome]. |