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▪ I. † leth Obs. Also 3 leððe. [OE. lǽððu, lǽðu:—OTeut. *laiþiþâ, f. *laiþo- loath.] Hatred, ill-will.
971Blickl. Hom. 63 Ac us is to witenne þæt þreora cynna syndon morþras, þæt is þonne þæt ærest, þæt man to oþrum læþþe hæbbe, & hine hatiᵹe. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 141 Ure drihten..forgiaf hire hire sinnen for two þinge an is muchel leððe to hire sunne oðer muchel luue to him. c1425Wyntoun Cron. iii. ii. 229 Tyll his wyff he kest sik leth. Ibid. iv. xviii. 1750 Gendyre leth mare than delyte. ▪ II. leth variant of leath, lith, lithe. |