† laitn.¹

Forms: Old English léget(u, líget(u, -yt, légeð, Middle English leit, leyt, liȝt, laite, layt(e, leyȝt, leate, late, 1500s layth.

Etymology: Old English léget , líget masculine and neuter, lígetu (feminine), < lég , líeg flame. Compare lait v.¹

Obsolete.

Lightning; occasionally flash of fire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of

laitc900

slaughta1300

levinc1300

fire-slaughta1400

flaughta1400

thunderboltc1440

fudder1513

fire-flaughta1522

flag of firea1522

bolt1535

strokea1542

lightning bolta1560

lightning1560

fire-bolt?1562

fulgur1563

fulmen1563

thunder-thump1563

light-bolt1582

fire-flash1586

blaze1590

flake1590

clap1591

blastc1665

glade1744

streak1781

thunder-ball1820

leader stroke1934

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning > flash of

laitc900

flakec1400

fire-flaughta1522

flag of firea1522

lightning1560

fire-flash1586

blaze1590

fulguration1614

fulgurity1623

flaughta1724

glade1744

streak1781

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. iii. 268 Drihten..legetas sceotað of heofonum.

971 Blickl. Hom. 91 Æfter þæm wolcne cymeþ legetu.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxviii. 3 Hys ansyn wæs swylce ligyt [c1160 Hatton, leyt].

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 Heore eþem scean swa deð þe leit a-monge þunre.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12776 Me þuhte..þat þa sæ gon to berne of leite [c1300 Otho lihte] & of fure.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6283 Ech dunt þoȝte liȝt [MS. B leyȝt] as it were and þondring.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 66 Lhapþ þet smeþ efter þe layt.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. ix. 23 The Lord ȝaf..dyversly rennynge leytis upon the erthe.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 199 He loked as layt so lyȝt.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 482 For as leit gooth out of the eest and apperith into the west.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvii. xi Ther felle a sodeyne tempest and thonder layte and rayne.

?a1500 Chester Pl. II. 85 Leate, thounder, and eirth beganne to quake, Therof I am adreade.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. i. sig. m.ii^v Thondryng, and layth, erth quake moost terrible.

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laitn.²

Brit.

/leɪt/, U.S.

/leɪt/

Forms:

α. Middle English lade, Middle English lat, Middle English late, 1500s laytt; Scottish pre-1700 laittis (plural), pre-1700 late, pre-1700 layttis (plural), pre-1700 1700s– lait, 1900s– laite.

β. Middle English læte, Middle English leete, Middle English leite, Middle English lete; Scottish 1800s leet, 1800s lett, 1900s– leat.

γ. Middle English loate, Middle English lot, Middle English–1500s lote.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic lát let, letting, release (in e.g. blóð-lát bloodletting, út-lát outlet), loss, death, (in plural) manner, behaviour, uproar, lǽti (plural) manner, voice, sound, cries, Old Swedish lat gesture, manner, appearance, behaviour, conduct, wailing, noise (Swedish later ), Old Danish ladh , ladhæ (Danish lader )), cognate with Old English lǣte (in blōdlǣte bloodletting: see bloodletting n.) < the same Germanic base as let v.¹; compare also the prefixed Old English gelǣte i-lete n. and the West Germanic nouns cited at that entry.Some of the β. forms may show the influence of i-lete n. (compare e.g. quot. c1275¹ at sense 1aβ. ).

†a. Appearance, aspect, countenance; outward manner or bearing. Also: a look, a glance (cf. love-late n. at love n.¹ Compounds 6). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun]

eie wurpc950

laitc1175

looka1200

lecha1250

sightc1275

insighta1375

blushc1390

castc1400

glentc1400

blenkc1440

regardc1450

ray1531

beam of sight1579

eye-beam1583

eyewink1591

blink1594

aspecta1616

benda1616

eyeshot1615

eye-casta1669

twire1676

ken1736

Magdalene-look1752

glimmering1759

deek1833

wink1847

deck1853

vision1855

pipe1865

skeg1876

dekko1894

screw1904

slant1911

gander1914

squiz1916

butcher's hook1934

butcher's1936

gawk1940

bo-peep1941

nose1976

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

onseneeOE

bleea1000

shapeOE

ylikeOE

laitc1175

semblanta1225

sightc1275

fare1297

showingc1300

specea1325

parelc1330

guise1340

countenance1362

semblance?a1366

apparel1377

regardc1380

apparencec1384

imagec1384

spicec1384

overseeminga1398

kenninga1400

seemingc1400

visage1422

rinda1450

semenauntc1450

'pearance1456

outwardc1475

representation1489

favour?a1500

figurea1522

assemblant1523

prospect?1533

respect1535

visure1545

perceiverance1546

outwardshine1549

species1559

utter-shape1566

look1567

physiognomy1567

face1572

paintry1573

visor1575

mienc1586

superficies?1589

behaviour1590

aspect1594

complexion1597

confrontment1604

show1604

aira1616

beseeminga1616

formality1615

resemblancea1616

blush1620

upcomea1630

presentment1637

scheme1655

sensation1662

visibility1669

plumage1707

facies1727

remark1748

extrinsica1797

exterior1801

showance1820

the cut of one's jib1823

personnel1839

personal appearance1842

what-like1853

look-see1898

outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

α.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1213 Ȝiff þu..hafesst ȝet tohh þu be ȝung. Ellderrne manness late.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2097 (MED) It semeþ by his lat As he hir neuer had sene Wiþ siȝt.

c1480 (a1400) St. Bartholomew 235 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 187 With gret noyse & ilmowtht late.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 127 Thai changit contenans and late.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. c^v Lufsum of lait.

1711 (a1500) Hist. Sir Eger (Aberdeen) l. 68 in D. Laing Early Metrical Tales (1826) 3 When we departed at yond gate, Thou was full blyth, and light of late.

β. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 79 He makeð lete of þoleburdnesse and neðeles ne haueð non.c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 35 (MED) Iwis for þine wle lete Wel oftich mine song forlete.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9253 Ofte he hire loh to & makede hire letes.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 14053 Ihesu þo bihelde hir lete.γ. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2328 Wid reweli lote and sorwe and wep.a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 997 (MED) Þan with a liouns lote [a1450 BL Add. late; c1425 Huntington loke], he lifte vp þe eyen.c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 895 Lyk to hymself of lote and hwe.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 143 Lo, he commys with a lote, As he were holden in the throte.1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 87^v Within y^e woods with dredful lote forth stalketh.

b. In plural. Looks, manners, behaviour; esp. unruly behaviour or actions, goings-on. Scottish in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun]

tightc888

workOE

laitsc1225

rule?c1225

guise1303

conditionsc1374

actiona1393

governancea1393

governailc1425

port?a1439

fashion1447

dressa1450

governinga1450

walkingc1450

abearing?1454

deport1474

behaving1482

dealing1484

guidinga1500

demeanoura1513

behaviour?1521

walk?1567

daps1582

courses1592

deportment1601

behave?1615

deportation1616

containment1619

conduct1673

haviour1752

daddyism1984

α.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 47 Þes lufsume lefdi mid lasteles lates.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 599 Ofte he custe þat weofed mid wnsume lates.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 248 Lughe on hym luffly with lykande lates.

c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) l. 180 So come a lyonne with latys un-mylde.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3998 Porrus, as a prince suld, persayued þar latis.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aiiii He wes ladlike of laitis and light of his fere.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1589 in Shorter Poems (1967) 100 Men that callys ladyis liddir, And lycht of latis [1579 Edinb. laitis].

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxxiv. 84 Auldit rubiatouris To hant the laittis of lawdis.

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. B1^v Alace, how lang haue I delayed, To leaue the laits of youth?

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (1946) iii. vii. 143 Rutouris and harlotis quhilkis for rutorie and licht latis fra sobir estate war exaltit to honoure and riches.

1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 215 Sic laits appear to us sae awfu', We hardly think your learning lawfu'.

1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 120 But be advis'd to mortify Your youthfu' laits by piety.

1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 38 Persons addicted to every sort of mischief and vice—having, as the saying is, all the ‘ill laits that ever followed swine’.

1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ i. xi. 16 Unlearn a' ill-laits least they airt ye intil waur diffeekwalties.

1985 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots (rev. ed.) 2 Pet. 407 Ey promisin them líbertie, líbertie, whan themsels they'r the slaves o ill laits.

β. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 9 (MED) Ah, lauedi..þine loates weren lasteles; Þi wep ne wemmede noht þin heau.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7151 Freond sæiðe to freonde mid fæire loten hende. Leofue freond wæs hail.a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 47 Lord, þat hast me lyf to lene, such lotes lef me leten.c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1116 With frenkysch fare & fele fayre lotez, Þay stoden & stemed..& kaȝten her leue.γ. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7815 Vortigerne..þa læuedi aueng mid swiðe uæire læten.c1390 Ancrene Riwle (Vernon) (2000) 130 Angri wordes. Angri leetes. ne Angri werkes falleþ not to Ancre.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3285 Ne was sco not oletes [Fairf. lates] light.

†2. Voice, sound; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun]

reirdOE

voicec1330

stevenc1369

sound1385

laita1400

lively voice1532

pipe1567

live voice1610

vocalities1667

squall1725

vox1869

Hobson's choice1937

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound

sounda1330

noisea1375

tunea1387

laita1400

sweyinga1400

noising1422

sone1630

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Lot(e Hir lufli lat es win gastlye That iesus drinkes ful gladlye.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12496 Quen iesus herd þis quaining gret þe late þai thoru þe cite let, He had þar-for wel gret pite.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 161 Þe lot of þe wyndes.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1398 Wyth lotez [MS reads loteȝ] þat were to lowe.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4384 (MED) Þan haue we liking to lithe þe late of þe foules.

Derivatives

† laitless adj. Obsolete (Scottish in later use) ill-mannered, rude.

ΚΠ

c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 19 (MED) Thro his shild and his shildur, a schaft-mun he share; Then the latelest [read lateles] lord loghe opon heȝte, And Gauan..greuut wundur sore.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aiiii Thare come ane laithles [read laitles] leid air to this place With ane girdill ourgilt and vthir light gere.

1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Laithles, Laitless, unmannerly, unpolished, rude.

1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales II. 42 Laithe to lay ane laitless finger on her, I brankyt in myne gram.

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† laitn.³

Forms: In Middle English laytt.

Etymology: < lait v.²

Obsolete.

Searching, search.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun]

seeking1303

out-seekinga1382

searchinga1382

search1426

laita1500

searching out1531

hunting-down1542

fishing1548

research1577

upseeking1594

riping1815

questing1848

casting1856

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 316 Lefe syrs, let be youre laytt and loke that ye layn.

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† laitv.¹

Forms: Middle English leite(n, Middle English layt, past tense Middle English leited, Middle English layt, laytid.

Etymology: ? Old English *légettan, < lég, líeg ( < *laugi-z) flame; cognate and parallel formations are Gothic lauhatjan, Old High German lohaȥȥan, loheȥên, -ôn, lougazzan.

Obsolete.

intransitive. To flash, gleam, lighten.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > emit beams (of a luminary) [verb (intransitive)] > flash lightning

laita1225

lightena1398

levina1400

flush-flash1582

fulgurate1677

flash1791

fork1807

streak1849

lightning1861

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [verb (intransitive)] > lighten

laita1225

lightena1398

levina1400

lightning1861

a1225 St. Marher. 13 Ich loki ne mei, swa þæt liht leomeð ant leiteð.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9251 Ofte he hire lokede on & leitede mid eȝene.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 95 The thunder-stroke smit, er it leite.

c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2228 Hyt laytyd, thondred, and reynned among.

c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2234 Hyt raynyd ne thondryd ne layt nout Sythen thou wentyst out of thys toune.

Derivatives

† leitende adj. Obsolete (= *laiting).

ΚΠ

a1225 Leg. Kath. 1370 Iþe leitende fur, het warpen euch fot.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 262 Ne kimeð nan into parays bute þurch þis leitinde sweord.

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laitv.²

/leɪt/

Forms: Middle English latt, Middle English layte, lait(e, Middle English–1800s late, 1800s lait.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse leita.

Etymology: < Old Norse leita, corresponding to Old English wlátian to behold, Gothic wlaitôn (περιβλέπεσθαι); related by ablaut to Old Norse lit-r, Old English wlite aspect, appearance, Old Saxon wliti face, form, Gothic wlit-s face, and Old Norse líta, Old English wlítan to look.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

a. transitive. To look or search for; to seek, try to find. Also with infinitive or clause as object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)]

seekc888

aseekc1000

i-secheOE

huntc1175

to seek afterc1175

beseechc1200

fand?c1225

ofseche?c1225

to seek forc1250

atseekc1275

furiec1290

forseeka1300

outseekc1300

upseekc1315

to look after ——c1330

wait1340

laita1350

searchc1350

pursuea1382

ensearchc1384

to feel and findc1384

inseekc1384

looka1398

fraist?a1400

umseeka1400

require?c1400

walec1400

to look up1468

prowla1475

to see for ——c1485

to look for ——a1492

to have in the wind1540

sue1548

vent?1575

seek1616

explore1618

dacker1634

research1650

to see out for1683

quest1752

to see after ——1776

a1350 St. James 305 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 101 Graithly up he laites and lukes All his bagges and all his bokes.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7323 Omang þir puple sal þou latt A stalworth man þat saul haitt.

a1400 Sir Perc. 255 The grete Godd for to layte Fynde hyme whenne he may.

a1400–1450 Alexander (Dubl.) 2341 Lates ane oþer lodesman, alosed more of strenth.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 277 He lurkkes & laytes where watz le best.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 237 Aventures for to layt in land.

c1440 York Myst. xvii. 111 Vn-witty men ȝe werre To lepe ouere lande to late a ladde.

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 29 To Late, to seek. Cumb.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Lait, to seek any thing hidden. N.

1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 122 Now, all you can do is to late her poor little body.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 136 Are you laiting goud?

†b. To search or look through; to examine.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] > look through, examine

oversee1348

searcha1387

laita1400

overlooka1400

to look overc1400

to run through ——c1449

oversearch1532

overview1549

tumble1597

coursea1616

perquest1892

a1400 St. Erkenwolde 155 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 269 We haue oure librarie laitid þes longe seuene dayes.

2. absol. or intransitive. To look, search. Also dialect. To look for a word; to hesitate in speech.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)]

seekc1000

ofsechec1300

searchc1330

laita1400

ripea1400

to cast about1575

to fall about1632

quest1669

to bush about or out1686

beat1709

to cast about one1823

feather1892

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5975 Quar-to suld yee ferrer lait.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 97 Sayde þe lorde to þo ledez, laytez ȝet ferre.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xviii. 215 Thise ar the commaundementys ten, Whoso will lely layt.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. x. 96 And this is, who wyll late, The sext moneth of hyr conceytate, That geld is cald.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7669 All..laited aftur þe lede with a light wille.

1804 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 87 He ne'er hes a teale widout laitin.

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n.¹c900

n.²c1175

n.³a1500

v.¹a1225

v.²a1350

单词	lait
释义	† laitn.¹ Forms: Old English léget(u, líget(u, -yt, légeð, Middle English leit, leyt, liȝt, laite, layt(e, leyȝt, leate, late, 1500s layth. Etymology: Old English léget , líget masculine and neuter, lígetu (feminine), < lég , líeg flame. Compare lait v.¹ Obsolete. Lightning; occasionally flash of fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of laitc900 slaughta1300 levinc1300 fire-slaughta1400 flaughta1400 thunderboltc1440 fudder1513 fire-flaughta1522 flag of firea1522 bolt1535 strokea1542 lightning bolta1560 lightning1560 fire-bolt?1562 fulgur1563 fulmen1563 thunder-thump1563 light-bolt1582 fire-flash1586 blaze1590 flake1590 clap1591 blastc1665 glade1744 streak1781 thunder-ball1820 leader stroke1934 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning > flash of laitc900 flakec1400 fire-flaughta1522 flag of firea1522 lightning1560 fire-flash1586 blaze1590 fulguration1614 fulgurity1623 flaughta1724 glade1744 streak1781 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. iii. 268 Drihten..legetas sceotað of heofonum. 971 Blickl. Hom. 91 Æfter þæm wolcne cymeþ legetu. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxviii. 3 Hys ansyn wæs swylce ligyt [c1160 Hatton, leyt]. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 Heore eþem scean swa deð þe leit a-monge þunre. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12776 Me þuhte..þat þa sæ gon to berne of leite [c1300 Otho lihte] & of fure. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6283 Ech dunt þoȝte liȝt [MS. B leyȝt] as it were and þondring. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 66 Lhapþ þet smeþ efter þe layt. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. ix. 23 The Lord ȝaf..dyversly rennynge leytis upon the erthe. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 199 He loked as layt so lyȝt. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 482 For as leit gooth out of the eest and apperith into the west. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvii. xi Ther felle a sodeyne tempest and thonder layte and rayne. ?a1500 Chester Pl. II. 85 Leate, thounder, and eirth beganne to quake, Therof I am adreade. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. i. sig. m.ii^v Thondryng, and layth, erth quake moost terrible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). laitn.² Brit. /leɪt/, U.S. /leɪt/ Forms: α. Middle English lade, Middle English lat, Middle English late, 1500s laytt; Scottish pre-1700 laittis (plural), pre-1700 late, pre-1700 layttis (plural), pre-1700 1700s– lait, 1900s– laite. β. Middle English læte, Middle English leete, Middle English leite, Middle English lete; Scottish 1800s leet, 1800s lett, 1900s– leat. γ. Middle English loate, Middle English lot, Middle English–1500s lote. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic lát let, letting, release (in e.g. blóð-lát bloodletting, út-lát outlet), loss, death, (in plural) manner, behaviour, uproar, lǽti (plural) manner, voice, sound, cries, Old Swedish lat gesture, manner, appearance, behaviour, conduct, wailing, noise (Swedish later ), Old Danish ladh , ladhæ (Danish lader )), cognate with Old English lǣte (in blōdlǣte bloodletting: see bloodletting n.) < the same Germanic base as let v.¹; compare also the prefixed Old English gelǣte i-lete n. and the West Germanic nouns cited at that entry.Some of the β. forms may show the influence of i-lete n. (compare e.g. quot. c1275¹ at sense 1aβ. ). 1. †a. Appearance, aspect, countenance; outward manner or bearing. Also: a look, a glance (cf. love-late n. at love n.¹ Compounds 6). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 α. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1213 Ȝiff þu..hafesst ȝet tohh þu be ȝung. Ellderrne manness late. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2097 (MED) It semeþ by his lat As he hir neuer had sene Wiþ siȝt. c1480 (a1400) St. Bartholomew 235 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 187 With gret noyse & ilmowtht late. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 127 Thai changit contenans and late. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. c^v Lufsum of lait. 1711 (a1500) Hist. Sir Eger (Aberdeen) l. 68 in D. Laing Early Metrical Tales (1826) 3 When we departed at yond gate, Thou was full blyth, and light of late. β. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 79 He makeð lete of þoleburdnesse and neðeles ne haueð non.c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 35 (MED) Iwis for þine wle lete Wel oftich mine song forlete.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9253 Ofte he hire loh to & makede hire letes.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 14053 Ihesu þo bihelde hir lete.γ. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2328 Wid reweli lote and sorwe and wep.a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 997 (MED) Þan with a liouns lote [a1450 BL Add. late; c1425 Huntington loke], he lifte vp þe eyen.c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 895 Lyk to hymself of lote and hwe.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 143 Lo, he commys with a lote, As he were holden in the throte.1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 87^v Within y^e woods with dredful lote forth stalketh. b. In plural. Looks, manners, behaviour; esp. unruly behaviour or actions, goings-on. Scottish in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] tightc888 workOE laitsc1225 rule?c1225 guise1303 conditionsc1374 actiona1393 governancea1393 governailc1425 port?a1439 fashion1447 dressa1450 governinga1450 walkingc1450 abearing?1454 deport1474 behaving1482 dealing1484 guidinga1500 demeanoura1513 behaviour?1521 walk?1567 daps1582 courses1592 deportment1601 behave?1615 deportation1616 containment1619 conduct1673 haviour1752 daddyism1984 α. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 47 Þes lufsume lefdi mid lasteles lates. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 599 Ofte he custe þat weofed mid wnsume lates. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 248 Lughe on hym luffly with lykande lates. c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) l. 180 So come a lyonne with latys un-mylde. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3998 Porrus, as a prince suld, persayued þar latis. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aiiii He wes ladlike of laitis and light of his fere. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1589 in Shorter Poems (1967) 100 Men that callys ladyis liddir, And lycht of latis [1579 Edinb. laitis]. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxxiv. 84 Auldit rubiatouris To hant the laittis of lawdis. 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. B1^v Alace, how lang haue I delayed, To leaue the laits of youth? a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (1946) iii. vii. 143 Rutouris and harlotis quhilkis for rutorie and licht latis fra sobir estate war exaltit to honoure and riches. 1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 215 Sic laits appear to us sae awfu', We hardly think your learning lawfu'. 1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 120 But be advis'd to mortify Your youthfu' laits by piety. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 38 Persons addicted to every sort of mischief and vice—having, as the saying is, all the ‘ill laits that ever followed swine’. 1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ i. xi. 16 Unlearn a' ill-laits least they airt ye intil waur diffeekwalties. 1985 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots (rev. ed.) 2 Pet. 407 Ey promisin them líbertie, líbertie, whan themsels they'r the slaves o ill laits. β. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 9 (MED) Ah, lauedi..þine loates weren lasteles; Þi wep ne wemmede noht þin heau.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7151 Freond sæiðe to freonde mid fæire loten hende. Leofue freond wæs hail.a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 47 Lord, þat hast me lyf to lene, such lotes lef me leten.c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1116 With frenkysch fare & fele fayre lotez, Þay stoden & stemed..& kaȝten her leue.γ. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7815 Vortigerne..þa læuedi aueng mid swiðe uæire læten.c1390 Ancrene Riwle (Vernon) (2000) 130 Angri wordes. Angri leetes. ne Angri werkes falleþ not to Ancre.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3285 Ne was sco not oletes [Fairf. lates] light. †2. Voice, sound; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] reirdOE voicec1330 stevenc1369 sound1385 laita1400 lively voice1532 pipe1567 live voice1610 vocalities1667 squall1725 vox1869 Hobson's choice1937 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound sounda1330 noisea1375 tunea1387 laita1400 sweyinga1400 noising1422 sone1630 a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Lot(e Hir lufli lat es win gastlye That iesus drinkes ful gladlye. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12496 Quen iesus herd þis quaining gret þe late þai thoru þe cite let, He had þar-for wel gret pite. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 161 Þe lot of þe wyndes. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1398 Wyth lotez [MS reads loteȝ] þat were to lowe. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4384 (MED) Þan haue we liking to lithe þe late of þe foules. Derivatives † laitless adj. Obsolete (Scottish in later use) ill-mannered, rude. ΚΠ c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 19 (MED) Thro his shild and his shildur, a schaft-mun he share; Then the latelest [read lateles] lord loghe opon heȝte, And Gauan..greuut wundur sore. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aiiii Thare come ane laithles [read laitles] leid air to this place With ane girdill ourgilt and vthir light gere. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Laithles, Laitless, unmannerly, unpolished, rude. 1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales II. 42 Laithe to lay ane laitless finger on her, I brankyt in myne gram. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † laitn.³ Forms: In Middle English laytt. Etymology: < lait v.² Obsolete. Searching, search. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] seeking1303 out-seekinga1382 searchinga1382 search1426 laita1500 searching out1531 hunting-down1542 fishing1548 research1577 upseeking1594 riping1815 questing1848 casting1856 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 316 Lefe syrs, let be youre laytt and loke that ye layn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † laitv.¹ Forms: Middle English leite(n, Middle English layt, past tense Middle English leited, Middle English layt, laytid. Etymology: ? Old English légettan, < lég, líeg* ( < laugi-z) flame; cognate and parallel formations are Gothic lauhatjan, Old High German lohaȥȥan, loheȥên, -ôn, lougazzan. Obsolete. intransitive. To flash, gleam, lighten. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > emit beams (of a luminary) [verb (intransitive)] > flash lightning laita1225 lightena1398 levina1400 flush-flash1582 fulgurate1677 flash1791 fork1807 streak1849 lightning1861 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [verb (intransitive)] > lighten laita1225 lightena1398 levina1400 lightning1861 a1225 St. Marher.* 13 Ich loki ne mei, swa þæt liht leomeð ant leiteð. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9251 Ofte he hire lokede on & leitede mid eȝene. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 95 The thunder-stroke smit, er it leite. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2228 Hyt laytyd, thondred, and reynned among. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2234 Hyt raynyd ne thondryd ne layt nout Sythen thou wentyst out of thys toune. Derivatives † leitende adj. Obsolete (= laiting). ΚΠ a1225 Leg. Kath.* 1370 Iþe leitende fur, het warpen euch fot. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 262 Ne kimeð nan into parays bute þurch þis leitinde sweord. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). laitv.² /leɪt/ Forms: Middle English latt, Middle English layte, lait(e, Middle English–1800s late, 1800s lait. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse leita. Etymology: < Old Norse leita, corresponding to Old English wlátian to behold, Gothic wlaitôn (περιβλέπεσθαι); related by ablaut to Old Norse lit-r, Old English wlite aspect, appearance, Old Saxon wliti face, form, Gothic wlit-s face, and Old Norse líta, Old English wlítan to look. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. transitive. To look or search for; to seek, try to find. Also with infinitive or clause as object. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] seekc888 aseekc1000 i-secheOE huntc1175 to seek afterc1175 beseechc1200 fand?c1225 ofseche?c1225 to seek forc1250 atseekc1275 furiec1290 forseeka1300 outseekc1300 upseekc1315 to look after ——c1330 wait1340 laita1350 searchc1350 pursuea1382 ensearchc1384 to feel and findc1384 inseekc1384 looka1398 fraist?a1400 umseeka1400 require?c1400 walec1400 to look up1468 prowla1475 to see for ——c1485 to look for ——a1492 to have in the wind1540 sue1548 vent?1575 seek1616 explore1618 dacker1634 research1650 to see out for1683 quest1752 to see after ——1776 a1350 St. James 305 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 101 Graithly up he laites and lukes All his bagges and all his bokes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7323 Omang þir puple sal þou latt A stalworth man þat saul haitt. a1400 Sir Perc. 255 The grete Godd for to layte Fynde hyme whenne he may. a1400–1450 Alexander (Dubl.) 2341 Lates ane oþer lodesman, alosed more of strenth. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 277 He lurkkes & laytes where watz le best. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 237 Aventures for to layt in land. c1440 York Myst. xvii. 111 Vn-witty men ȝe werre To lepe ouere lande to late a ladde. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 29 To Late, to seek. Cumb. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Lait, to seek any thing hidden. N. 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 122 Now, all you can do is to late her poor little body. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 136 Are you laiting goud? †b. To search or look through; to examine. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] > look through, examine oversee1348 searcha1387 laita1400 overlooka1400 to look overc1400 to run through ——c1449 oversearch1532 overview1549 tumble1597 coursea1616 perquest1892 a1400 St. Erkenwolde 155 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 269 We haue oure librarie laitid þes longe seuene dayes. 2. absol. or intransitive. To look, search. Also dialect. To look for a word; to hesitate in speech. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] seekc1000 ofsechec1300 searchc1330 laita1400 ripea1400 to cast about1575 to fall about1632 quest1669 to bush about or out1686 beat1709 to cast about one1823 feather1892 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5975 Quar-to suld yee ferrer lait. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 97 Sayde þe lorde to þo ledez, laytez ȝet ferre. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xviii. 215 Thise ar the commaundementys ten, Whoso will lely layt. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. x. 96 And this is, who wyll late, The sext moneth of hyr conceytate, That geld is cald. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7669 All..laited aftur þe lede with a light wille. 1804 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 87 He ne'er hes a teale widout laitin. 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