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læt

læt

See also: laet, lät, and læt-

Old English

Adjective

læt

  1. slow
  2. sluggish
  3. late
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *lētaz (servant, slave), from Proto-Indo-European *lē-. Akin to Middle Dutch laet (Dutch laat), Old High German laz (half-freedman, serf), Old Frisian lethar (freedman), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts). More at allegiance, liege.

Noun

læt m

  1. a class of man ranking between a slave and a ceorl.
  2. a serf.
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