[ læt] I. (lat- in obl. cases) comp. lætra; sup. lætest, lætemest slow, B, Bl, CP, Lcd; Æ: slack, lax, negligent: ‘late,’ Lk.
[II.] m. man of the class between the slave and the ceorl, LL (v. 2·564). [‘laet’]
[ lǣt] pres. 3 sg. of [lǣdan].
+lǣt = [+lǣte II.]
[ lǣtan7] pret. 3 sg. lēt, leort (tr.) to allow to remain, leave behind, depart from, ‘let’ alone, Bl, CP: leave undone, BH: (±) bequeath, EC: allow, Bl, LL: cause to do, BH: regard as, consider, BH, Chr, CP: behave towards, treat: (intr.) allow to escape, emit, let out, set free, Æ, Lcd: ‘let’ (on lease), BC: assert, pretend, Lk: (+) allot, assign. l. from refrain from (late); +l. nēah land approach the shore? (ES 37·191); on bæc l. leave behind.
lǣtanīa = [lētanīa]
[ lætbyrd] f. slow birth, Lcd 185a.
[ +lǣte] I. n. manners, bearing, NC 295. [ON. lǣti]
[II.] n. junction of roads, Æ.
[ lætemest] I. adv. lastly, finally, NG.