▪ I. † leth Obs.
Also 3 leððe.
[OE. lǽððu, lǽðu:—OTeut. *laiþiþâ, f. *laiþo- loath.]
Hatred, ill-will.
| 971 Blickl. 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. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 141 Ure drihten..forgiaf hire hire sinnen for two þinge an is muchel leððe to hire sunne oðer muchel luue to him. c 1425 Wyntoun 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.