Lata

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lata

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: hild-lata. lata

Definitions

1 lata

m. One who is late or slow :-- Ðeáh heó ðæs bearnes lata wǽre though she were late in bearing the child, Blickl. Hom1.163, 8. [Icel. lati the lazy one.]

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚪᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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