Word-latu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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word-latu

f. Delay in speaking :-- ' Ðú scealt hræðe cýðan, gif ðú his ondgitan ǽnige hæbbe. ' Næs ðá wordlatu (there was no delay in the answer), Andr. Kmbl. 3042; An. 1524. (Cf. búton late sine morn, R. Ben. 55, 12, omitted under latu. ) word-latu