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▪ I. † lait, n.1 Obs.
Forms: 1 léᵹet(u, líᵹet(u, -yt, léᵹeð, 2–4 leit, 2, 4 leyt, 3 liȝt, 4 laite, layt(e, leyȝt, 4–5 leate, late, 6 layth.
[OE. léᵹet, líᵹet masc. and neut., líᵹetu fem., f. léᵹ, líeᵹ flame. Cf. lait v.1]
Lightning; occas. flash of fire.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. iii. (1890) 268 Drihten..leᵹetas sceotað of heofonum. 971Blickl. Hom. 91 æfter þæm wolcne cymeþ leᵹetu. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxviii. 3 Hys ansyn wæs swylce liᵹyt [c 1160 Hatton, leyt]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 43 Heore eþem scean swa deð þe leit a-monge þunre. c1205Lay. 25599 Me þuhte..þat þa sæ gon to berne of leite & of fure. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 6283 Ech dunt þoȝte liȝt [MS. B leyȝt] as it were and þondring. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 199 He loked as layt so lyȝt. 1340Ayenb. 66 Lhapþ þet smeþ efter þe layt. 1382Wyclif Exod. ix. 23 The Lord ȝaf..dyversly rennynge leytis upon the erthe. c1449Pecock Repr. 482 Leit gooth out of the eest and apperith into the west. 1470–85Malory Arthur xvii. xi, Ther felle a sodeyne tempest and thonder layte and rayne. a1500Chester Pl. II. 85 Leate, thounder, and eirth beganne to quake, Therof I am adreade. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge ii. 121 Thondryng and layth, erth-quake moost terrible.
▪ II. † lait, n.2 Obs.
In 5 laytt.
[f. lait v.2]
Searching, search.
c1460Towneley Myst. xxiv. 238 Lefe syrs, let be youre laytt and loke that ye layn.
▪ III. † lait, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 3–4 leite(n, 5 layt, pa. tense 3 leited, 5 layt, laytid.
[? OE. *légettan, f. léᵹ, líeᵹ (:—*laugi-z) flame; cognate and parallel formations are Goth. lauhatjan, OHG. lohaȥȥan, loheȥên, -ôn, lougazzan.]
intr. To flash, gleam, lighten. Hence † leitende (= *laiting) ppl. a.
c1205Lay. 18539 Ofte he hire lokede on & leitede mid eȝene. a1225Leg. Kath. 1370 Iþe leitende fur, het warpen euch fot. a1225St. Marher. 13 Ich loki ne mei, swa þæt liht leomeð ant leiteð. a1225Ancr. R. 356 Ne kumeð non into Parais bute þuruh þisse leitende sweorde. 1390Gower Conf. III. 95 The thunder-stroke smit, er it leite. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 2228 Hyt laytyd, thondred, and reynned among. Ibid. 2234 Hyt raynyd ne thondryd ne layt nout Sythen thou wentyst out of thys toune.
▪ IV. lait, v.2 Obs. exc. dial.|leɪt|
Forms: 4 latt, 4–5 layte, lait(e, 5–9 late, 9 lait.
[a. ON. leita, corresponding to OE. wlátian to behold, Goth. wlaitôn (περιβλέπεσθαι); related by ablaut to ON. lit-r, OE. wlite aspect, appearance, OS. wliti face, form, Goth. wlit-s face, and ON. líta, OE. wlítan to look.]
1. trans. To look or search for; to seek, try to find. Also with inf. or clause as object.
a1300Cursor M. 7323 Omang þir puple sal þou latt A stalworth man þat saul haitt. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 277 He lurkkes & laytes where watz le best. a1350St. James 305 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 101 Graithly up he laites and lukes All his bagges and all his bokes. a1400Sir Perc. 255 The grete Godd for to layte Fynde hyme whenne he may. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 237 Aventures for to layt in land. a1400–1450Alexander 2341 (Dubl.) Lates ane oþer lodesman, alosed more of strenth. c1440York Myst. xvii. 111 Vn-witty men ȝe werre To lepe ouere lande to late a ladde. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words, To Late, Cumb. to seek. 1787Grose Prov. Gloss., Lait, to seek any thing hidden. N. 1864Atkinson Stanton Grange 122 Now, all you can do is to late her poor little body. 1891― Moorland Par. 136 Are you laiting goud?
†b. To search or look through; to examine.
13..St. Erkenwolde 155 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 269 We haue oure librarie laitid þes longe seuene dayes.
2. absol. or intr. To look, search. Also dial. To look for a word; to hesitate in speech.
c1300Cursor M. 5975 Quar-to suld yee ferrer lait. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 97 Sayde þe lorde to þo ledez, laytez ȝet ferre. c1400Destr. Troy 7669 All..laited aftur þe lede with a light wille. c1460Towneley Myst. x. 137 And this is, who wyll late, The sext moneth of hyr conceytate, That geld is cald. Ibid. xviii. 180 Thise ar the commaundmentys ten, who so will lely layt. 1804R. Anderson Cumberld. Ball. 87 He ne'er hes a teale widout laitin.
▪ V. lait
Sc. and north. form of late. |