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láð, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426;
Causing hate, evil, injury, annoyance; hateful, hated, loathed, loth, displeasing, injurious, grievous
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  • Láth

    ingratus,

    • Ep. Gl. 12 b, 16
      • .

  • Laath

    invisus,

    • 12 f, 5.

  • Ðá wæs ic swíðe onscúniende and mé láð wæs

    multum detestatus sum,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 630, 32
      • .

  • Ðeáh hit láð wǽre,

    • Chr. 1006
      • ;
    • Erl. 141, 7
      • .

  • Him wæs láð tó ámyrrene his ágenne folgaþ,

    • 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 178, 11
      • .

  • Fram allum mannum hé biþ láð

    he shall be hated of all men,

    • Lchdm. iii. 162, 19
      • .

  • Se wæs láð Gode, on hete heofoncyninges,

    • Cd. 30
      • ;
    • Th. 40, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 647.

  • Swá láð wæs Péna folc Scipian

    so hateful were the Carthaginians to Scipio,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 198, 15
      • .

  • Mánswara láð leóda gehwam,

    • Exon. 10 b
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 194
      • .

  • Leófest on lífe láð biþ ðænne

    what is dearest in this life, shall then be hateful,

    • Dóm. L. 16, 243
      • .

  • Láð biþ ǽghwǽr wineleás hæle

    he is everywhere unloved, a friendless man,

    • Exon. 87 b
      • ;
    • Th. 329, 9
      • :
    • Vy. 31
      • .

  • Wæs ðæt gewinn tó láð and longsum

    that strife was too grievous and long,

    • Beo. Th. 268
      • ;
    • B. 134
      • .

  • Hé mé álýsde of láðum grine huntum unholdum

    ipse liberavit me de laqueo venantium,

    • Ps. 90, 3
      • .

  • Lǽdan on láðne síþ

    to lead to hell,

    • Exon. 118 b
      • ;
    • Th. 455, 20
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 52
      • .

  • Ðec gelegdon on láðne bend

    they put thee into grievous captivity,

    • Cd. 225
      • ;
    • Th. 298, 27
      • ;
    • Sat. 539.

  • Ða fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle newæron

    aves non nobis perniciem ferentes,

    • Nar. 16, 18
      • .

  • Ða rihtwísan sint láðe and forþrycte

    the righteous are hated and oppressed,

    • Bt. 3, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 6, 23
      • .

  • Hé hæfde fela ǽhta ðe him wǽron láðe tó forlǽtenne

    he had many possessions that he was loth to leave,

    • Basil admn. 9
      • ;
    • Norm. 56, 7
      • .

  • Gé habbaþ ús gedón láðe Pharaone,

    • Ex. 5, 21
      • .

  • Láð gewidru

    grievous storms,

    • Beo. Th. 2754
      • ;
    • B. 1375
      • .

  • Næs ic him láðra ówihte ðonne his bearna hwylc

    I was not a whit less dear to him than any of his children,

    • 4856
      • ;
    • B. 2432.

  • Ic á ne geseah láðran landscipe

    never saw I scene more hateful,

    • Cd. 19
      • ;
    • Th. 24, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 376
      • .

  • Sege ðínum leódum miccle láðre spell

    tell to thy people a tale that will please much less,

    • Byrht. Th. 133, 15
      • ;
    • By. 50
      • .

  • Gnornsorga mǽst wyrda láðost

    greatest of griefs, most grievous of fates,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1953
      • ;
    • El. 978
      • .

  • Ðǽr ðé láðast biþ,

    • Exon. 41 a
      • ;
    • Th. 137, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 560
      • .

  • Áne ða mǽstan synne and Gode þa láðustan

    one of the greatest sins and most displeasing to God,

    • Ex. 32, 21
      • .
bearing hate to another, hostile, malign, inimical
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  • Ne leóf ne láð

    nor friend nor foe,

    • Beo. Th. 1026
      • ;
    • B. 511
      • .

  • Láð wið láðum

    foe with foe,

    • 884
      • ;
    • B. 440
      • .

  • Láðe cyrmdon

    the foes shouted,

    • Cd. 166
      • ;
    • Th. 207, 3
      • ;
    • Exod. 461
      • .

  • Wið láðra lygesearwum

    against false wiles of foes,

    • Exon. 19 a
      • ;
    • Th. 48, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 776
      • :
    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 38
      • ;
    • Jud. 304
      • .

  • Ðæt on land Dena láðra nǽnig sceððan meahte,

    • Beo. Th. 490
      • ;
    • B. 242.

  • Láðan fingrum

    with hostile fingers,

    • 3015
      • ;
    • B. 1505
      • .

  • Láðum eágan,

    • Cd. 151
      • ;
    • Th. 189, 3
      • ;
    • Exod. 179
      • .

  • Láðum wordum,

    • Exon. 28 a
      • ;
    • Th. 84, 17
      • ;
    • Cri. 1376
      • .

  • Álýs mé fram láðum

    libera me a persequentibus me,

    • Ps. Th. 141, 7.

  • Ðæt hé ðé ne forlǽte láðum tó handa,

    • Dóm. L. 30, 29
      • .

  • Hé ne lǽteþ míne fét láðe hréran,

    • Ps. Th. 65, 8
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. O. Frs. léð
:
Icel. leiðr
:
O. H. Ger. leid exosus, odiosus, invisus, tristis, malignus, ingratus
:
Ger. leid.
]
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v. þurh-láð.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “láð.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21202.

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