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latr

latr

Old Norse

Adjective

latr (comparative latari, superlative latastr)

  1. lazy, slow
    Latr ok ó-hlýðinn.
    Lazy and disobedient.
    Ek er latr.
    I'm lazy.

Derived terms

  • latr sækir latan heim (confer Icelandic líkur sækir líkan heim ‎(“birds of a feather flock together”) and English like attracts like)
  • ólatr (dilligent)

Descendants

References

  • latr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lataz, whence also the Old English læt ‎(“slow, sluggish, late”), Old High German laz ‎(“slow, lazy”).

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