leþer
Old Swedish
adjective
Definitions
- loathsome, repulsive
- grievous
- dull, tedious
- sad, sorry
- angry, resentful
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse leiðr (tired, uncomfortable) inherited from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (sorrowful, unpleasant, loath, loathsome, averse, hostile, disgusting, reluctant, unwilling, hateful, sorry, sad).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laiþaz
Gloss
sorrowful, unpleasant, loath, loathsome, averse, hostile, disgusting, reluctant, unwilling, hateful, sorry, sad
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₂leyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *leyt- Proto-Indo-European
- lei Norwegian Bokmål
- *laiþaz Proto-Germanic
- laþ Old English
- lāþ Old English
- leið Old Norse
- leiðr Old Norse
- laid, lait, leid Old French
- leit, lait Old French
- leiður Icelandic
- leid Old High German
- lēth Old Dutch
- leth Old Saxon
- lēþer, leþer Old Swedish
- *laiþ Frankish