(a) Slow, sluggish; reluctant; ~ man in treuth, a man reluctant to believe; (b) ?negligent, remiss; (c) deliberate in moving; slow to anger.

(a) Being or occurring in the latter part of a period of time; late in life, the season, the day, etc.; ~ flaumes, rays of the setting sun; ~ fruit, fruit which ripens late; ~ night, the latter part of the night; also, late evening; ~ sed, seed planted late in the season; quasi-adv. in: hit was ~, hit wex ~, nou is ~, etc.; be hit erli and be hit ~, early and late, at all times; (b) being or occurring after the proper time, tardy; to ~, too tardy to be of any avail, too late; ~ at hom, ?late coming home, a name of the hare; quasi-adv. in: hit was to ~, ~ was, to ~ is, etc.; in prov.: bettre ~ than never, (sth. is) better late than never.

Long, protracted, tedious; a long time; hit) was ~ and long, the time was tedious and long; thinken ~, to seem long or tedious (to sb.); also, think or consider tedious.

(a) Being or occurring in the near, or not too distant, past; recent; in ~ daies, ~ time, ~ time passed, of ~ time, recently, lately; (b) recently dead, not many years dead; ~ king, the late king, etc.; (c) until lately holding office or having a relationship; ~ wif, wife (of sb.) until recently.

In surname.