Middle English Dictionary Entry
lāthe n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | lāthe n.(3) |
| Etymology | OE lǣþ |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. leth n.(2).
1.
A district within a county; also, the court of such a district.
Associated quotations
- (1339) Pat.R.Edw.III ()220 : [John son of John de Wodyton, for larceny of a horse at] le Lathe [of Shipwey, co. Kent].
- (1392-3) RParl.3.305a : Certeins Wapentakes, Hundredes, Rapes, Lathes, Ballies, Gaoles, Rentz..& Villes.
- (1409) Doc.in Sus. AC 4 ()151 : [At the court of the Rape of Hastings, called] le lathe.