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lōth
adj.
153 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Hateful, displeasing, unpleasant;
loth spel
, evil tidings; (b) in impers. constructions:
hem is loth, hit is hem loth
, they do not wish (to do sth., that sth. be done);
is me (us) loth
, I (we) do…
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