leth

See also: leð, leþ, and leth-

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish laez, from Old Cornish lait, from Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, borrowed from Latin lac. Cognate with Breton laezh and Welsh llaeth.

Noun

leth m (plural lethow)

1. milk

Derived terms

• amethyans leth (“dairy farming”)
• boos leth (“milk based food”)
• bugh leth (“milk cow”)
• gwerther leth (“milkman”)
• gweryn leth (“milk churn”)
• kanna leth (“milk churn”)
• kert leth (“milk lorry, milk float”)
• leth didhehen (“skimmed milk”)
• leth gluthys (“condensed milk”)
• leth kowlys (“curdled milk”)
• leth kreftus (“formula milk”)
• leth kriv (“raw milk”)
• lethek (“dairy, milky”)
• leti (“dairy (farm)”)

Middle English

Noun

leth (leþes)

1. alternative form of lyth

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• leith

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laiþ, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.

Adjective

lēth

1. unpleasant, loathsome

Inflection

Declension of lēth (a-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	lēth	lēth	lēth	lētha, lēthe
accusative	lēthan, lēthen	lētha	lēth	lētha, lēthe
genitive	lēthes	lēthero	lēthes	lēthero
dative	lēthin, lēthemo	lēthero	lēthin, lēthemo	lēthon
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	lētho	lētha	lētha	lēthon
accusative	lēthon	lēthon	lētha	lēthon
genitive	lēthin	lēthon	lēthin	lēthono
dative	lēthin	lēthon	lēthin	lēthon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: lêet, leit
  • Dutch: leed

References

• “lēth”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012