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lait¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk leita (“to search”), Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”).

verb laits · laiting · laited · late

  1. UK, ambitransitive, dialectal, obsolete To seek; search for; inquire. By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um.

Lait²

Where it comes from

From Old Norse hlað (“pile, stack; barn”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near a barn.

proper noun Laits

  1. A surname from Old Norse.

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@misc{lait_2026,
  title = {lait},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lait},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}