lafte

Middle English

Verb

lafte

  1. simple past of leave
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3387-3388:
      [...] ‘And to our hye goddes thanke we
      Of honour, that our eldres with us lafte.’
      [...] ‘And to our high gods we give thanks
      For the honor that our elders left with us.’

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lafte (present tense laftar, past tense lafta, past participle lafta, passive infinitive laftast, present participle laftande, imperative lafte/laft)

  1. e-infinitive form of lafta (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
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