lafte
Middle English
Verb
lafte
- 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.’
- [...] ‘And to our high gods we give thanks
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3387-3388:
References
- “lafte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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