Lait
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Lait is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.
Meaning
(ambitransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.
Example Sentences
By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um.
The other day I heard a girl hailing from the moorlands of Yorkshire remark that she had "laited a long time for the children, but could not find them," evidently meaning she had sought for them. Is this word common to Yorkshire?
Word Forms
- laits
- laiting
- laited
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include au, cafe, dairy, milk, cream, leche.
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