latr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lataz, whence also the Old English læt (“slow, sluggish, late”), Old High German laz (“slow, lazy”).

Adjective

latr (comparative latari, superlative latastr)

  1. lazy, slow
    Latr ok ó-hlýðinn.
    Lazy and disobedient.
    Ek em latr.
    I'm lazy.

Derived terms
  • latr sækir latan heim (confer Icelandic líkur sækir líkan heim (“birds of a feather flock together”) and English like attracts like)
  • ólatr (dilligent)

Descendants
  • Norwegian: lat (Bokmål), lat (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: lat

References
  • latr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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