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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lach(e)and, ppl. a. Also: (lathand, laithand, lethand, leithand.) [f. Lach(e v.2 (and cf. lache Lasch a.). Also in the mod. dial. as latching ‘lazy, indolent’. The th spellings are most prob. editorial misreadings for ch, and those in e, ei perh. also misread for a.] Lagging, tardy, negligent. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 486.
Machore … reprowyt the mastir man Of his tary & his slawnes That he to saile sa lethand [sic] wes
c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 61/18.
Ane persone suld nocht be lathand to torne to God
Ib. 72/3.
Beand swere and lathand to gud werkis and reddy to do evill
1533 Bell. Livy I. 133/10.
Brutus … thocht na thing apperit mare sikkir than haisty … weris approcheand be the Tarquinis ȝit the samyn was mare laitheand [sic; B. lacheand] than it semyt
1535 Stewart 28808.
Adanus … Accusit hes thair [the captains'] negligence richt sair, … That scharpliar wald nocht thair fa persew, Leithand [sic] wes thair awin folkis to reskew
Ib. 37975.
This Fothadus that litill rest than tuke, … in the tyme wes nocht leithand nor lidder Quhill [etc.]

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