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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Loth(e, v. [e.m.E., used in place of Sc. Lath(e.] a. tr. To dislike or detest (someone or something, or to do something). Also absol. b. intr. To feel loathing for (of, on) something.a (1) (a1568 Balnavis) Bann. MS. 138 b/20.
And swa be lothit sone 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 5.
That the King suld not persaif that thay lothit him c1590 Fowler I. 181. xlii. 3.
O lyfe most lothd(2) 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 73.
Scho lothit to se the King alive a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xiv. 16.
But libertie I loth to leive(3) absol. a1605 Montg. Son. xxvii. 10.
Euen so will men … Baith lone and loth, and only bot ane thingb. a1568 Montg. Bann. MS. p. 52/18.
I loth on every thing I luik allace Id. Misc. P. xiii. 4.
My maistres hes a man of me, That lothis of euery thing bot love