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lait.

To seek; search for; inquire.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To seek; search for; inquire.

    UK · ambitransitive · dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk leita (“to search”), Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”).

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