- loddere
- m (-es/-as) beggar [lýðre]
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loddere
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Lethardy — This very rare name, now found chiefly in Scotland, is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a variant form of the locational surname deriving from the place called Lothersdale or Leatherdale in West Yorkshire, in the parish of Ripon. The placename is… … Surnames reference
lottern — (heute meist verlottern) Vsw erw. obs. (16. Jh., lotar adj. 8. Jh.) Stammwort. Vgl. ae. loddere Bettler . Hierzu Lotter in Zusammensetzungen wie Lotterbett n., Lotterbube m. Ebenso Heidermanns (1993), 386f.; liederlich. deutsch gw … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
loiter — (v.) early 15c., idle one s time, dawdle over work, from M.Du. loteren be loose or erratic, shake, totter like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm; in modern Dutch, leuteren to delay, linger, loiter over one s work. Probably cognate with O.E.… … Etymology dictionary
ludrō- — *ludrō , *ludrōn, *ludra , *ludran germ.?, schwach Maskulinum (n): nhd. Nichtiger; ne. vain (Maskulinum); Rekontruktionsbasis: ae.; Etymologie: s. ing. *sleu ?, *leu ?, Adjektiv … Germanisches Wörterbuch
(s)leu- — (s)leu English meaning: loosely hanging, loose, feeble Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlaff herabhängend, schlaff” Note: esp. with extensions; out of Gmc. only barely provable, in this but very reich entfaltet Material: Unerweitert… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
loiter — [loit′ər] vi. [ME loitren < MDu loteren (Du leuteren, to dawdle), akin to OE loddere, beggar < IE base * (s)leu , to hang loosely > SLEET, SLUR] 1. to linger in an aimless way; spend time idly: often with about 2. to walk or move slowly… … English World dictionary
lither — ˈlithə(r) adjective Etymology: Middle English, bad, wicked, wretched, lazy, from Old English lȳthre bad, wicked, wretched; akin to Old English loddere beggar, Middle Low German lüder dissolute person … Useful english dictionary
