laft

Middle English

Alternative forms

y-laft, ylaft

Verb

laft

past participle of leave
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 186-188:
  And therefore in the place they han it laft
  Til that the knight hath taught hem the manere
  To voyden him, as ye shal after here.
  And therefore in the place they have it left
  Until the knight has taught them the manner
  To remove him, as you shall later hear.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Franklin's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1124-1128:
  [...] At Orliens in studie a book he say
  Of magik natural, which his felawe,
  That was that tyme a bacheler of lawe,
  Al were he ther to lerne another craft,
  Had prively upon his desk y-laft; [...]
  [...] At Orleans in a study hall he saw a book
  Of natural science, which his fellow,
  Who was at that time a bachelor of law,
  Although he was there to learn another craft,
  Had covertly left upon his desk; [...]

References

“laft”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

laft n (definite singular laftet, indefinite plural laft, definite plural lafta)
laft f (definite singular lafta, indefinite plural lafter, definite plural laftene)

a construction method of a log cabin
a construction type of a corner of a log cabin
Synonym: nov

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