From en.wiktionary.org:
[Loth]
** English
*** Etymology 1
_See_ [en].
**** Adjective
[er]
1. [en] [en] .
2. * [Induction]
3. * [page=166]
4. * [volume=III]
5. * [en]
6. * [poem=Alas, So Long!]
7. * [en]
8. * [en]
9. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=March 11 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/11/chelsea-in-crisis-but-there-is-no-will-to-leave-club-on-their-knees-roman-abramovich | author=David Hytner | title=Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees | journal=w:The Guardian
|passage=They recognise that a strong Chelsea is important for the collective
brand. The league, meanwhile, is always LOTH to create a mess with points
deductions, for example. Again, it is not good for the competition.}}
***** Usage notes
- The spelling [en] is about four times as common as _loth_ in Britain, and about fifty times as common in the United States. _Loth_ had more currency in the US in the 19th century, appearing in Webster’s 1828 dictionary, but not the 1913 edition.
- The word should not be confused with the related verb [en] .
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
From [en] [obsolete], [de], later also from [en], both specific usages of the
word for ‘lead’. [en].
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce . [from 17th c.]
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1999 | translator=w:Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke | author=w:Paracelsus | chapter=Opus Paramirum | title=Essential Readings | publisher=North Atlantic Books | page=100
|passage=It is not a matter of body but of virtues, which is why the fifth
essence was invented, of which one LOTH is superior to the twenty pounds of
the body from which it was extracted.}}
*** References
- [R:Lexico]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
From [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Adjective
[lother]
1. loath [averse , disinclined]
2. loath [reluctant , unwilling]
3. * {{ RQ:Malory Le Morte Darthur | book=IV | chapter=Quintum | leaf=62 | verso=yes | page=124 | lines=10–13 | passage=I durſt ſaye that of his age ther is not in this land a better knyghte than he is nor of better condycions and LOTHE to doo ony wronge / and LOTH to take ony wronge
|t=I daresay that there is not a knight of his age in this land better than he
is, nor of better qualities and LOTH to do any wrong and LOTH to receive any
wrong.}}
1. hateful , evil , abhorred
2. * [1368] , [Geoffrey Chaucer] , _[The Book of the Duchess]_ , as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16 (see https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/ee2d3617-5696-4ec8-9e4d-a99d0c485019/) , folio 130r (see https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/ee2d3617-5696-4ec8-9e4d-a99d0c485019/surfaces/64d3af13-6e46-4bfb-9cf2-05370e64d8a9/) :
3. *: {{ quote | enm | I have so many an ydel thoght / Purely for defaulte of slepe / That by my trouthe I take no kepe / Of noo thinge how hyt cometh or gooth / Ne me nys no thynge leve nor LOOTH
|t=I have so many idle thoughts / Purely from lack of sleep / That I swear I
take no heed / Of anything, whether it comes or goes, / And nothing is either
dear to me or HATED.}}
1. reluctant
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [yol]
**** References
- [entry=lōth]
** Old Irish
*** Alternative forms
- [sga]
*** Etymology
From [sga].
*** Pronunciation
- [sga-IPA]
*** Noun
[f]
1. mud
2. swamp , marsh
**** Inflection
[loith]
*** Mutation
[sga-mutation]
*** Further reading
- [30725]
** Scottish Gaelic
*** Etymology
From [gd], [cel-pro], from [gd], ultimately from [ine-pro], see also [grc],
[en], [sq], [xcl]).
*** Noun
[g=f]
1. foal
2. filly
*** References
- [head=loth]
[gd]