Obs. Also 3 leððe. [OE. lǽððu, lǽðu:—OTeut. *laiþiþâ, f. *laiþo- LOATH.] Hatred, ill-will.
971. Blickl. Hom., 63. Ac us is to witenne þæt þreora cynna syndon morþras, þæt is þonne þæt ærest, þæt man to oþrum læþþe hæbbe, & hine hatiʓe.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 141. Ure drihten … forgiaf hire hire sinnen for two þinge an is muchel leððe to hire sunne oðer muchel luue to him.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., III. ii. 229. Tyll his wyff he kest sik leth. Ibid., IV. xviii. 1750. Gendyre leth mare than delyte.
