From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishloth /ləʊθ $ loʊθ/ adjective [not before noun] another spelling of loathExamples from the Corpusloth• It was loth to do this because the bonds were a potential goldmine when the junk-bond market recovered.• I am attempting to wean...
And niðful neddre, loð an liðer, sal gliden on hise brest neðer [Middle English Genesis and Exodus, c. 1250] Weakened meaning "averse, disinclined" is attested from late 14c. "Rare in 17th and 18th cents.; revived in the 19th c. as a literary word" [OED].Loath to ...
Geliloth, meaning "circles" or "regions" in Hebrew, is a location near the Jordan River. This site is pivotal as it represents a boundary between the land east of the Jordan, where the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh settled, and the land of Canaan. The crossing of ...