laire

Middle French

Alternative forms

• lairre

Etymology

From Old French laire.

Verb

laire

1. to let; to permit; to allow
2. to leave alone

Synonyms

• (permit): laisser
• (leave alone): laisser

Old French

Alternative forms

• laiier

Etymology

First attested 881 in the Sequence of Saint Eulalia. Probably a variant of laiier, of Frankish origin; cf. also laissier, from Latin laxāre.

Verb

laire

1. to let; to permit; to allow

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• laissier
• permetre

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (laire)