Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LET, adj. Light, in phr. let day, “a day when you have little to do” (Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 1.51).
[Appar. a variant of Eng. light. See P.L.D. § 111.2. Hardly from O.N. lettr, light, easy.]
