Let \\Let\\ (l[e^]t), v. t. [OE. letten, AS. lettan to delay, to Let hinder, fr. l[ae]t slow; akin to D. letten to hinder, G. verletzen to hurt, Icel. letja to hold back, Goth. latjan. See Late.] To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. [Archaic]

He was so strong that no man might him let. --Chaucer.

He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. --2. Thess. ii. 7.

Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, And lets me from the saddle. --Tennyson.