lythe

See also: Lythe

English

Etymology 1

See lithe.

Adjective

lythe (comparative more lythe, superlative most lythe)

(obsolete) soft; flexible
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, OCLC 890162479:
  His hornes bene as broade as Rainebowe bent ,
  His dewelap as lythe as laffe of Kent

Alternative forms

laith
leet

Noun

lythe (plural lythes)

(Scotland) A fish, the European pollock.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lythe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Ethyl, Lethy, ethyl, lyeth, they'l, thyle

Middle English

Noun

lythe

Alternative form of light

Noun

lythe

Alternative form of lyth

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