lythe

See also: Lythe

English

Etymology 1

See lithe.

Adjective

lythe (comparative more lythe, superlative most lythe)

1. (obsolete) soft; flexible
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC:

     His hornes bene as broade as Rainebowe bent ,
     His dewelap as lythe as laffe of Kent

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• laith
• leet

Noun

lythe (plural lythes)

1. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lythe

1. Alternative form of light

Etymology 2

Noun

lythe

1. Alternative form of lyth