liþig

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *liþugaz, equivalent to liþ +‎ -iġ. Cognate with Dutch leeg (“empty, hollow”), German ledig (“unmarried”) and Icelandic liðugur (“flexible, supple”).

Adjective

liþiġ

1. pliant, supple, flexible, soft, yielding

Declension

Declension of liþiġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	liþiġ	liþiġ	liþiġ
Accusative	liþiġne	liþiġe	liþiġ
Genitive	liþiġes	liþiġre	liþiġes
Dative	liþiġum	liþiġre	liþiġum
Instrumental	liþiġe	liþiġre	liþiġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	liþiġe	liþiġa, liþiġe	liþiġ
Accusative	liþiġe	liþiġa, liþiġe	liþiġ
Genitive	liþiġra	liþiġra	liþiġra
Dative	liþiġum	liþiġum	liþiġum
Instrumental	liþiġum	liþiġum	liþiġum

Declension of liþiġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	liþiġa	liþiġe	liþiġe
Accusative	liþiġan	liþiġan	liþiġe
Genitive	liþiġan	liþiġan	liþiġan
Dative	liþiġan	liþiġan	liþiġan
Instrumental	liþiġan	liþiġan	liþiġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	liþiġan	liþiġan	liþiġan
Accusative	liþiġan	liþiġan	liþiġan
Genitive	liþiġra, liþiġena	liþiġra, liþiġena	liþiġra, liþiġena
Dative	liþiġum	liþiġum	liþiġum
Instrumental	liþiġum	liþiġum	liþiġum

Descendants

• Middle English: lethi
  • English: lithy

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “līþiġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.