lithsman
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English lith, host or fleet, and -man
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlithsman (plural lithsmen)
- (historical) A warrior-sailor during the rule of Danish kings of England (especially from Canute onwards).
- 1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 9:
- [H]e succeeded, by the help of the thanes north of Thames, and the lithsmen of London, which city was more than half Danish in those days, in setting his puppet on the throne.