lythe

See also: Lythe

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

lythe (comparative more lythe, superlative most lythe)

1. Obsolete spelling of lithe (“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, Northern England) A fish, the European pollock (Pollachius pollachius).
   • 1915, John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Chapter 10:

     We caught between us about twenty pounds of cod and lythe

References

• “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