lith
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic liður (“item”), Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”) and gelid (“joint, rank, file”), German Glied (“limb, member, link”).
Alternative forms
[edit]- lythe (15th century)
Noun
[edit]lith (plural liths)
- (UK dialectal) A limb; any member of the body.
- (UK dialectal) A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
- lith and limb; out of lith
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book III:
- he departed with the lady / & brouȝt her to Camelot / Soo as they rode in a valey it was ful of stones / and there the ladyes hors stumbled and threwe her doun that her arme was sore brysed and nere she swouned for payne / Allas syr sayd the lady myn arme is oute of lythe wher thorow I must nedes reste me
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Scotland) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), Old English lēode (“people”). More at lede.
Noun
[edit]lith (uncountable)
Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle English *lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to conceal, hide”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian lid, led (“an opening in a fence”), Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), Old English hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”). More at lid.
Noun
[edit]lith (plural liths)
Etymology 4
[edit]By shortening.
Noun
[edit]lith (plural liths)
Anagrams
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[edit]lith
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]lith
- Alternative form of light
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]lith
- Alternative form of lyth
Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English lyth, from Old English liþ, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lith (plural liths)
- (anatomy) limb, member
- (anatomy) joint
- segment, division (of an orange, apple, onion, etc.)
- joint, slice, segment
- one of the rings at the base of a cow's horn
Verb
[edit]lith (third-person singular simple present liths, present participle lithin, simple past lithit, past participle lithit)
Yapese
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[edit]lith
- to cook
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