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lythe en · ADJ · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of lithe (“soft, flexible”).
   alt of lithe
   • His hornes bene as broade as Rainebowe bent , His dewelap as lythe as laffe of Kent 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more lythe	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most lythe	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

lythe en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) A fish, the European pollock (Pollachius pollachius).
   • We caught between us about twenty pounds of cod and lythe 1915, John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Chapter 10:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
lythes	Number=Plur		lexicographic
laith		alternative	lexicographic
leet		alternative	lexicographic