lithe
Енглески
уредиИзговор
уредиЕтимологија 1
уредиFrom
lithen, from
līþan (“to go, travel, sail, be bereft of”), from
*līþaną (“to go, leave, suffer”), from
*leyt- (“to go, depart, die”). Cognate with North Frisian lyen, lije (“to suffer”), Холандски lijden (“to suffer, dree, abide”), Немачки leiden (“to suffer, brook, permit”). See also lode, lead.
Глагол
уредиlithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past lithed or lode, past participle lithed or lidden)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go.
Етимологија 2
уредиFrom
lithe, from
līþe (“gentle, mild”), from
*linþaz, from
*lentos. Akin to Saterland Frisian lied (“thin, skinny, gaunt”), Danish and German lind (“mild”), Icelandic linur (“soft to the touch”). Not attested in Gothic. Some sources also list Латински lenis (“soft”) and/or Латински lentus (“supple”) as possible cognates.
Придев
уредиlithe (comparative lither, superlative lithest)
- (obsolete) Mild; calm.
- lithe weather
- slim but not skinny
- lithe body
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter III:
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
- Capable of being easily bent
- 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Elsie Venner, page 125
- … she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …
- 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Elsie Venner, page 125
- Adaptable.
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Synonyms
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уредиRelated terms
уредиПреводи
уредиЕтимологија 3
уредиFrom
lithen, from
līþian, līþiġian (“to soften, calm, mitigate, assuage, appease, be mild”), from
*linþijaną (“to soften”), from
*lento- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with Немачки lindern (“to alleviate, ease, relieve”).
Глагол
уредиlithe
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become calm.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
- Hamilton (1552)
- The holy spirit, by his grace, lithes and turns out heart to God.
- T. Adams (1614)
- England.. hath now suppled, lithed and stretched their throats.
- Rogers Naamen (1642)
- Give me also faith, Lord,.. to lithe, to form, and to accommodate my spirit and members.
- Hamilton (1552)
Етимологија 4
уредиFrom
lithen, from
hlýða (“to listen”), from
*hliuþijaną (“to listen”), from
*ḱlewe- (“to hear”). Cognate with Дански lytte (“to listen”). Related to Стари Енглески hlēoþor (“noise, sound, voice, song, hearing”), Стари Енглески hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”). More at loud.
Verb
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- (intransitive, obsolete) To attend; listen.
- (transitive) To listen to.
Етимологија 5
уредиOrigin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of lewth.
Noun
уредиlithe (plural lithes)
- (Scotland) Shelter.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song:
- So Cospatric got him the Pict folk to build a strong castle there in the lithe of the hills, with the Grampians dark and bleak behind it, and he had the Den drained and he married a Pict lady and got on her bairns and he lived there till he died.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song:
Anagrams
уредиMiddle English
уредиEtymology 1
уредиFrom from Стари Енглески lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”), from Пра-Германски *leuhtą (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”).
Noun
уредиlithe (plural lithes)
- Alternative form of light
References
уреди- “light (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
Etymology 2
уредиFrom Стари Енглески liþ (“limb, member, joint, point”).
Noun
уредиlithe (plural lithes)
- Alternative form of lyth
References
уреди- “lith (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.