liþe
See also: lithe and -lithe
Middle English
Noun
liþe (plural liþes)
- Alternative form of lyth
References
- “lith (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *linþijaz, a West Germanic variant of Proto-Germanic *linþaz. Cognate with Old Saxon līthi, Old High German lindi (German lind), Norwegian linn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːðe/
Adjective
līþe
- gentle, mild; pleasant
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | līþa | līþe | līþe | līþan | nom. | līþe | līþe | līþu | līþe | līþu, -e | līþa, -e | ||
| accusative | līþan | līþe | līþan | acc. | līþne | līþe | līþe | līþe | līþu, -e | līþa, -e | |||
| genitive | līþan | līþra, līþena | gen. | līþes | līþes | līþre | līþra | ||||||
| dative | līþan | līþum | dat. | līþum | līþum | līþre | līþum | ||||||
| instrumental | līþe | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Middle English: lithe, lythe
- English: lithe
- Scots: lythe, lyth