different between lith vs lithy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /li?/

Etymology 1

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

• lythe (15th century)

Noun

lith (plural liths)

1. (Britain dialectal) A limb; any member of the body.
2. (Britain dialectal) A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
3. (Scotland) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.

Derived terms

• lithy

Etymology 2

From Middle English lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?lewd?- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), Old English l?ode (“people”). More at lede.

Noun

lith (uncountable)

1. Property.

Etymology 3

From *Middle English lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlid? (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“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

lith (plural liths)

1. (Britain dialectal) A gate; a gap in a fence.

Etymology 4

By shortening.

Noun

lith (plural liths)

1. (sciences, informal) coccolith

Anagrams

• Hilt, hilt

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lith

1. Alternative form of light

Etymology 2

Noun

lith

1. Alternative form of lyth

Scots

Etymology

From Old English liþ, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l??]

Noun

lith (plural liths)

1. (anatomy) limb, member
2. (anatomy) joint
3. (of an orange, apple, onion, etc.) segment, division
4. joint, slice, segment
5. one of the rings at the base of a cow's horn

Verb

lith (third-person singular present liths, present participle lithin, past lithit, past participle lithit)

1. to disjoint, sever the joints of, dislocate
2. to wring a hen's neck

Yapese

Verb

lith

1. to cook

English

Alternative forms

• lethy (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English lethi, from Old English liþi? (“free, unrestrained, flexible”), from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz; equivalent to lith (“limb, joint”) +? -y. Cognate with Dutch ledig, German ledig, Swedish ledig, Icelandic liðugur.

Adjective

lithy (comparative more lithy, superlative most lithy)

1. Easily bent; pliable.

   Synonym: bendsome

Derived terms

• lithy tree

Anagrams

• Hilty, thiyl