lyth

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lūtsa, from Proto-Indo-European *leuH- to spoil. Related to llucë.

Noun

lyth m (indefinite plural lytha, definite singular lythi, definite plural lythat)

callus, loathsome thing

Related terms

llucë
ledh

Middle English

Alternate forms

lith, lythe, lithe, lyþ, liþ, liþe, liþthe, liyþe, litht, leth, lethe

Etymology 1

From Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, point”)

Noun

lyth (plural lythes)

A point in the body where bones meet; a joint.
A limb.
(by extension) A part of something.

References

“lith (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

Etymology 2

From from Old English lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”).

Noun

lyth (plural lythis)

Alternative form of light

References

“light (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

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