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語源 1

From 中期英語 lith, lyth, from 古期英語 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”).

別の表記

• lythe (15th century)

名詞

lith (plural liths)

1. (UK dialectal) A limb; any member of the body.
2. (UK dialectal) A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.

   lith and limb;  out of lith

   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book III:

     he departed with the lady / & brouȝt her to Camelot / Soo as they rode in a valey it was ful of stones / and there the ladyes hors stumbled and threwe her doun that her arme was sore brysed and nere she swouned for payne / Allas syr sayd the lady myn arme is oute of lythe wher thorow I must nedes reste me

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (Scotland) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.

派生語

語源 2

From 中期英語 lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), 古期英語 lēode (“people”). More at lede.

名詞

lith (uncountable)

1. Property.

語源 3

From 中期英語 *lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to conceal, hide”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian lid, led (“an opening in a fence”), Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), 古期英語 hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”). More at lid.

名詞

lith (plural liths)

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

語源 4

By shortening.

名詞

lith (plural liths)

1. (sciences, informal) coccolith

アナグラム

• Hilt, hilt

名詞

lith

1. alternative form of light

語源 2

名詞

lith

1. alternative form of lyth