v.
WA lithe, lythe, pres. 3 sg. lythis, lightez
'to hear' (Modern English lithe)
PGmc Ancestor
*xleuþjan- or *xleuðjan-; or less likely *xlūðjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
hlýða ‘to listen, be proper (to)’
(ONP hlýða (2) (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far lýða, Icel hlýða, Norw lyda, Dan lyde, Sw lyda
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
ON /y/ < */iu/ by front mutation
[ON fricative /ð/ < PGmc */ð/] (may not be applicable)
Summary category
A1c
Relatively widespread in early ME; especially frequent in N, E and alliterative texts in the 14c and 15c.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1719; WA 4, 1650, 3468 etc.