litha

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

  • līa (Late Old West Frisian)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līþan, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyt-. Cognate with Old High German līdan, Old Dutch līthan, Old Saxon līthan, Old English līþan, Old Norse líða, Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (*leiþan).

Verb

lītha

  1. to suffer

Conjugation

Conjugation of lītha (strong class 1)
infinitive lītha
indicative present past
1st person singular līthe lēth
2nd person singular līthest, līthst lēthest, lēthst
3rd person singular lītheth, līthth lēth
plural līthath lithen
subjunctive present past
singular līthe lithe
plural līthe, līthen lithe, lithen
imperative present
singular līth
plural lītheth
participle present past
līthande elithen, lithen

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum:
    Mooring:
    Sylt:
    Wiedingharde:
  • Saterland Frisian: liede
  • West Frisian: lyen, lye, lit, lije

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Adjective

litha

  1. Alternative form of lethel

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 54