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English
Etymology
A learned borrowing from Old English liþsmann (“seafarer, sailor, seaman; pirate”), related to Old Norse liðsmaðr.
Pronunciation
Noun
lithsman (plural lithsmen)
- (historical) A warrior-sailor during the rule of Danish kings of England (especially from Canute onwards).
1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 9:[H]e succeeded, by the help of the thanes north of Thames, and the lithsmen of London, which city was more than half Danish in those days, in setting his puppet on the throne.