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ˈleathwake, a. Obs. exc. north. dial.
Forms: 1 liðe-, leoðuwác, 4 leothewok, 5 lith-, lythewayke, 6 leath(i)e we(a)ke, lyeth-waike, leithweik, 7 leeth-, lieth-, 9 dial. leathwake.
[OE. liðewác, leoðuwác, f. lið, leoðu limb, lith n. + wác soft, pliant: see weak a.]
Having the joints flexible; hence gen. pliant, soft.
c1000Endowments Men 84 in Exeter Bk. 298 Sum bið..for gum-þeᵹnum leoht and leoþu-wac. c1330Rel. Ant. II. 229 Ther oure body is leothe-wok, ȝyf strengthe vrom above. 1483Cath. Angl. 218/2 Lithwayke, flexibilis. 1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 129 A fedder is fit for a shafte..bycause it is leathe weake to giue place to the bowe. Ibid. 139 Waxe taketh printe whan it is warme and leathie weke. 1593Anc. Monum. Rites Durham (Surtees) 55 He [St. Cuthbert] was taken out of the ground..lying like to a man sleping, being found saife and uncorrupted and lyeth-waike. 1674Ray N.C. Words 30 Leethwake, limber, pliable. 1788W. Marshall Yorksh. II. 339 Leathwake, lithe, weak, flexible, limber, feeble; as a hair, a thread, an ozier twig, or an angling rod. 1828Carr Craven Dial., Leathe-wake, supple in the joints.
Hence † ˈleathwakeness.
1548R. Hutten Sum of Divinity S i a, [Attributes of a glorified body] Leithweiknes & quicknes or redines. |