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† litheby, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 liþebiᵹ(e, 3 leoðebeie, leþebei.
[OE. leoþu-bíᵹe, liþebíᵹe:—pre-Engl. *liþubaugjo-, f. liþu- lith n.1 + *baugjo-, f. root of bow v.]
Supple-jointed, lissome.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 152 Þa wearð þæt haliᵹe lic hal on eorðan ᵹemet,..liðe biᵹe on limum. a1225St. Marher. 16 Sei me seli meiden hwonne is te ileanet i þine leoðebeie limen so stalewurðe strencðe. a1275Prov. ælfred 692 in O.E. Misc. 138 Þe lonke mon is leþe bei. |