leathwakeadj.

Forms: Old English liðe-, leoðuwác, Middle English leothewok, Middle English lithewayke, lythewayke, 1500s leath(i)e we(a)ke, lyeth-waike, leithweik, 1600s leeth-, lieth-, 1800s dialect leathwake.

Etymology: Old English liðewác , leoðuwác , < lið, leoðu limb, lith n.¹ + wác soft, pliant: see weak adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈleathwake.

Obsolete exc. northern dialect.

Having the joints flexible; hence gen. pliant, soft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective]

leathwakec1000

lithebyc1000

starka1275

stiffc1305

standing1340

bainc1440

waldinc1485

resolveda1500

supplea1500

lash1513

limber1582

sagging1599

laxed1623

unslakeda1625

laxated1652

springy1674

gangling1764

lithesome1768

swack1768

unslackened1770

lissoma1800

wandle1803

loose-limbed1823

loose1846

unslacked1848

saggy1853

loose-jointed1859

loose-hung1869

gangly1871

c1000 Endowments Men 84 in Exeter Bk. 298 Sum bið..for gum-þegnum leoht and leoþu-wac.

c1330 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 229 Ther oure body is leothe-wok, ȝyf strengthe vrom above.

1483 Cath. Angl. 218/2 Lithwayke, flexibilis.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 15^v A fedder is fit for a shafte..bycause it is leathe weake to giue place to the bowe.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 22 Waxe taketh printe whan it is warme, & leathie weke.

c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 55 He [St. Cuthbert] was taken out of the ground..lying like to a man sleping, being found saife and uncorrupted and lyeth-waike.

1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 30 Leethwake, limber, pliable.

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 339 Leathwake, lithe, weak, flexible, limber, feeble; as a hair, a thread, an ozier twig, or an angling-rod.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Leathe-wake, supple in the joints.

Derivatives

† ˈleathwakeness n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [noun]

starknessOE

lithenessa1464

mobility1528

leathwakeness1548

stiffness1552

supplement1583

suppleness1603

spring1641

limber1786

lubricity1809

limberness1835

lissomness1857

1548 R. Hutten tr. J. Spangenberg Sum of Diuinitie sig. Sj [Attributes of a glorified body] Leithweiknes & quicknes or redines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	leathwake
释义	leathwakeadj. Forms: Old English liðe-, leoðuwác, Middle English leothewok, Middle English lithewayke, lythewayke, 1500s leath(i)e we(a)ke, lyeth-waike, leithweik, 1600s leeth-, lieth-, 1800s dialect leathwake. Etymology: Old English liðewác , leoðuwác , < lið, leoðu limb, lith n.¹ + wác soft, pliant: see weak adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈleathwake. Obsolete exc. northern dialect. Having the joints flexible; hence gen. pliant, soft. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective] leathwakec1000 lithebyc1000 starka1275 stiffc1305 standing1340 bainc1440 waldinc1485 resolveda1500 supplea1500 lash1513 limber1582 sagging1599 laxed1623 unslakeda1625 laxated1652 springy1674 gangling1764 lithesome1768 swack1768 unslackened1770 lissoma1800 wandle1803 loose-limbed1823 loose1846 unslacked1848 saggy1853 loose-jointed1859 loose-hung1869 gangly1871 c1000 Endowments Men 84 in Exeter Bk. 298 Sum bið..for gum-þegnum leoht and leoþu-wac. c1330 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 229 Ther oure body is leothe-wok, ȝyf strengthe vrom above. 1483 Cath. Angl. 218/2 Lithwayke, flexibilis. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 15^v A fedder is fit for a shafte..bycause it is leathe weake to giue place to the bowe. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 22 Waxe taketh printe whan it is warme, & leathie weke. c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 55 He [St. Cuthbert] was taken out of the ground..lying like to a man sleping, being found saife and uncorrupted and lyeth-waike. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 30 Leethwake, limber, pliable. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 339 Leathwake, lithe, weak, flexible, limber, feeble; as a hair, a thread, an ozier twig, or an angling-rod. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Leathe-wake, supple in the joints. Derivatives † ˈleathwakeness n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [noun] starknessOE lithenessa1464 mobility1528 leathwakeness1548 stiffness1552 supplement1583 suppleness1603 spring1641 limber1786 lubricity1809 limberness1835 lissomness1857 1548 R. Hutten tr. J. Spangenberg Sum of Diuinitie sig. Sj [Attributes of a glorified body] Leithweiknes & quicknes or redines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.c1000
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