Lither Definition

Origin of Lither

• From Middle English lither, lyther, luther, lithere, lidder, from Old English lȳþre (“bad, wicked, base, mean, corrupt, wretched”), from Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“neglected, dissolute, useless, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leu- (“slack, limp”). Related to Old English loþrung (“delusion, rubbish, nonsense”), Old English loddere (“beggar”), Dutch lodder (“a wanton”), Dutch loddering (“drowsy, trifling, wanton”), German lotterig (“slovenly”), German lüderlich (“slovenly”), German liederlich (“dissolute”). See litherly.

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