▪ I. † ythe Obs.
Forms: 1–2 yþ, 2 uþe, 3 uðe, 4–5 yþe, 5 ythe, ithe.
[OE. {yacu}þ str. fem., also {yacu}þe wk. fem. = OS. ūðia, OHG. undea, unda (MHG. unde, ünde), ON. unnr, uðr.]
A wave of the sea.
| Beowulf 1918 Þy læs hym yða ðrym wudu wynsuman for⁓wrecan meahte. a 1000 Andreas 466 Mere sweoðerade, yða onᵹin eft oncyrde. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 Innan þan sea weren .vii. bittere uþe. c 1205 Lay. 4578 Þe wind com on weðere and þa sæ he wraðede; vðen þer urnen. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 147 Hit reled on round vpon þe roȝe yþes. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 63 Carrygis comand he knew keruand þe ithis. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1992 So wode were the waghes & þe wilde ythes. 14.. Siege Jerus. (E.E.T.S.) 3/50 Myd þe grym yþes. |
▪ II. ythe (yþe)
obs. f. eath a., easy; var. i-thee v.