▪ I. lethe, a. Obs. rare.
Also 5 leyth.
[Of obscure origin: perh. shortened from lethy, lithy, or from leathwake.]
Flexible, supple.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 302/1 Lethy, or weyke (S. leyth), flexibilis. 1530 Palsgr. 317/1 Lethe delyver of ones lymmes, souple. |
▪ II. lethe
obs. form of leath.