Lithe
Lithe (līt) , verb, transitive and intransitive
[Icel hlȳea. See Listen.]
To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obsolete] — P. Plowman
Lithe , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon līee, for linee tender, mild, gentle; akin to German lind, gelind, Old High German lindi, Icelandic linr, Latin lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and Anglo-Saxon linnan to yield. Compare Lenient.]
1.
Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obsolete]
2.
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. — Milton
Lithe , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon līeian. See Lithe, a.]
To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obsolete]