Definition of "lythe" [lythe]

• Soft; flexible (adjective)

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• "I may be nearly 6 foot but am not a model-sized woman, and even us tall and sup­pos­edly “lythe” or “slim and sexy” women have major insecurities."
• "We caught between us about twenty pounds of cod and lythe, and out in that dancing blue sea I took a cheerier view of things."
• "Ther lythe Thobye the prophete, of whom Holy Writt spekethe offe."