Obs. [OE. hliþ neut.:—OTeut. type *hliþom, f. root *hlĭ- (see LEAN v.1, LADDER):—pre-Teut. *klei-; cf. the ablaut var. ON. hlíð of the same meaning.] A slope.
Beowulf (Z.), 1893. No he mid hearme of hliðes nosan gæstas grette.
a. 1000. Andreas, 847 (Gr.). Fore burʓʓeatum beorʓas steape, hleoðu hlifodon.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 117. Þere weren men of eche londe þat is under heuene liðe.
c. 1205. Lay., 32219. Ȝeond wudes & ȝeond liðen.
[1789. White, Selborne (1853), 171. A steep abrupt pasture-field … known by the name of Short Lithe. Ibid. Steep pastures are called the Lithe.]
