Lither \Li"ther\ (l[imac]"[th][~e]r), a. [AS. l[=y][eth]er bad, wicked.]

Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.]

--Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp. Woolton. [1913 Webster]

Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IV. VII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.]

. -- Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Lither \Li"ther\, a. [AS. ? bad, wicked.]

Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp. Woolton.

Note: Professor Skeat thinks `` the lither sky'' as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.]

. -- Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)