LÍÐ
nafnorðhvorugkyn
n., not lið. see the cognate words: [Ulf. leiþus = σίκερα, Luke i. 15; A. S. and Hel. lîð; O. H. G. lîdu; mid. H. G. lît; it remains in many provinc. Germ. words,—leit-haus = an ale-house, a tavern; leit-geber = an ale-house keeper; leit-geben = to keep an ale-house; leit-kauf = earnest money, see Schmeller’s Bayrisches Wörterbuch s. v. lit]:—cider, Germ. obstwein; líð heitir öl, Edda 110; drekka líð, Fms. vi. 439 (in a verse); Hárs líð, the ale of Odin = poetry, Ht.; Yggs líð, id., Kormak. The word hardly occurs in prose, and is obsolete.