lithsman

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A warrior-sailor during the rule of Danish kings of England (especially from Canute onwards). historical
    — [H]e succeeded, by the help of the thanes north of Thames, and the lithsmen of London, which city was more than half Danish in those days, in setting his puppet on the throne.

词形变化

lithsmen plural

词源

A learned borrowing from Old English liþsmann (“seafarer, sailor, seaman; pirate”), related to Old Norse liðsmaðr.
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