lidderon

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)lew-“slack, limp”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*lūþrijaz“neglected, dissolute, useless, bad”
3. Old English · derived fromlȳþre“bad, wicked, base, mean, corrupt, wretched”
4. Middle English · inherited fromlidrone
5. English todaylidderon

From Middle English lidrone, from lidder, lither (“bad, wicked, false”), from Old English lȳþre (“bad, wicked, base, mean, corrupt, wretched”), from Proto-Germanic *lūþrijaz (“neglected, dissolute, useless, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“slack, limp”). More at lither.

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