Obs. Forms: 1–2 yþ, 2 uþe, 3 uðe, 4–5 yþe, 5 ythe, ithe. [OE. ýþ str. fem., also ýþe wk. fem. = OS. ūðia, OHG. undea, unda (MHG. unde, ünde), ON. unnr, uðr.] A wave of the sea.
Beowulf, 1918. Þy læs hym yða ðrym wudu wynsuman forwrecan meahte.
a. 1000. Andreas, 466. Mere sweoðerade, yða onʓin eft oncyrde.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 43. Innan þan sea weren .vii. bittere uþe.
c. 1205. Lay., 4578. Þe wind com on weðere and þa sæ he wraðede; vðen þer urnen.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., C. 147. Hit reled on round vpon þe roȝe yþes.
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 63. Carrygis comand he knew keruand þe ithis.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 1992. So wode were the waghes & þe wilde ythes.
14[?]. Siege Jerus. (E.E.T.S.), 3/50. Myd þe grym yþes.
