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lyt-hwón

  • adverb
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lyt-hwón, subst. and adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
A little [space, time, quantity]
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  • Meng lythwón wið hunig

    mix a little with honey,

    • L. M. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 22, 20
    • .
  • Lythw-on becom cwicera tó cýððe

    few living reached their country,

    • Judth. 12
    • ;
    • Thw. 26, 5
    • ;
    • Jud. 311
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 284
    • ;
    • El. 142
    • .
  • Ðá hé wæs lythwón ðanon ágán

    progressus pusillum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 39
    • :
    • Mk. Skt. 14, 35
    • .
  • Hé his eágan lythwón fram ðære eorþan up áhóf,

    • Glostr. Frag. 104, 13
    • .
  • Ðara ðe lythwon réccaþ embe bóca beboda,

    • L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 34
    • :
    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 200
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 408
    • ;
    • B. 203
    • .
  • Ne lythwón

    not a little,

    • Exon. 38 a
    • ;
    • Th. 125, 32
    • ;
    • Gl. 363
    • .
  • Ðá geswígode heó lythwón

    parumper reticuit,

    • Bd. 4, 9
    • ;
    • S. 577, 22
    • .
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v. lyt.
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v.  hwón.
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