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lyt

  • noun
  • adjective
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Grammar
lyt, indecl. used as subst. adj. and adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§556;
Few, little
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  • Ðæra is nú tó lyt ðe wile wel tǽcan

    there are now too few of those that will teach well,

    • Homl. Th. i. 6, 22
      • .

  • Ðæra biþ ealles tó lyt, ðe hé ne beswíce,

    • Wulfst. 97, 7
      • .

  • Is swíðe lyt manna ðæt ne sý mid ðǽm sumum besmiten

    there are very few men that are not defiled with some of them,

    • L. E. I. 31
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 428, 4
      • .

  • Wóp wæs wíde, worulddreáma lyt,

    • Cd. 144
      • ;
    • Th. 180, 9
      • ;
    • Exod. 42
      • .

  • Ðé eádes tó lyt þuhte,

    • Exon. 28 a
      • ;
    • Th. 86, 1
      • ;
    • Cri. 1401
      • .

  • Wergendra tó lyt þrong ymbe þeóden,

    • Beo. Th. 5758
      • ;
    • B. 2882
      • .

  • Ðæt lyt manna þáh

    it succeeded with few,

    • 5665
      • ;
    • B. 2836
      • .

  • Hé on folce lyt freónda hæfde.

    • Cd. 124
      • ;
    • Th. 158, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 2626
      • .

  • Cyning hæfde wígena tó lyt,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 126
      • ;
    • El. 63
      • .

  • Hé mid lyt wordum ac geleáffullum his hǽle begeat

    he obtained his salvation with words few but full of faith,

    • Dóm. L. 6, 61
      • .

  • Ne sceal hé tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan

    he shall not be too sparing of thanks for their alms,

    • Blickl. Homl. 43, 13
      • .

  • Forðon hé lyt genihtsumede on smeáwunge and on leornunge háligra gewrita hé ðý má mid his handum wonn and worhte

    nam quo minus sufficiebat meditationi scripturarum, eo amplius operi manuum studium impendebat,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 567, 29
      • .

  • Hé lyt ongeat ðæt him swá earme gelamp.

    • Cd. 76
      • ;
    • Th. 94, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 1566
      • .

  • Ðæt eów swá lyt gespeów,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2688
      • ;
    • An. 1346
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. lut (werodes).
]
Linked entries
v.  lyt-hwón.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lyt.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21977.

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  • lyt, n.; adj.

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