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LYTEL

  • numeral
  • adjective
  • adverb
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LYTEL, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§132; §255; §276; §431; §445; §607; §639;
LITTLE
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  • Nú gyt is án lytel fyrst

    adhuc modicum,

    • Jn. Skt. 14, 19
      • .

  • Hwæt is ðæt líf elles búton lytelu ylding ðæs deáþes,

    • Blickl. Homl. 59, 27
      • .

  • Lytulu sprǽc,

    • Exon. 116 a
      • ;
    • Th. 445, 16
      • ;
    • Dóm. 8
      • .

  • Se lytla finger,

    • L. Alf. pol. 60
      • ;
    • Th. i. 96, 7
      • .

  • Lá lytle heord

    pusillus grex,

    • Lk. Skt. 12, 32
      • .

  • On swá lytlum fæce

    in such a little space,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1917
      • ;
    • El. 960
      • .

  • Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið alne ðone here lytle werede,

    • Chr. 871
      • ;
    • Erl. 76, 5
      • .

  • Lytle læs

    paulo minus,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 87
      • .

  • Lytle ǽr,

    • Elen. 1325
      • ;
    • El. 664
      • .

  • Lytle lengre ðonne seofon fóta,

    • Lchdm. iii. 220, 4
      • .

  • Lytle máre ðonne feówer,

    • 220, 12
      • .

  • Ðæt lytle ðæt hé erede, hé erede mid horsan,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 18, 15
      • .

  • Lytle hwíle sceolde hé his lífes niótan,

    • Cd. 24
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 486
      • .

  • Se lícette litlum and miclum, gumena gehwylcum,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 72
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 36.

  • On ǽlcum þingum ðe ðǽr unbecweden biþ, on bócum and on swylcum lytlum,

    • Chart. Th. 536. 26
      • .

  • On swíðe lytlon hiera hæfþ seó gecynd genóg

    paucis minimisque natura contenta est,

    • Bt. 14, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 42, 10
      • .

  • Ða lytlan

    parvulos,

    • Ps. Th. 114, 6
      • .

  • Lytlum

    by little, by degrees, in little pieces, a little at a time :--

  • Lytlum

    paulatim,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 30
      • .

  • Tóbrec hig lytlum

    divides eos minutatim,

    • Lev. 2, 6
      • .

  • Sele ðæt lytlum súpan,

    • L. M. 2, 52
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 270, 1
      • .

  • Hé gewýt swá lytlum and lytlum fram Gode

    so little by little he departs from God,

    • Ælfc. Gr. pref
      • ;
    • Som. 1, 35
      • :
    • Past. 39, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 283, 9
      • .

  • Ic geseah weaxende blósman litlum and litlum

    videbam crescere paulatim in gemmas,

    • Gen. 40, 10
      • .
  • [Goth. leitils; O. Sax. luttil: Icel. lítill: O. H. Ger. luzil, luzzil.]
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v.  lytlum litel.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “LYTEL.” 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/21979.

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