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lytig

  • adjective
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lytig, lyteg; adj.
Cunning, astute, sly, artful, crafty, wily
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  • Litig

    procax,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 48
    • .
  • Se lytega sǽtere

    seductor callidus,

    • Past. 65, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 463, 11
    • .
  • Hú manega costunga ðæs lytegan feóndes

    quanta hostis callidi tentamenta,

    • 21, 5
    • ;
    • Swt. 161, 18
    • .
  • Forðæm him

    [a simple person]

    is micle iéðre tó gestíganne on ðone ryhtán wísdóm, ðonne ðæm lytegan síe tó anbúganne, for ðæm ðe hé biþ ǽr upáhæfen for his lotwrencium,

    • 30, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 203, 18
    • .
  • Marius ðone consul á swá lytigne swá hé wæs

    Marii consulis, qui non minore pene quam ipse præditus erat astutia,

    • Ors. 5, 7
    • ;
    • Swt. 228, 32
    • .
  • Ðone leásan lytegan ðú scealt hatan fox

    insidiator occultis surripuisse fraudibus gaudet? vulpeculis exaequetur,

    • Bt. 37, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 192, 17
    • .
  • On leásungem lytige

    in mendaciis vafri,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 29
    • .
  • Ða lytegan

    sapientes hujus seculi,

    • Past. 30, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 203, 6, 24
    • :
    • 205, 3
    • .
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v.  letig lot lyteg.
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  • lytig, adj.