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ge-lytlian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Gewanude vel gelytlade

    deminute,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 67.
  • I. trans,
to make less than something else
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  • Þú gelitludest hine lythwón lǽs fram englum

    minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis,

      Ps. L. 8, 6.
to mate less than before,
to diminish, lessen,
with regard to number, size, & c.
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  • Nýtenu heora hé ne gelitlode

    iumenta eorum non minorauit,

      Ps. L. 106, 38.

  • Seó sunne wæs swelce heó wǽre eall gelytladu

    solis orbis minui visus est,

      Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 158, 22.

  • Líg byð gelytlud, áteorigendum holte

    flamma minuitur, deficiente silva,

      Scint. 56, 19.
in respect to quality, degree, & c.
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  • Suá beóð monige lǽcedómas ðe sume ádle gelytliað and sume gestrongiað; suá eác hláf ðe strongra monna mægen gemiclað, hé gelytlað cilda

    medicamentum, quad hunc morbum imminuit, alteri vires jvngit; et panis, qui vitam fortium roborat, parvulorum necat,

      Past. 173, 22-175, I.
in respect to extent
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  • Sóðfæstnes ys swýðe gelytlod diminutae sunt veritates, Ps. Th. ll, l.
to belittle, depreciate, make out a person
to be inferior to the character claimed for him
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  • Hé wolde gelitlian þone lifigendan Drihten, and sǽde ꝥ hé nǽre on sóðre godcundnesse his fæder gelíca, ac wǽre lǽsse on mihte,

      Ll. Th. ii. 374, r.
intrans.
To become little, decrease, run short
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  • Gelytlade ðára farmana wín

    defecit nubtiarum uinum,

      Jrt. p. 1, 9.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lytlian.” 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/48764.

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