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lytlian

  • verb [ weak ]
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lytlian, p. ode
To make or to become little, to lessen, diminish
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  • Gidæfnaþ ðæt ih lytlige

    oportet me minui,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 30
      • .

  • Ðonne lytlaþ him se tóhopa ðe hé hæfde ðá hé synful wæs

    spem, quæ esse potuit de peccatore, subtraxit,

    • Past. 58, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 447, 14
      • .

  • Heorte sceal ðé cénre mód ðé máre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ

    heart shall the hardier be, courage the more, the fewer our forces,

    • Byrht. Th. 140, 65
      • .

  • Lytlaþ ðæt his anweald and écþ his ermþa

    it lessens his power, and increases his miseries,

    • Bt. 29, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 102, 19
      • .

  • Drenc ðe lytlaþ ða yfelan wǽtan,

    • L. M. 2, 59
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 282, 10
      • .

  • Ðonne lyttlaþ hé ðæt fæsten

    tunc breviabit jejunium,

    • L. Ecg. P. Add. 19
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 234, 18
      • .

  • Cristes lage wanedon and cyninges lage lytledon

    Christ's laws waned, and the king's laws were weakened,

    • L. Eth. ix. 37
      • ;
    • Th. i. 348, 19
      • .

  • Lytligen ða grambǽran hiera gedréfednesse

    damnent iracundi perturbationem,

    • Past. 40, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 291, 2
      • .

  • Willflód ongan lytligan,

    • Cd. 71
      • ;
    • Th. 85, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 1413
      • .

  • Hý mon sceal lytlian

    they shall be lessened,

    • L. M. 2, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 178, 12
      • .

  • Se ðe hit þence tó litlianne, gelitlige hine God elmihtig hér on worulde,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 171, 21
      • .

  • Biþ se ece litliende [litligende, MS. B],

    • Herb. 3, 3, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 88, 2, 7
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/21999.

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