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un-lytel

  • adjective
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un-lytel, adj.
of size, extent, not little, great
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  • Wé magon tócnáwan be hyre leóman ðæt seó sunne unlytel is,

    • Lchdm, iii. 236, 11.

  • Wolcen unlytel,

    • Ps. Th, 77, 16.

  • Unlytel dǽl foldan,

    • Cd. Th. 154, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 2550.

  • Unlytel dǽl eorþan gesceafta,

    • 97, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 1614.

  • Unlytel leádes clympre,

    • Exon. Th. 426, 17
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 75.

  • Hé geseah sweras unlytle,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2985
      • ;
    • An. 1495.
of quantity, amount, number, not little, not few in number, much
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  • Tó miclum bryne sceal wæter unlytel,

    • Wulfst. 157, 9.

  • Menigo, folc unlytel,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1740
      • ;
    • El. 872: 565
      • ;
    • El. 283: Andr. Kmbl. 2542
      • ;
    • An. 1272: Beo. Th. 1000
      • ;
    • B. 498.

  • Se eorl com mid unlytlan weorode,

    • Chr. 1068
      • ;
    • Erl. 206, 10.

  • Mycel feoh and unlytel

    summam pecuniae non parvam,

    • Bd. 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 579, 20: 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 571, 35.

  • Micle lác and unlytle ælmessan,

    • Wulfst. 278, 5.

  • Ic him gestrýnde unlytel folc,

    • Homl. Th. i. 592, 31.

  • Hyre wer lǽfde unlytle ǽhta on lande and on feó,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 2, 155.
of quality, degree, not little, great,
of persons
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  • Hé ðúhte him selfum suíðe unlytel and suíðe medeme

    se parvulum non videbat,

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 113, 12.
of things
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  • Storm, cirm unlytel,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2476
      • ;
    • An. 1239.

  • Dóm unlytel,

    • Beo. Th. 1775
      • ;
    • B. 885: Apstls. Kmbl. 16
      • ;
    • Ap. 8.

  • Wundor unlytel,

    • Cd. Th. 250, 26
      • ;
    • Dan. 522.

  • Unlytel spell

    a tale of serious import,

    • 145, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 2405.

  • Torn unlytel,

    • Beo. Th. 1670
      • ;
    • B. 833.

  • Wundur unlytel

    mirabilia,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 5.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. ú-lítill.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-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/33513.

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