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† litlum, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 lýtl-, lítlum, lítlan, 3 lutlen, 4 lytul-, litel-, lutlum, 4–5 litlum.
[OE. lýtlum, dat. pl. neut. of lýtel little, used advb.]
Little by little, gradually: chiefly repeated. litlum and litlum; also (rarely) by litlum.
c1000ælfric Gram. xxxviii. (Z.) 228 Paulatim, lytlum. c1000ælfric Gen. xl. 10 Ic ᵹeseah þær on weaxende blosman litlum and litlum. a1123O.E. Chron. an. 1110 (Laud MS.) Syððan litlan and litlan his leoht wanode. c1205Lay. 3569 Makie him god baid..& him blod lete lutlen [c 1275 lutel] and ofte. a1225St. Marher. 12 Þat liht alei lutlen ant lutlen. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 599 Lere hem litlum & lytlum [1393 C. xviii. 320 lytulum and lytulum; v. rr. lit(e)lum and lit(e)lum, litel and (bi) litel]. a1380St. Ambrose 533 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 16 A schort fuir..lutlum and lutlum In to his mouþ crep hole and sum. c1425St. Mary of Oignies i. vi. in Anglia VIII. 139/9 Hee þat rekkiþ not smale thinges falliþ doune by litlum. |