† aliteadv.

Forms: see a adj. and lite n.⁴

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a adj., lite n.⁴

Etymology: < a adj. + lite n.⁴ Compare lite n.⁴ 1c.

Obsolete.

A little; to a small extent; somewhat.

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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 101 Ȝef awint blaweð alute towart us.

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 763 (MED) Oft spet wel alute liste Þar muche strengþe sholde miste.

c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1930 Alute bifore Cristes masse to the King hi come.

?a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Harl. 3943) (1883) iii. l. 1568 O ho seeþ [he] ȝou knoweþ ȝou but a lite.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 621 (MED) Benis bake alite [L. Faba leuiter torrefacta] his loue abateth.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxx^v Fortune, whiche sharpe was with stormys not alyte.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. l. 1872 Anone his bak alyte he wryit, To pas away.

1600 T. Hudson in R. Allott Englands Parnassus 401 Such stately knees as when they bend alite, All knees doe bend and bow with strange delight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alite
释义	† aliteadv. Forms: see a adj. and lite n.⁴ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a adj., lite n.⁴ Etymology: < a adj. + lite n.⁴ Compare lite n.⁴ 1c. Obsolete. A little; to a small extent; somewhat. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 101 Ȝef awint blaweð alute towart us. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 763 (MED) Oft spet wel alute liste Þar muche strengþe sholde miste. c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1930 Alute bifore Cristes masse to the King hi come. ?a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Harl. 3943) (1883) iii. l. 1568 O ho seeþ [he] ȝou knoweþ ȝou but a lite. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 621 (MED) Benis bake alite [L. Faba leuiter torrefacta] his loue abateth. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxx^v Fortune, whiche sharpe was with stormys not alyte. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. l. 1872 Anone his bak alyte he wryit, To pas away. 1600 T. Hudson in R. Allott Englands Parnassus 401 Such stately knees as when they bend alite, All knees doe bend and bow with strange delight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.?c1225
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