lyt
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
lyt
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
lȳt
- little, few
- (in compounds) inferior, subordinate
- lȳtle ― female slave
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
lȳt ? (indeclinable)
- little, few, a few (substantive use of the adverb)
- Ðæra is nu to lyt ðe wile wel tæcan
- There are now too few that can teach well.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface"
- Ure Drihten bebead his discipulum þæt hí sceoldon læran and tæcan eallum þeodum ða ðing þe he sylf him tæhte; ac þæra is nu to lyt ðe wile wel tæcan and wel bysnian.
- Our Lord commanded his disciples that they should instruct and teach all people the things which he had himself taught to them; but of those there are too few who will well teach and well exemplify.