Ge-lytlian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-lytlian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-litlian;

ge-lytlian
p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To diminish, lessen, humble; mĭnuĕre, hŭmĭliāre :-- Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ǽlc man gelyttaþ oððe forhealdeþ every almsright every man lessens or withholds, Swt. Rdr. 106, 59. Ealle hire wæstmbǽro he gelytlade he lessened all her [the earth's] fruitfulness, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 8. Mín líf gelytlad is hŭmĭliāvit vītam meam, Ps. Th. 142, 3. ge-lytlian
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