Ge-lytlian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-lytlian

Add :-- Gewanude vel gelytlade deminute, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 67. I. trans, (1) to make less than something else :-- Þú gelitludest hine lythwón lǽs fram englum minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis, Ps. L. 8, 6. (2) to mate less than before, to diminish, lessen, (a) with regard to number, size, & c. :-- Nýtenu heora hé ne gelitlode iumenta eorum non minorauit, Ps. L. 106, 38. Seó sunne wæs swelce heó wǽre eall gelytladu solis orbis minui visus est, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 158, 22. Líg byð gelytlud, áteorigendum holte flamma minuitur, deficiente silva, Scint. 56, 19. (b) in respect to quality, degree, & c. :-- Suá beóð monige lǽcedómas ðe sume ádle gelytliað and sume gestrongiað; suá eác hláf ðe strongra monna mægen gemiclað, hé gelytlað cilda medicamentum, quad hunc morbum imminuit, alteri vires jvngit; et panis, qui vitam fortium roborat, parvulorum necat, Past. 173, 22-175, I. (c) in respect to extent :-- Sóðfæstnes ys swýðe gelytlod diminutae sunt veritates, Ps. Th. ll, l. (3) to belittle, depreciate, make out a personto be inferior to the character claimed for him :-- Hé wolde gelitlian þone lifigendan Drihten, and sǽde ꝥ hé nǽre on sóðre godcundnesse his fæder gelíca, ac wǽre lǽsse on mihte, Ll. Th. ii. 374, r. II. intrans. To become little, decrease, run short :-- Gelytlade ðára farmana wín defecit nubtiarum uinum, Jrt. p. 1, 9. ge-lytlian