Lítill
Old Icelandic Dictionary - lítillMeaning of Old Icelandic word "lítill" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
lítill Old Icelandic word can mean:
- lítill
- (lítil, lítit), a.
- lítill
- 1) little, small in size (lét hann læsa þá í ~i stofu); at ek var ekki l. maðr vexti, that I was not small of stature;
- lítill
- 2) small in amount, degree, etc. (lítil var gleði manna at boðinu); sumar þetta var l. grasvöxtr, a small (bad) crop; landit er skarpt ok lítit matland, bad for foraging; hann er l. blótmaðr, no great worshipper; þat er lítit mál, that is a small matter; var hans móðerni lítit, of low rank; jarl hafði hann lengi lítinn mann gört, treated him shabbily; l. fyrir sér, of little account (þér munut kalla mik lítinn mann fyrir mér);
- lítill
- 3) of time, short, brief; litla stund, for a short while; litlu siðarr, a little while after.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛏᛁᛚᛚ
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