† litlumadv.

Forms: Old English lýtlum, lítlum, lítlan, Middle English lutlen, Middle English lytulum, litelum, lutlum, Middle English litlum.

Etymology: Old English lýtlum , dative plural neuter of lýtel little adj., pron., n., and adv., used adverbially.

Obsolete.

Little by little, gradually: chiefly repeated. litlum and litlum; also (rarely) by litlum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > gradually or in stages

litlumc1000

stoundmealc1000

littlemeala1382

soakinglyc1386

inchmeal1548

gradately1599

gradually1646

gradatively1818

gradationally1864

c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xxxviii. 228 Paulatim, lytlum.

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xl. 10 Ic geseah þær on weaxende blosman litlum and litlum.

a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1110 (Laud) Syððan litlan and litlan his leoht wanode.

a1225 St. Marher. 12 Þat liht alei lutlen ant lutlen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1782 Makie him god baid..& him blod lete lutlen [c1300 Otho lutel] and ofte.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 599 Lere hem litlum & lytlum [1393 C. xviii. 320 lytulum and lytulum; v.rr. lit(e)lum and lit(e)lum, litel and (bi) litel].

a1380 St. Ambrose 533 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 16 A schort fuir..lutlum and lutlum In to his mouþ crep hole and sum.

c1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in Anglia VIII. 139/9 Hee þat rekkiþ not smale thinges falliþ doune by litlum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	litlum
释义	† litlumadv. Forms: Old English lýtlum, lítlum, lítlan, Middle English lutlen, Middle English lytulum, litelum, lutlum, Middle English litlum. Etymology: Old English lýtlum , dative plural neuter of lýtel little adj., pron., n., and adv., used adverbially. Obsolete. Little by little, gradually: chiefly repeated. litlum and litlum; also (rarely) by litlum. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > gradually or in stages litlumc1000 stoundmealc1000 littlemeala1382 soakinglyc1386 inchmeal1548 gradately1599 gradually1646 gradatively1818 gradationally1864 c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xxxviii. 228 Paulatim, lytlum. c1000 Ælfric Genesis xl. 10 Ic geseah þær on weaxende blosman litlum and litlum. a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1110 (Laud) Syððan litlan and litlan his leoht wanode. a1225 St. Marher. 12 Þat liht alei lutlen ant lutlen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1782 Makie him god baid..& him blod lete lutlen [c1300 Otho lutel] and ofte. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 599 Lere hem litlum & lytlum [1393 C. xviii. 320 lytulum and lytulum; v.rr. lit(e)lum and lit(e)lum, litel and (bi) litel]. a1380 St. Ambrose 533 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 16 A schort fuir..lutlum and lutlum In to his mouþ crep hole and sum. c1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in Anglia VIII. 139/9 Hee þat rekkiþ not smale thinges falliþ doune by litlum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.c1000
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