lítt

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• IPA^(key): /liht/

  Rhymes: -iht

lítt (comparative miður, superlative minnst)

1. little, not very

   Móðir hans var lítt hrifin.

   His mother was not very pleased.

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lítt (comparative minnr or miðr, superlative minnst)

1. little, not very

   ek kann lítt til laga

   I know but little of the law

2. wretchedly, poorly, badly
3. (comparative degree) less
4. (comparative degree, with dative) without

   hann er lífi minnr

   he is without his life; he is lifeless, dead

5. (superlative degree) least

• lítill (adjective)

• “lítt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “minnr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “minnst”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press