A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1500
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Litil-, Littilnes, n. [ME. litilnesse, lytylnes (1388), OE. lýtelnes.] Small size, smallness. —c1500 Crying of Play 83.
My fader … Out of that wyfis wame was schorne For litilnes [B. littilnes] scho was forlorne Sic a kempe to beire