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8. Skeir. VI, a; afar leitil, after
a while, a little after; Mt. 26,
73. Mk. 14, 70; nauh leitil or
leitil nauh, yet a little while;
Jo. 14, 19. 16, 16; leitil lua, a
little; II Cor. 11, 1. 16; w. a,
superl. meaning: very little, the
least; Mt. 25, 45. Lu. 16, 10.
19, 17; w. a partit. gen.; I
Cor. 5, 6. Gal. 5, 9; used ad-
verbially; Mk. 1, 19. Lu. 5, 3.
I Tim. 5, 23; leitil galaubjands,
one of little faith; Mt. 6, 30. 8,
26; w. a follg. instr., as wahs-
tau, of stature; Lu. 19, 3. [Cf.
O. E. lytel (Concerning- the re-
lation between the ei of Goth.
leitils and the j of O. E. lytil,
etc., s. P., Beitr., VI, p. 245),
inû. lytl-, Mdl. E. litel, infi. litl-,
littl-, Mdn. E. little, O. N. lítill,
O. S. luttil, O. H. G. luzzil, M.
H. G. liizzel, liitzel, N. H. G.
lûtzel (dial, and in pr. n., as
Liitzelsachseii), little. From
root lút; s. liuts.]
*leiþan, st. v. (172, n. 1),togo.
Compds. (a) af-1., to go away,
depart; Mt. 9, 24. 27, 5. Lu.
20, 9. 20; folld. by af w. dat.;
Mk. 1, 42. Lu. 5, 13; or ana
w. ace.; Lu. 5, 16; or du w.
dat.; Mk. 3, 7; or faírra w.
dat,; Mt. 7, 23. Lu. 4, 42; or
in w. ace.; Lu. 15, 13; afl. al-
jaþ, to go away; Mk. 12, 1.
(b) bi-1., to leave, forsake, (1)
w. dat.; Mt. 27, 46. Mk. 10, 7.
12, 19. 20. 21. 22. 14, 52. 15,
34. Lu. 5, 28. Jo. 8, 29. 10,
12. II Tirn. 4, 10. 16. Tit. 1, 5;



		leisei—leiþan.
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			8. Skeir. VI, a; afar leitil, after a while, a little after; Mt. 26, 73. Mk. 14, 70; nauh leitil or leitil nauh, yet a little while; Jo. 14, 19. 16, 16; leitil lua, a little; II Cor. 11, 1. 16; w. a, superl. meaning: very little, the least; Mt. 25, 45. Lu. 16, 10. 19, 17; w. a partit. gen.; I Cor. 5, 6. Gal. 5, 9; used ad- verbially; Mk. 1, 19. Lu. 5, 3. I Tim. 5, 23; leitil galaubjands, one of little faith; Mt. 6, 30. 8, 26; w. a follg. instr., as wahs- tau, of stature; Lu. 19, 3. [Cf. O. E. lytel (Concerning- the re- lation between the ei of Goth. leitils and the j of O. E. lytil, etc., s. P., Beitr., VI, p. 245), inû. lytl-, Mdl. E. litel, infi. litl-, littl-, Mdn. E. little, O. N. lítill, O. S. luttil, O. H. G. luzzil, M. H. G. liizzel, liitzel, N. H. G. lûtzel (dial, and in pr. n., as Liitzelsachseii), little. From root lút; s. liuts.] leiþan, st. v.* (172, n. 1),togo. Compds. (a) af-1., to go away, depart; Mt. 9, 24. 27, 5. Lu. 20, 9. 20; folld. by af w. dat.; Mk. 1, 42. Lu. 5, 13; or ana w. ace.; Lu. 5, 16; or du w. dat.; Mk. 3, 7; or faírra w. dat,; Mt. 7, 23. Lu. 4, 42; or in w. ace.; Lu. 15, 13; afl. al- jaþ, to go away; Mk. 12, 1. (b) bi-1., to leave, forsake, (1) w. dat.; Mt. 27, 46. Mk. 10, 7. 12, 19. 20. 21. 22. 14, 52. 15, 34. Lu. 5, 28. Jo. 8, 29. 10, 12. II Tirn. 4, 10. 16. Tit. 1, 5;
posed that this verb meant 'to go, travel', whence lais, / know, I have found out, experienced, lit. 'have passed through'; s. laists, galaista, laistjan. — To the pret. partic., lisans, answers the stem of O. E.* leornian (=Goth. lisnôn; the r from s=z, by rotacism; eo fore, by breaking), to learn, Mdl. E. lerne, Mdn. E. learn, O. 8. lînôn, O. H. G. lirnen, M. H. G. leriien, to learn, teach (rare, and by confusion with lêreri; com p. Mdn. E. learned, prop, pret. partic., for Mdl. E. lêred, learned, from lêre, to teach; s. laisjan), N. H. G. lernen, to learn. — From root lis, to go, which also occurs in O. E. leoran, to go; in N. H. G. gleise, geleise, n., track; and in Lt. lira, furrow, whence delirus (de, from), silly, crazy, lit. going out of the furrow, whence delirium, madness, whence Mdn. E. delirium and the adj. delirious. — Com p. also leis, lists.] leisei, f., experience, in lubja-leisei. — From leis, q. v.* leitan (7, n. 2); B. lêtan. leitils, adj. (138), little, short; Mk. 9, 42. Lu. 7, 49. Jo. 6, 7. 7, 33. II Cor. 8, 15. Eph. 3, 3; leitil mêl, or simply leitil, a little while; Jo. 12, 35. 13, 33. 16, 16. 17. 18. 19; du leitilam-ma mêla, for a short time, a little while; Skeir. IV, b; du leitilai Iveilai, th. s.; II Cor. 7,