Lytel and muche loueden þe For þy goodnesse and þy beaute.
Of the Proctour of Arches that had the lytel wyfe.
Whan he had gone a lytel farther, the thyrde man mette hym, and sayde: Jesu!
Lytel he waes gesewen, fordhan dhe he wolde gefeccan tha lytlan, and gebringan up to his rice.
Se dhegen him andwyrde, "Waclic bidh him swa lytel to sendenne; ac genim feower scrud and twa pund.
Lytel he waes dhaer gesewen, ac dheah-hwaedhere he waes swidhe micel and ormaete.
The "Lytel Geste of Robyn Hode" was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1489.
Forth then stert Lytel Johan, 25 Half in tray and tene, And gyrde hym with a full good swerde, Under a mantel of grene.
Now is Lytel Johan the sheryffes man, God gyve us well to spede, But alway thought Lytell Johan To quyte hym well his mede.
It befell upon a Wednesday, 45 The sheryfe on hontynge was gone, And Lytel Johan lay in his bed, And was foryete at home.
They made the monke to washe and wype, 105 And syt at his denere, Robyn Hode and Lytel Johan They served him bothe in fere.
I trowe þat we sholden first enquere forto witen yif þat any swiche manere goode as þilke goode þat þou hast diffinissed a lytel her byforne.
Certis eke þat is a ful lytelgoode þat is born wiþ euene hert[e] whan it is loost.
Maria Egyptiaca Eet in thyrty wynter Bote thre lytel loves, And love was her souel.
And at the londes ende lath A little crom-bolle, 870 And theron lay a lytel chylde Lapped in cloutes, And tweyne of tweie yeres olde Opon another syde.
And from Jaffe men goon to the cytee of Rames: and that ys but lytel thenne, and hyt is a fayre cytee.
And thare fore I telle you schorttely, how a man may goon with lytel costage and schortte tyme.
Thys ys a ful ille lande, and a sondye, and wel lytelfruyt beryng.
For thare groweth lytel goude of corne or wyn, ne benes ne pese: but beestes ben thare y nowe, and that ful grete plente.
Of two and fyfty wyght yonge yemen, There abode not one, Saf a lytell page and a grome, To lede the somers with Lytel Johan.
Then spake that gentyll knyght, To Lytel Johan gan he saye, ‘To-morrowe I must to Yorke toune, To Saynt Mary abbay.
And Lytel John was hole of the arowe That shot was in his kne, And dyd hym streyght to Robyn Hode, Under the grene wode tree.
I se good comfort,’ sayd Cloudesle, ‘Yet hope I well to fare, If I might have my handes at wyll Ryght lytel wold I care.
Forth then stert Lytel Johan, Half in tray and tene, And gyrde hym with a full good swerde, Under a mantel of grene.
And wel I wot that he ne may Amende his wrong, it is so gret; For he to lytel of me let, 5840 Whan he myn oughne Soster tok, And me that am his wif forsok.
There is also a poem of considerable length, entitled The Lytel Geste of Robyn Hood, which was printed by Winkyn de Worde, in or about the year 1495.
Now lete me see my lytel child for whome I haue had alle this sorowe.
And whan she sawe hym she said thus, A my lytel sone, thou hast murthered thy moder, and therfore I suppose, thou that art a murtherer soo yong, thou arte ful lykely to be a manly man in thyn age.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lytel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
