Middle English Dictionary Entry
overlī̆tel adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | overlī̆tel adv. |
| Etymology | From lī̆tel adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Too little, insufficiently.
Associated quotations
- c1440(a1349) Rolle Bee (Thrn)55/26 : Outhire þay lufe þaym over mekill..or..over lyttill.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)36 : Sum poyetis..made more of þat mater þan hom maister were; Sum lokyt ouer litle and lympit of the sothe.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)68/14 : Not þat y meene doctouris fyndyngis..to be dispisid, or to be ouer litil sett bi.