lethel

Yola

Alternative forms

• lithel, litha, lythea

Etymology

From Middle English litel, lettele, from Old English lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈtiːɫ/, /lɪˈtiːɫ/, /lɪˈtiː/

Adjective

lethel

1. little
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Lethel vinger.

     Little finger.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 53