Obs. Also 2 litnien, 3 Orm. littnenn. [? Extended form (with suffix -EN5) of ON. lita = OE. wlitan to look.] intr. To look to, unto. Also const. for to with inf.: to rely on.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 7. Forþi ne litmie [? read litnie] namon to swiðe to þisse liue.
c. 1200. Ormin, 6115. Þet birrþ wislike nittenn Uppo þe sellfenn, and o þa þatt littnenn to þin fode.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 10209. Child for to gett þai littend lang.
1535. Coverdale, Jer. xlvi. 25. Pharao, and all them yt litten vnto him.
