Obs. Also 4 lijt, lit, litte, 4–5 lyte, lytt. [f. LITE v. Cf. LET sb.] Delay, tardiness; frequent in phr. without lite.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 4776. Iacob wen he was mast in sijt God lighted him, wit-outen lijt. Ibid., 5790. Þar-to sal be now na lang lite.
a. 1350. St. Cecilia, 353, in Horstm., Altengl. Leg. (1881), 163. And at þe last withouten lite All þaire heuides he gert of smite.
c. 1400. Ywaine & Gaw., 1620. So lang gaf sho him respite, And thus he haves hir led with lite.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst. ix. 225. Fast for to fle outt of my land, Byd thaym, withouten lyte.
