And-wlita

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - and-wlita

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an-wlita, an;

and-wlita
m: and-wlite, es; n. The face, countenance, personal appearance, forehead, form, surface; facies, vultus, aspectus, frons, forma, superficies:--Hleór bolster onféng, eorles andwlitan the bolster received his cheek, the hero's face, Beo. Th. 1382; B. 689: Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 20; Cri. 1123: Bt. Met. Fox 31, 33; Met. 31, 17. Leóht andwlitan ðínes lamen vultas tui, Ps. Spl. 4, 7: Ps. Th. 89, 8. Ealle gesceafta onfóþ æt Gode andwlitan all creatures receive form from God, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 15. On andwlitan wídre eorþan on the face of the wide earth. Cd. 67; Th. 81, 21; Gen. 1348. He hæfde blácne andwlitan he had a pale countenance, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34. [Plat, antlaat, n: N. H. Ger. antlitz, n: M. H. Ger. antlütze, antlitze: O. H. Ger. antluzi: O. Nrs. andlit, n.] and-wlita
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