Wlítan

p. wlát, pl. wliton To look, gaze, (1) absolute:--Þeóda wlítaþ, Exon. Th. 221, 28; Ph. 341. (2) with prep. (adrespexit super omnes qui habitant orbrm, Ps. Th. 32, 12. Ðissum idesum ðe wé on wlítaþ, Cd. Th. 150, 32; Gen. 2500. On ða synwyrcend wlítaþ, Exon. Th. 68, 18; Cri. 1105. Wlát wítga geond þeódland, óþ ðæt hé gestarode, ðǽr gestaþelad wæs æþelíc ingong, 19, 25; Cri. 306. Hió wlát ofer ealle, Elen. Kmbl. 770; El. 385. Hé tó heofenum wlát, Byrht. Th. 136, 56; By. 172. Hé æfter recede wlát, Beo. Th. 3149; B. 1572. Ða ðe on holm wliton, 3189; B. 1592. Wlítan on Wíláf, 5696; B. 2852: Cd. Th. 145, 8; Gen. 2402. Heó swá wíde wlítan meahte ofer heofonríce, 38, 18; Gen. 608. Wlítan in wuldre to see heaven, 290, 2; Sat. 409. Fleóhnet, ðæt hé mihte wlítan ðurh on ǽghwylcne, and on hyne nǽnig monna cynnes, Judth. Thw. 22, 5; Jud. 49. (2 a) amplified by the addition of eágum:--Hé ofer ealle þeóde eágum wlíteþ oculi ejus super gentes respiciunt, Ps. Th. 65, 6. Hý geseóð hyra cyning, eágum on wlítaþ, Exon. Th. 352, 7; Sch. 94. On ðone eágum wlát cining, Cd. Th. 7, 15; Gen. 106. Wlít (háwa, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20) on moncyn mildum eágum, Met. 4, 54. Hý wénaþ ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, Exon. Th. 360, 28; Wal. 12. Eágum wlítan on, Cd. Th. 107, 25; Gen. 1794: 109, 19; Gen. 1825. [Icel. líta to look.]