† ˈanleth Obs.
Forms: 1 and-, ond-wlita, 2 onlete, 3 ondlett, -læt, anleth, anneleth.
[OE. andwl{iacu}ta, cogn. w. ON. andlit (Sw. anlete), OHG. antluzi, mod.G. antlitz (cf. Goth. andawleizns), f. and against, facing + wl{iacu}tan to look, behold. The ME. onlete, anleth, represent the Norse form.]
Countenance.
| a 800 Beowulf 1382 Eorles andwlitan. c 975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. vi. 17 Smere þin heafod & þine andwlitu þwah. c 1200 Lamb. Hom. 59 He makede mon i rihtwisnesse, Onlete on his onlichnesse. c 1200 Ormin 12938 Ure Laferrd let hemm sen Hiss onndlæt. a 1300 E.E. Psalter xxvi. 9 Ne turne þine anleth me fra. Ibid. xliii. 24 Whi tornes þu þine Anneleth? |