† ˈonsene Obs.
[OE. an-, ǫnséon, WS. ans{iacu}en, -s{yacu}n, fem. = OS. ansiun, OHG. anasiuni (MHG. ansiune), neuter:—OTeut. *anasiunjo{supm}, f. *ana, on-1 1 + *siuni-z, Goth. siuns, OS. siun fem., sight, from ablaut-series sehw-, segw-, sew-, in *sehwan, OE. séon to see. Cf. Ger. ansehen, ansicht.]
a. Countenance, face. b. Look, aspect, appearance.
| c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. li. 395 Ðyses middan⁓ᵹeardes ansien ofergæð. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xvii. 2 His ansyn scean swa swa sunne [c 950 Lind. onsione; c 1160 Hatt. ansiene]. Ibid. John vii. 24 Ne deme ᵹe be ansyne ac demað rihtne dom [c 950 Lind. onsione; c 1160 Hatt. ansyene]. a 1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 191 Murie dreameð engles biuoren þin onsene. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1704 Vor nis of ow non so kene, That durre abide mine onsene. |