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WLANC--WLITE. 1259
forefathers were not wealthy or great through worldly splendour, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 3: Wald. 116; Vald. 2, 30. Ealle gelíce on woruld cumaþ, wlance and heáne (high and low), Met. 17, 6. Wlance the grandees of Egypt, Cd. Th. 109, 20; Gen. 1825. Wloncra wín&dash-uncertain;sele, 270, 21; Sat. 94. Hé feorgbona weorþeþ wloncum and heánum, Exon. Th. 362, 27; Wal. 43. Ic læ-acute;rde wlance men and heáhgeþungene ðæt hié ne ástigan on ofermédu, ne welena tó wel ne trúwodon, Blickl. Homl. 185, 13. IV a. where the circumstance, in which the splendour, etc., consists, is given:--Fugel feþrum wlonc the bird splendid of plumage, Exon. Th. 204, 19; Ph. 100. Draca on hlæ-acute;we frætwum wlanc, Menol. Fox 513; Gn. C. 27. Wæ-acute;re ðú wiste wlonc and wínes sæd thou wast sumptuous in food, sated with wine, Exon. Th. 369, 10; Seel. 39. Æ-acute;se wlanc (abundantly provided), fylle gefrægnod, Beo. Th. 2668; B. 1332. Máðmæ-acute;hta wlonc rich in treasures, 5659; B. 2833. Weras duguðum wlance Drihtne guldon gód mid gnyrne, Cd. Th. 146, 8; Gen. 2419. [He wes prud and wlonc, O. E. Homl. i. 35, 16. Neuer upen eorþe to wlonk þu ny uurþe, Misc. 112, 184. Godelike on horse, wlanc on werge, and unwurþ on wike, 121, 315. Þat child (Christ) þat is so milde and wlong, 197, 11. &YOGH;e beoð toswollen wið wind of wlonke wordes, Kath. 842. My wodbynde so wlonk þat wered my heued, Allit. Pms. 106, 486. Al my weole wlonke, P. S. 156, 17. Sumeres tide is al to wlonc, O. and N. 489. Asked Crist, quethir thai yed to se sain Ion in wlanke wede, Met. Homl. 42, 2. Þe wlonkest wedes, Gaw. 2025. [O. Sax. wlank.] v. fela-, gold-, hyge-, mod-, symbel-wlanc.
wlanc, es; n. Pride:--Wlanc typhus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 9. [For wlaunke (rimes with ranke), P. S. 341, 5.] v. wlencu.
wlancian; p. ode To grow proud, great:--Wlancaþ insolescat . . . wlancende indruticans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 5-8. Wlancude adolesceret, wlancige adolesco, Hpt. Gl. 508, 12-14. Wlancode, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 42. v. á-wlancian.
wlanclíce; adv. Proudly, arrogantly:--Uulanclícae adrogantissime, Txts. 42, 112. Wlanclíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 53.
-wlát, -wláta, wlátend, wlát-ful. v. on-wlát, an-wlæ-acute;ta, ymb-wlátend, neb-wlátful.
wlátian; p. ode; impers. To cause a person (acc.) loathing:--Mé wlátaþ nauseo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Zup. 158, 7. Ús wlátaþ for ðisum mete anima nostra nauseat super cibo isto, Num. 21, 5. Ðonne hié mete þicgeaþ and drincaþ, ðonne wlátaþ hié, Lchdm. ii. 220, 5. Gif man sý innan unhál, oþþe hyne wlátige, i. 76, 9. Búton ðú git tó full sý ðæs ðe ðé læ-acute;fed is, ðæt ðé for ðý wlátige, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20. [Gif heo hit stunken, ham wolde wlatien þer agean, A. R. 86, 19. Overfulle makeþ wlatie, O. and N. 354. Menslaers Laverd wlate sal (abhominabitur), Ps. 5, 7. Me wlate&yogh; withinne, Allit. Pms. 47, 305. Him wlatis, H. S. 3541. Surfet us wlattis, Alex. (Skt.) 4277. It wold haue wlated any wee, 5634.] v. wlæ-acute;tan.
wlátian; p. ode To gaze, look:--Hraðe wæs æt holme hýðweard, se ðe æ-acute;r lange tíd feor wlátode, Beo. Th. 3837; B. 1916. Ðæt is gefylled, ðæt se fróda mid eágum on wlátade, Exon. Th. 20, 34; Cri. 327. [Goth. wlaitón circumspicere. v. be-, ymb-wlátian; wlítan.
wlátung, e; f. Nausea, loathing:--Uulatung (-ing, -unc) nausatio, vomitus, Txts. 78, 667. Mid micelre wlátunge gewíteþ ðæt sár, Lchdm. i. 80, 14. Wiþ wlátunge, ii. 62, 18. Wlátunge nausiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 67. [Habbeð wlatunge of þe muðe þet speoweð ut atter, A. R. 80, 25. Lest heo suppose þow make þat fare for wlatynge, Mirc. 894.]
wlátung. v. ymb-wlátung.
wleccan; pp. wleced, wlecced, wleht To make lukewarm:--Wlece listum on wearmum glédum, Lchdm. ii. 26, 8: 30, 13. Wlece hyt eall tógadere, ðæt hyt wlæc beó, iii. 106, 2. Æ-acute;lc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðæm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólaþ, ðonne hit æ-acute;r wæ-acute;re, æ-acute;r hit mon ó ongunne wleccan, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 21. v. ge-wleccan; wlacian.
wlencan to make wlanc (q. v.) [Ech man is strong ðe awelt is lichame, and wleucð his soule, O. E. Homl. ii. 189, 27. Leaf þi lease wit þ-bar; tu wlenchest te in depone false sapientie supercilium, Kath. 1010.] v. for-, ge-wlencan, ofer-wlenced.
wlencu (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f. I. pride, high spirit. v. wlanc, I:--Wénic ðæt gé for wlenco, nalles for wræcsíðum, ac for higeþrymmum Hróðgár sóhton, Beo. Th. 681; B. 338. Þrym sceal mid wlenco, þríste mid cénum, Exon. Th. 337, 7; Gn. Ex. 61. II. in an unfavourable sense, pride, arrogance, haughtiness, insolence. v. wlanc, II:--Him wlenco gesceód, oferhýd egle, Cd. Th. 258, 20; Dan. 678. Hié wlenco onwód, ðæt hié firendæ-acute;da tó frece wurdon, 155, 27; Gen. 2579: 217, 3; Dan. 17. Uulencu fastu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 32. Wlenceo, 35, 12. Git for wlence wada cunnedon, and for dolgilpe on deóp wæter aldrum néþdon, Beo. Th. 1020; B. 508: Exon. Th. 114, 27; Gú. 179. Ðý læs hé for wlence, wuldorgeofona ful, of gemete hweorfe, and forhycge heánspédigran, 294, 32; Crä. 24: Cd. Th. 100, 32; Gen. 1673. For wlenco, Beo. Th. 2416; B. 1206. Wlence insolentiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 6. Þeódum ýwaþ wísdóm weras, wlencu forleósaþ, Exon. Th. 132, 18; Gú. 474. II a. used of an animal:--Se fear ðæs hyrdes dráfe forhogode and him on ðæt wésten gewunode. . . . Ðá ðæt se hláford geáhsod ðæt ðæt hrýþer swá on wlencu geond ðæt wésten férde, Blickl. Homl. 199, 10. III. distinction of various kinds, splendour, pomp, dignity, magnificence, wealth, greatness. v. wlanc, IV:--ÐÐa tída ða áne burg welge gedydan . . . þurh ðære ánre burge wlenco (wealth) wurdon ealle óþra tó wæ-acute;dlan gedóne, Ors. 5, 1; Swt. 214, 10. Forseó ðysse worulde wlenco, gif ðú wille beón welig on ðínum móde, Prov. Kmbl. 50. Æ-acute;ghwylce wlence and ídele rence forhogian to despise all pomp and vanity, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 9. Ðæt mennisce mód bið oft upáhafen, ðeáh hit mid náne onwalde ne sié underléd; ac hú micle má wénst ðú ðæt hit wolde, gif ða wlencea (wlenca, Hatt. MS.) and se anwald ðæ-acute;r wæ-acute;re tó gemenged, Past. 17; Swt. 114, 1. Hié wæ-acute;ron welige on ðyssum middangearde, and heora wlenca wæ-acute;ron swíþe monigfealde on landum and on wíngeardum, and heora hordernu wæ-acute;ron mid monigfealdum wlencum gefylde, Blickl. Homl. 99, 14-17: 101, 7. Hwæ-acute;r beóþ ðonne his welan and his wista? hwæ-acute;r beóþ ðonne his wlencea and his anmédlan? 111, 34. Hé is wyrma wlence it is the pride of serpents, Salm. Kmbl. 165; Sal. 82. Ðæra wlenca &l-bar; walana divitiarum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 22. Hé breác longe æ-acute;r wlencea under wolcnum (cf. his mód æ-acute;r tó ðám woruldsæ-acute;lþum gewunod wæs, Bt. 1; Fox 4, 1), Met. 1, 76. Ic cwæð on mínum wlencum and on mínre orsorhnesse ego dixi in abundantia mea, Ps. Th. 29, 6: Past. 65; Swt. 465, 15. Ne ðyrfe hé bión tó upáhæfen for nánum wlencum ne for nánre orsorgnesse non huuc prospera elevent, 14; Swt. 83, 16. Ðone naman ic sceolde habban, ðæt ic wæ-acute;re wela and weorþscipe; ac hié hine habbaþ on mé genumen, and hine habbaþ gesealdne heora wlencum and getehhod tó heora leásum welum, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 30: Blickl. Homl. 53, 9. Þeáh hwá wexe mid micelre æþelcundnesse his gebyrda, and þeó on eallum welum and on eallum wlencum magnet titulis fulgeat claris domus, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 32: Met. 10, 28. Ðú forlæ-acute;tan scealt ídle ofersæ-acute;lþa . . . ne ðú ðé æ-acute;fre ne læ-acute;t wlenca gewæ-acute;can, Met. 5, 31. v. gold-, ofer-, weorold-wlencu.
wlisp, wlips; adj. Speaking inarticulately, lisping, stuttering, stammering:--Balbus, que vult loqui et non potest wlips, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 11. Wlisp balbus, 101, 50: 10, 71: i. 288, 8: balbutus, ii. 101, 56: 10, 75. Wlips blessus, i. 75, 38. Stamerum and wlipsum balbis et blaesis, Hpt. Gl. 478, 15: blessis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 42.
wlita, an; m. I. face, countenance:--Hleór vel wlita frons, wlitan frontes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 4-5. II. beauty:--Wlitan (or from wlitu? v. wlite) decore (in pulcherrimo pubertatis decore, Ald. 71), Hpt. Gl. 520, 22. [Heo wes a wliten alre vairest, Laym. 2934.] v. and-wlita; wlite.
wlítan; p. wlát, pl. wliton To look, gaze, (1) absolute:--Þeóda wlítaþ, Exon. Th. 221, 28; Ph. 341. (2) with prep. (adv.):--Ðú on magan wlítest, Cd. Th. 144, 26; Gen. 2395. Wuhta gehwylc on weoruld wlíteþ, Met. 31, 14. Hé wlít ofer ealle ða ðe ealre eorðan ymbhwyrft búiaþ respexit 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, ðæ-acute;r 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 æ-acute;ghwylcne, and on hyne næ-acute;nig 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.] v. be-, geond-, þurh-wlítan; wlátian.
wlite, es; m.: wlitu, e (and? an; v. wlita, II); f. I. aspect, countenance, looks, appearance, shape, form:--Wlite his vultus ejus, Ps. Spl. 10, 8. Cristes onsýn, æþelcyninges wlite, Exon. Th. 56, 27; Cri. 907: Beo. Th. 506; B. 250. Se wlite ðæs wundorlícan líchoman species corporis gloriosi, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 35. Ðeáh ðe him se wlite cwéme though the looks (of the sword) please him, Salm. Kmbl. 332; Sal. 165. Sceal on leóht cuman sínra weorca wlite, Exon. Th. 64, 15; Cri. 1038. Wæs gelícnes horses and monnes, hundes and fugles, and eác wífes wlite, 418, 28; Rä. 37, 12. Ðeós wlitu haec species, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Zup. 82, 11. Gilde be his (a horse's) wlites wyrðe, L. Ath. v. 6, 1; Th. i. 232, 25. Be his (a slave's) wlites weorðe, 2; Th. i. 234, 6. Be his wlite, L. In. 26; Th. i. 118, 20. Mid wlite and mid wæstmum fæger fair in face and form, Blickl. Homl. 113, 16. Ðeáh ðe ðú wæ-acute;re eallra monna fægrost on wlite, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 27. Hí ealle tó ðæs mannes wlite gesceapene synd they are all made in his likeness, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 22. Wlit &l-bar; onsión personam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 16. Wundriaþ weras wlite and wæstma, Exon. Th. 221, 9; Ph. 332.