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1260 WLITE-ANDETT -- WLITIGNESS.

Næ-acute;nig mæg wlite and wísan wordum gecýþan, 491, 30; Rä. 81, 7- II. good looks, beautiful appearance, beauly, glory, ornament: -- Hwæþer nú gimma wlite eówre eágan tó him getió, heora tó wundrianne? seó duguð ðæs wlites ðe on ðám gimmum bið, biþ heora, næs eówre an gemmarum fulgor oculos trahit ? si quid est in hoc splendors praecipui, gemmarum est lux ilia, non hominum, Bt. 13; Fox 40, I: Cd. Th. 239, I ; Dan. 364: Exon. Th. 82, 32; Cri. 1347. Fealwe blóstman wudubeáma wlite, 202, 25 ; Ph. 75. Ðínes wuldres wlite gloria tua, Ps. Th. 56, 13. Weorð. íc wlite wuldres ðínes magnificentia, 95, 6. Se wlite his andwlitan species decoris ejus, 49, 2 : Cd. Th. 278, 18 ; Sae. 223. Æ-acute;lc wlite and æ-acute;lc fægernes ðisse weorlde lífes. . . . Se wlite and seó fægernes ðære sáule, Blickl. Homl. 57, 28-31 : 59, 6. Priscianus se ðe ys ealre Lédenspræ-acute;ce wlite geháten, Æ-acute;lfc. Gr. 15 ; Zup. 94, 3. Wlites wealdend, Ps. Th. 67, 12. Se fulla móna wyrð wlites bereáfad, Met. 28, 42. Wlittes decoris, Rtl. 92, 10. Wlite decore, 97, 16 : stemmaie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 46. Ðe læs ðe hé for hire (Sarah's, v. Gen. 12, 11) wlite wurde ofslagen, Boutr. Scrd. 22, I. Sunnan beorhtra, æþeltungla wlite, Exon. Th. 181, 4; Gú. 1288. Him mid síðedon twæ-acute;gen súnende englas mid wundorlícre wlite swá hé sylf wæs geglenged. Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 775. Heó nalles on goldes wlite and on seolfres ne scíneþ, Blickl. Homl. 197, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 2636; El. 1319: Exon. Th. 238, 24; Ph. 609. Of wlite wendaþ wæstma gecyndu, 104, 29 ; Gú. 15. Sió micle Babilon ðe ic self átimbrede mé selfum tó whte and wuldre (in gloria decoris mei), Past. 4; Swt. 39, 18: Exon. Th. 70, 18; Cri. 1140. Wlitan duore (see wlita), Hpt. Gl. 520, 22. Drihten hine mid weorðlíce wlite gegyrede Dominus decorem induit, Ps. Th. 92, I : Cd. Th. 3, 15; Gen. 36. Myceine wlite (decorem), ðú ásetst ofer hine, Ps. Spl. 20, 5. Geheald ólnne wlite and ðíne fægernesse speciem tiiam et pulcritudinem tuam intende, Ps. Th. 44, 5 : Hpt. Gl. 523, 60. Ðes middangeard wæs tó ðon fæger, ðæt hé teáh men tó him þurh his wlite and þurh his fægernesse, Blickl. Homl. 115, II: Met. 7, 31: Exon. Th. 86, 10; Cri. 1406 : Cd. Th. 132, 10; Gen. 2191 : 13, 23 ; Gen. 207. Ðære rosan wlite, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 20: Met. 6, 13. Spræ-acute;con ymb ðæs wífes wlite monige. Cd. Th. 110, 34; Gen. 1848. Heora wlite gewemtnan to mar their beauty, 231, l ; Dan. 240. Gif hé hafaþ ofer ealle men wlite and wisdom, Exon. Th. 299, 16; Cra. 103. Gæ-acute;stes wlite, 53, ll; Cri. 849: 96, 29; Cri. 1581. His weorces wlite, 97, 9; Cri. 1588. Bringaþ Drihtne wlite and áre, wuldor ðridde ajferte Domino gloriam et honorem, Ps. Th. 95, 7. Gegyrede mid eallum mistlícum hrægla wlitum circumcincta varietnte, 44, 15. Hé hié gegiereþ myd ðám winsumestan wlitum, and eft geungewlitegaþ, Shrn. 195. II. [Haueden men ispeken of hire mucla fæira wlita (of hire mochele fairsipe, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 3139. Kerueð of hire neose, and heore wlite ga tó lose, 22844. Gif itt seþ þe wlite off ennglekinde, Orm. 666. Þi wlite speciem tuam, Ps. 44, 5. Ne sal þu þi wif bi hire wlite chesen, Misc. 119, 249. Min new falewidþ, and min wlite is wan, 135, 580. O schene nebschaft . . . areow þi wlite, Kath. 1452. Þe lilie mid hire faire wlite, O. and N. 439. Al his wlite wurð teres wet, Gen. and Ex. 2288. Goth. wlits face, form : O. Frs. wlite: O. Sax. wliti form, beauty: Icel. litr hue, countenance.] v. and-, mæg-, on-, wamm-wlite, neb-wlitu.

wlite-andett, es ; n. (?) A confession of splendour :-- Ðú ðe weorðlíce wliteandette góde gegyredest confessionem et decorem induisti, Ps. Th. 103, 2.

wlite-beorht; adj. Of splendid beauty, beautiful, (i) of persons :-- Wlitebeorht ides (Sarah), Cd. Th. 103, 34; Gen. 1728. Hié (Adam and Eve) wlitebeorht wæ-acute;ron on woruld cenned, 12, 19; Gen. 188. (2) of things :-- Dæg, wlitebeorhte gesceaft, 8, 28; Gen. 131. Of ánum wætre wlitebeorhtum, 14, 17; Gen. 220. Eorþan, wlitebeorhtne wang, Beo. Th. 186; B. 93. Hí him wíc curon, ðæ-acute;r him wlitebeorhte wongas geþúhton. Cd. Th. 108, 10; Gen. 1804. Eorþan cyningas monegum and mislícum wæ-acute;dum wlitebeorhtum scínaþ, golde gegerede and gimcynnum reges purpura claros nitente, Met. 25, 4. Wlitebeorhte wæstmas, Cd. Th. 94, n ; Gen. 1560.

wlite-full; adj. Beautiful, handsome, comely: -- Ofermódig gif hé wlitefull (decorus) sí geþúht on gesihþe, swá þeáh on weorcum wác ys, Scint. 21, 8.

wlite-leás; adj. Withowt beauty, uncomely, hideous :-- Deoful ætýwde wann and wliteleás, Andr. Kmbl. 2339; An. 1171.

wlitelíce; adv. Beautifully, in comely fashion :-- Hí weófod wlitelíce geworhtan and gegyredon, Blickl. Homl. 205, 6.

wlite-soeáwung, e ; f. The word is used to translate Sion :-- Bið gesegen God in wlitesceáwunge (-scéwunge, Bd. S. 547, 39) uidebitur Dominus in Sion, Bd. 3, 19; M. 212, II.

wlite-scíne; adj. Of brilliant beauty, splendid, beauteous :-- Engel selbeorht, wlitescýne wer. Cd. Th. 237, 15 ; Dan. 338 : Elen. Kmbl. 143; El. 72. Weorud wlitescýne. Exon. Th. 31, 9; Cri. 493: 35, 6; Cri. 554. Seó wlitescýne wuldres condel (Juliana), 269, 22; Jul. 454. Wlitesciéne wíf (Eve), Cd. Th. 33, 28 ; Gen. 527. On mæ-acute;rum dæ-acute;ge &l-bar; on wlitescénan dæge insigni die, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4. Weoruda wlite-scýnast, Exon. Th. 101, 27 ; Cri. 1665. [O. Sax. wliti-skóni.]

wlite-seón, -sín, e; f. A sight to gaze on, a spectacle ; -- Wæs be feaxe on flet boren Grendles heáfod, and ðære idese mid, wliteseón wræ-acute;tlíc. Beo. Th. 3304; B. 1650. Cf. wæfer-sín, wundor-seón.

wlite-torht; adj. Brilliant, splendid :-- Wlitetorht scíneþ sunna. Met. 28, 60. Wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon. Th. 484, 5 ; Rä. 70, 3.

wlite-wamm, es; m. A disfigurement of the face, personal disfigurement :-- Æt ðám læsestan wlitewamme .iii. scillingas, and æt ðám máran .vi. scill. , L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15. Wlitewomma nevorum (nullis naevorum maculis deformatos, Aid. lo), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 27: 60, 56, [O. Frs. wlite-wam; cf. also wlite-wimelsa.]

wlitig; adj. Beautiful, comely, fair :-- Wlitig speciosus vel decorus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 17: formosa, ii. 33, 57. Elegans, i. speciosus, gratus, pulcher wynsum, wlitig praecipuus, magnus, 142, 81. Wlitigre formosior, 34. 59. I. of beauty that appeals to the senses, (I) appearance in persons or things, (a) of earthly beauty :-- Ðæt wíf wæs swíðe wlitig (pulchra), Gen. 12, 14. Sum bið wlitig on wæstmum, Exon. Th. 295, 18 ; Crä. 35. He (the Phenix) is wlitig and wynsum, wuldre gemearcad regali plena decore, 220, 10; Ph. 318. Onlícnes wlitig. Andr. Kmbl. 1463 ; An. 732. Ðæt treów wæs wlitig on eágum (pulchrum ocnlis), Gen. 3, 6: Cd. Th. 30, 16 ; Gen. 467 : 247, 18; Dan. 499. Wlitig is se wong, Exon. Th. 198, 8; Ph. 7. Ðeós wlitige gesceaft, heofon and eorþe, Andr. Kmbl. 2873 ; An. 1439. Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ eástan wlitig and wynsum, Exon. Th. 350, 13; Sch. 63. Smicere on gearwum cymeþ wlitig scríðan Maius, Menol. Fox 152 ; Men. 77. Hærfest, wlitig, wæstmum hladen, 281 ; Men. 142. Ðære wlitegan byrig weallas, Judth. Thw. 23, 24; Jud. 137. In ðám wlitegan træfe, 25, II ; Jud. 255. Hús wlitig and wynsum, Exon. Th. 211, 25; Ph. 203. Wlitig sweord. Beo. Th. 3329; B. 1662. Manna dohtra wæ-acute;ron wlitige (pulchrae), Gen. 6, 2. Gelíce hwítum byrgenum, ða þinceaþ mannum útan wlitige (wlittig, Lind. speciosa), Mt. Kmbl. 23, 27. Ne seleþ ðé wæstmas eorþe wlitige, Cd. Th. 62, 18; Gen. 1016. Ðás wlitegan tungl, Met. 28, 6. Ðe weorð wæstm ðý wlitegra, Cd. Th. 33, 14 ; Gen. 520. Þúhte ðeós woruld wlitigre, 38, 9 ; Gen. 604. Wífa wlitegost, 39, 17 ; Gen. 627. Mid ðam wlitegostum nebbe, Homl. Th. i. 430, 14. Ðeáh hé hine gescyrpte mid eallum ðám wlitegestum wæ-acute;dum quamvis se Tyrio astro comeret, Bt. 28 ; Fox 100, 26. (b) of celestial beauty, beauteous, glorious :-- He (Christ) bið ðám gódum glædmód on gesihþe, wlitig, Exon. Th. 57, 1; Cri. 912: 232, 33; Ph. 516. Seó wlitige þrýues, 24, I; Cri. 378. Wlitig weoroda heáp and wuldres þreát, Andr. Kmbl. 1739; An. 872. Wlitig wuldres boda, Elen. Kmbl. 153; El. 77. Sió wlitige stów (heaven), Met. 20, 279. Wlitig, wuldorfost, Exon. Th. 151, 2; Gú. 789: Cd. Th. 277, 33; Sat. 214. Him is engel mid, ne mæg him bryne sceþþan wlitigne wuldorhoman, Exon. Th. 196, 24; Az. 179. (2) of sound :-- Hyre stefn oncwæð wlitig of wolcnum, Exon. Th. 259, 16; Jul. 283. Swég eallum songcræftum swétra and wlitigra, 206, 26; Ph. 132. Wóða wlitegaste, Elen. Kmbl. 1494; El. 749. (3) of scent :-- Ðæt wæs swéte stenc, wlitig and wynsum, Exon. Th. 359, 19 ; Pa. 65. II. of beauty that appeals to the mind :-- Wynsum and wlitig herung jocanda decoraque laudalio, Ps. Spl. 146, Ðeáh ðe ne beó wlitig lof on ðæs synfullan múðe, hwæðere ne geswíce hé ðære herunge, Homl. Th. i. 448, 5. Þúhte fæger and wlitig heora líf, Blickl. Homl. 107, 30. Is ðín nama mæ-acute;re, wlitig and wuldorfæst, Cd. Th. 234, 3; Dan. 286. Wlitigan wilsíþes, Exon. Th. 2, 18; Cri. 21. Gæ-acute;st weorcum wlitigne, 180, II; Gú. 1278. Ðæt gé eówer ðæt wlitige líf magon generian. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 189. Ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse and wlitige spræ-acute;ce ymb sóðfæsðnesse tó cýðanne cum nobis lwce veritatis plena eloquia subministrat, Past. 48 ; Swt. 369, 14. Hine wlitegum wordum herigeaþ, Ps. Th. 146, 1. Wlitige and unclæ-acute;ne, tile and yfle, Cd. Th. 303, 8; Sae. 609. Wlitegran formosiore (venustate formosiore fretus virginitate, Aid. 71), Hpt. Gl. 520, 24. [He awundrede him of hire wliti westum, Kath. 310. O. Sax. wlitig.] v. sunn-, un-, un-ge-wlitig.

wlitige ; adv. Beautifully, fairly, splendidly :-- Hálge gséstas stígaþ tó wuldre, wlitige gewyrtad mid hyra weldæ-acute;ðum, Exon. Th. 234, 20; Ph. 543. His blæ-acute;d scíneþ wlitige in wuldre, Andr. Kmbl. 3438 ; An. 1723.

wlitig-fæst; adj. Beauteous, glorious :-- Swá se æþela fugel wlitigfæst wunaþ wyllestreámas, Exon. Th. 204, 29; Ph. 105.

wlitigian; p. ode. I. to make beautiful :-- Ða hé geðwæ-acute;raþ and wlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrurn híwe gebrengþ, Bt. 39, 8 ; Fox 224, 9. Simle ðæt unwlitige wlitigaþ ðæt wlitige ever the beautiful beautifies the unbeautiful, Shrn. 165, 35. Hit worulde wlitigaþ, Exon. Th. 493, 17; Rä. 81, 32. Fyl nú ða frurnspræ-acute;ce, wlitega ðíne wordcwidas (give glorious effect to eny words), and ðín wuldor ús gecýð, 188, 9; Az. 43. Wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde and ðín wuldor on ús gecýð, Cd. Th. 236, 26; Dan. 327. Ðæt ic móte áweccan ðás wæstmas ús tó woruldnytte, wlitigigan ðás wancgturf, Lchdm. i. 400, 7. Wlitigende decorans, Hymn. Surt. 140, 1. 4. II. to grow beautiful :-- Byrig fægriaþ, wongas wlitgiaþ (wlitigaþ, MS. ), Exon. Th. 308, 33; Scef. 49. v. ge-, un-wlitigian.

wlitigness, e; f. Beauty, comeliness, adornment :-- Seó wlitignes heora ræsta and setla, Blickl. Homl. 99, 32. Crist com tó wlitignesse and tó weorþunge his brýde, ii. 31. v. un-wlitigness.