Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

wlítan

  • verb [ strong ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
To look, gaze,
Grammar
wlítan, absolute
Show examples

  • Þeóda wlítaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 221, 28
      • ;
    • Ph. 341.
Grammar
wlítan, with prep. (adv.)
Show examples

  • 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, 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.
Grammar
wlítan, amplified by the addition of eágum
Show examples

  • 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.
Etymology
[
Icel. líta to look.
]
Similar entries
v. be-, geond-, þurh-wlítan; wlátian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wlítan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36351.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • wlítan, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.