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wlitig

  • adjective
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wlitig, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§263;
Beautiful, comely, fair
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  • 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.
of beauty that appeals to the senses,
appearance in persons or things,
of earthly beauty
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  • 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 wǽron 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 wǽdum

    quamvis se Tyrio astro comeret,

    • Bt. 28
      • ;
    • Fox 100, 26.
of celestial beauty, beauteous, glorious
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  • 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.
of sound
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  • 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.
of scent
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  • Ðæt wæs swéte stenc, wlitig and wynsum,

    • Exon. Th. 359, 19
      • ;
    • Pa. 65.
of beauty that appeals to the mind
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  • 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 mǽre, wlitig and wuldorfæst,

    • Cd. Th. 234, 3
      • ;
    • Dan. 286.

  • Wlitigan wilsíþes,

    • Exon. Th. 2, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 21.

  • Gǽst 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 sprǽce 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 unclǽne, tile and yfle,

    • Cd. Th. 303, 8
      • ;
    • Sae. 609.

  • Wlitegran

    formosiore(venustate formosiore fretus virginitate,

      Aid. 71
    ),

      Hpt. Gl. 520, 24.
Etymology
[
He awundrede him of hire wliti westum,
    Kath. 310.
O. Sax. wlitig.
]
Similar entries
v. sunn-, un-, un-ge-wlitig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wlitig.” 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/36363.

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