Old English · noun
andwlita
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈɑndˌwli.tɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈɑnd · ˌwli · tɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- face
Meaning
-
face
-
form; appearance
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *andawliti, from Proto-Germanic *andawlitiz, equivalent to and- (“facing”) + wlita (“countenance”). Cognate with Old Norse andlit (Swedish anlete, Norwegian Nynorsk andlet) and Old High German antlizzi (German Antlitz).
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