Old English · noun

wlite

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /ˈwli.te/
Syllables: ˈwli · te (2 syllables)
Modern English: looks lit aspect appearance splendour beauty

Meaning

looks, appearance, aspect
good looks, beauty, splendour

Declension

Declension of wlite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wlite	wlitas
Accusative	wlite	wlitas
Genitive	wlites	wlita
Dative	wlite	wlitum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz (“appearance, look, aspect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Old Frisian wlite, Old Saxon wliti, Old Norse litr, Gothic (wlits). Related to wlītan (“to see, look”), wlātian (“to gaze, observe”).

Descendants

lit

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