anlete
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish anlæt, anleth, anlit, ænlite, ænlæte, anlitte, andlite, anlite, from Old Norse andlit, Proto-Germanic *andawlitją. Cognate with Old English andwlite, German Antlitz.
Noun
anlete n
- (archaic) face
- sitt anletes svett ― sweat of one's brow
- Synonym: ansikte
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Genesis (Första Mosebok), 3:19
- Tu skalt äta tit brödh j tins anletes swett / til tess tu warder åter til iord igen / ther tu aff taghen äst / ty tu äst iord / och til iord skal tu warda.
- (pre-1906 spelling) Du skalt äta ditt bröd i dins anletes svett, till dess du varder åter till jord igen, der du af tagen äst; ty du äst jord, och till jord skall du varda
- In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Declension
| Declension of anlete | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | anlete | anletet | anleten | anletena |
| Genitive | anletes | anletets | anletens | anletenas |
Derived terms
- i sitt anletes svett (“by the sweat of one's brow”)
- (-lätt in) rödlätt
Related terms
References
- anlete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- anlete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- anlete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- anlete in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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