anlete

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

anlete n

  1. (archaic) face
    sitt anletes svettsweat 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[edit]

Declension of anlete 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative anlete anletet anleten anletena
Genitive anletes anletets anletens anletenas

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