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† vult Obs. Chiefly Sc.
Also 5–6 wlt, wult, 5 vilt, 6–7 volt; 5 voute, vowt, wout.
[a. OF. vult, volt, voult, vout (= It. volto, Sp. and Pg. vulto):—L. vult-us face, etc.]
Face, countenance; esp. expression of the features, cheer or bearing.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints v. (John) 350 Sancte Iohne..croysit it, & drank al oute but rednes with blith wlte. Ibid. xxv. (Julian) 705 A laydy..with blyth wlt,..sad to þame þat stud about. a1400Morte Arth. 137 Þe voute of thi vesage has woundyde us alle! Ibid. 3054 He weres his vesere with a vowt noble. c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. 3539 Fayr of fasson and of face,..Pert of vult and eloquent. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 1278 To that lordly on loft that lufly can lout,..Salust the bauld berne, with ane blith wout. c1470Henry Wallace x. 77 Quha couth behald thair awfull lordly wult, So weill beseyn, so forthwart, stern, and stult. 1513Douglas æneid xii. xi. 93 In the thar wltis, in the thar ene, but faill, The Latyn pepill dressit hes alhaill. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 497 He was nathing content of this estate; howbeit, he schew gud vult for the time. 1580Well of Woman Hill, Aberdeen A iij b, This watter, being drunkin, cuirand..prolapsion of the vult, and dolour of the Tonsallis. c1610Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1683) 70 She welcomed me with a merry volt, and thanked me for the diligence I had used in hasting to give her that intelligence. |