† vultn.
Obsolete. Chiefly Scottish.
Face, countenance; esp. expression of the features, cheer or bearing.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun]
anlethOE
cheerc1225
countenancec1330
facec1330
visage1338
frontc1374
vult?a1400
maid facec1450
walte1524
facies1565
museau1816
shade1817
coupon1962
?a1400 Morte Arth. 137 Þe voute of thi vesage has woundyde us alle!
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3054 He weres his vesere with a vowt noble.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. 3539 Fayr of fasson and of face,..Pert of vult and eloquent.
c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 350 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 119 Sancte Iohne..croysit It, & drank al oute but rednes with blith wlte.
c1480 (a1400) St. Julian 705 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 478 A laydy..with blyth wlt,..sad to þame þat stud about.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 77 Quha couth behald thar awfull, lordly wult, So weill beseyn, so forthwart, stern and stult.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. dii*v To yt lordly on loft yt lufly can lout..Salust ye bauld berne with ane blith wout.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. xi. 93 In the thar wltis, in the thar ene, but faill, The Latyn pepill dressit hes alhaill.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xvii. i. f. 244v/2 He was na thing content of this estate. Howbeit he schew gud vult for the tyme.
1580 Breif Descr. Well of Woman Hil A iij b This watter, being drunkin, cuirand..prolapsion of the vult, and dolour of the Tonsallis.
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (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.
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