beau

beau, adj. et n.

1. adj. a. (joli, charmant, etc.) ācoren ♦ ælfscīene (i) ♦ æltǣw(e)/æltēaw/æltēow/ealtēaw ♦ ānlic/ǣnlic/ēnlic > a.m. only ♦ æþele/eþele, v.n. aðal, v.h.a. edili > all.m. edel {ja/jō}, v.s. eđili, v.fr. ethel/edel ♦ æþellic ♦ cȳme ♦ cȳmlic > a.m. comely ♦ cyrten ♦ dēore/dīore/dīere/dȳre (ja/jō) > a.m. dear, v.n. dýrr, v.h.a. tiuri (ja/jō) > all.m. teuer, v.s. diuri, v.fr. diore/diure ♦ dēorwierþe/dēorwyrþe/dēorwurþe/dīorwyrþe/dȳrwurþe (ja/jō) ♦ dryhtlic/drihtlic ♦ ē(a)cen ♦ fæ(i)ger/fægir/fǣr > a.m. fair, got. fagrs, v.n. fagr, v.h.a. fagar, v.s. fagar ♦ frēolic/frīlic, v.s. frīlik ♦ frīþ, v.n. fríðr ♦ fūslic ♦ geatolic ♦ geblēod/geblīod ♦ gecoren ♦ gemēde, v.h.a. gimuati ♦ gōdlic > a.m. goodly, v.h.a. guotlīh, v.s. gōdlīk, v.fr gōdlīk ♦ hēa(h)lic ♦ hīwbeorht/hiowbeorht ♦ hīwfæst ♦ hīwlic ♦ hlēortorht ♦ lēoflic, got. liubileiks, v.h.a. liublīh > all.m. lieblich, v.s. lioflīk, v.fr. liaflīk ♦ lē(o)ht/līht > a.m. light, v.n. ljóss, v.h.a. lioht > all.m. licht, v.s. liocht, v.fr. liacht ♦ rōt ♦ scīene/scē(o)ne/scī(o)ne/scȳne (ja/jō) > a.m. sheen, got. skauns (i, ja/jō), v.h.a. scōni (ja/jō) > all.m. schön, v.s. scōni (ja/jō), v.fr. skēne ♦ sunscī(e)ne ♦ til, got. til, v.n. tilr ♦ torht, v.h.a. zoraht, v.s. torht ♦ torhtlic, v.s. torhtlīk ♦ þæslic ♦ þurhbeorht ♦ þurhscīnendlic ♦ wēnlic, v.s. wānlīk ♦ weorþfullic/wurþfullic ♦ wlitebeorht ♦ wliteful ♦ wlitescīne/wlitescēne/wlitescȳne, v.s. wlitiskōni ♦ wlitig, v.s. wlitig ♦ wrǣst/wrāst ♦ wrǣtlic. (LANGUE, STYLE) fæ(i)ger ← ♦ smicer/smicor, v.h.a. smechar. (MUSIQUE) fæ(i)ger ← ♦ myr(i)ge/mirige/merige > a.m. merry ♦ smēþe ♦ smicer ← ♦ swēte (i) > a.m. sweet, got. sutis (i, ja/jō), v.n. sœtr, v.h.a. suozzi (ja/jō) > all.m. süss, v.s. swōti, v.fr. swēte ♦ swētswēge ♦ wel swēgende ♦ wēþe, v.s. wōđi.
divinement beau heofonwlitig. très beau forfæger ♦ frēawlitig. pas beau fūl > a.m. foul, got. fūls, v.n. fúll, v.h.a. fūl > all.m. faul, v.s. fūl, v.fr. fūl ♦ unfæger > a.m. unfair, got. unfagrs ♦ unwlitig ♦ wlitelēas. être beau wlitigian/wlitegian (Vf2). devenir beau fægrian (Vf2) ♦ wlitigian ←. rendre beau (ge)cyrtenlǣcan (Vf1) ♦ (ge)wlitigian ←.