silhouette

silhouette, n.


1. (stature d’une personne) (ge)līcnes > a.m. likeness, v.h.a. gilīhnissa > Gleichnis {f. jō}, v.s. gilicnessi (f.) ♦ leng(e)/lengu/lengo/læng, got. laggei, v.h.a. lengī > all.m. Länge, v.fr. len(d)ze {f. īn} ♦ limgelecg (nt.) ♦ limwæstm (m. a) ♦ onlīcnes/an(d)līcnes (f. jō) ♦ ūpwæstm (m. a) ♦ wæstm/we(a)stm (m. et nt. a), v.h.a. wahsmo (m. an), v.s. wastum ♦ wermet (nt.).


2.
(forme qui se profile) andwlita/andwleota/andlata/ondliota (m. an) ♦ andwlite/onwlite (nt.), got. andwleizn (nt. a ?), v.n. andlit (nt.), v.h.a. antluzzi (nt. ja) > all.m. Antlitz, v.fr. ondlete ♦ blēo/bleoh/blīo/blioh (nt. a), v.s. blī (nt.), v.fr. bli(e) (nt.) ♦ hī(e)w/hȳw/hēo(w)/hīow (nt. a) > a.m. hue, got. hiwi (nt. ja), v.n. hý ♦ scēawung, v.h.a. scouwunga {f. ō} ♦ wlite (m. i), got. wlits (m. i), v.n. litr (m. u), v.s. wliti, v.fr. wlite.