Obs. Also 1 ansvon, -síen, -sín, -sýn. [f. AN- pref. 1 + OE. sín, sýn, sight, f. séon to see.]
1. Sight, face, aspect. (Only in OE.)
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke vii. 27. Beforan ðine ansýne.
2. A sight, a thing seen. (Only in OE.)
c. 885. K. Ælfred, Oros., VI. vii. Seó ansín wearð mycel wundor Romanum.
3. A looking for, longing, desire, want.
a. 1000. Metr. Ps. cxlii. 6. Swá eorþan biþ ansýn wæteres.
a. 1400. Dame Sirith, MS. Digby No. 86. 167 (Halliw.). As povre wif that falleth in ansine.
