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wilm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.
that which wells, v. weallan.
of fluid, a fount, stream, water that surges or boils, that moves in waves
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  • Wæs ðære burnan wælm heaðofýrum hát

    the burn's surging stream was hot with fierce fires

    ,
      Beo. Th. 5086; B. 2546.

  • Fisca welm, wildeóra holt

    the fishes' flood, the wild beasts' wood

    ,
      Salm. Kmbl. 165 ; Sal. 82.

  • Ne foldan stán, ne wæteres wylm, ne wudutelga,

      843; Sal. 421.

  • Geofon ýþum weól, wintres wylm (

    the boiling flood of winter

    ),
      Beo. Th. 1036; B. 516.

  • Ic ðæs wælmes grundhyrde fond,

      4276; B. 2135.

  • Hé drincð of item wielme his ágnes pyttes

    bibit sui fluenta putei

    ,
      Past. 48 ; Swt. 373, 10.

  • Of swéttestum wylne (wylme?)

    de dulcissimo fonte

    ,
      Scint. 18, 3.

  • Gán ofer flódes wylm

    to go over the tossing waves of the sea

    ,
      Andr. Kmbl. 734 ; An. 367.

  • Ofer ýða wylm,

      1726; An. 865.

  • Hí stæðe wícedon ymb ðæs wæteres wylm (

    by the surge of the sea

    ),
      Elen. Kmbl. 77; El. 39.

  • In ðæs leádes wylm scúfan

    to thrust into the boiling font of lead

    ,
      Exon. Th. 277, 20; Jul. 583.

  • Heortan wylmas

    veins, blood-vessels (?)

    ,
      Beo. Th. 5008 ; B. 2507.
of fire,
surging, fire, flames
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  • Won fýres wælm, se swearta líg,

      Exon. Th. 60, 7 ; Cri. 966.

  • His bán brondes wylm forþylmde,

      217, 2l ; Ph. 283.

  • In ðæs wylmes grund befæsted,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2596; El. 1299.

  • Gold ðæt in wylme bið geclǽnsod,

      2617; El. 1310: 1527; El. 765.

  • Wunian in wylme,

      Salm. Kmbl. 933; Sal. 466.

  • God wylme gesealde Sodoman, sweartan líge,

      Cd. Th. 115, 26 ; Gen. 1925.

  • Gedúfan in ðone deópan wælm,

      266, 31; Sat. 30.

  • Helle, grundleásne wylm,

      Exon. Th. 362, 34; Wal. 46 : Salm. Kmbl. 149; Sal. 74.

  • Hátan ofnes wylmþurhwódon,

      Cd. Th. 245, 16; Dan. 464.

  • In fýrbatðc, wælmum bi-wrecene,

      Exon. Th. 52, II ; Cri. 832.
heat, fervent heat, fiery heat
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  • Wylm fervor, i.

    calor

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 82.

  • Gif sumeres welm (wylm, v. l.) tó swíðlíc bið

    si aestatis fervor nimius fuerit

    ,
      R. Ben. 65, 20.

  • Ne mihte heora wlite gewemman wylm ðæs wæfran líges. Cd. Th. 231,

      2; Dan. 241.

  • Ðæs unmǽtan wylmes ðære sunnan hǽto,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573.

  • Wilme and bryne

    fervore

    .
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 42.

  • Flór is on welme,

      Cd. Th. 267, 17; Sat. 39.

  • Þrowigean frécne fýres wylm, 229, 8; Dan. 214. ¶ fig. ? :-- Oððæt deáðes wylm hrán æt heortan until the hot touch of death was at the heart, Beo. Th. 4531; B. 2269. II a. boiling, roasting :-- Wylm vel hyrsting

    frixura

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 84.

  • Gif hit wæter sý, hǽte man hit óð hit hleówe tó wylme,

      L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 14.

  • On welme weorðan fervere, Past. 5, 8; Swt. 447, 9. II b.

    inflammation

    :-- Se wielm ðæs innoðes út abiersð and wierð tó sceabbe,
      Past. II; Swt. 71, 9.

  • Ðæs welmes sár on ðære lifre,

      Lchdm. ii. 206, 3.

  • Æfter ádle welme . . . of ðara ómena welme,

      82, 2, 20.

  • Ða welmas ða ðe beóþ gehwǽr geond ðone líchoman,

      204, 14.
violent movement, violence, raging, tempestuous movement of water
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  • Oððe fýres feng, oððe flódes wylm,

      Beo. Th. 3533 ; B. 1764.

  • Gestilde seó sǽfram ðam wylme

    pontus suo quievit a fervors

    ,
      Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 542, 3.

  • Him ðæs endeleán þurh wæteres wylm Waldend sealde,

      Beo. Th. 2390 ; B. 1693: Exon. Th. 283, 14; Jul. 680.

  • Hí feorh áléton þurh ǽdra wylm (

    by the surging of the blood from the veins

    ),
      271, 6 ; Jul. 478.

  • Hé ýðum stilde, wæteres wælmum,

      Andr. Kmbl. 903; An. 452.
of mental emotion,
fervour, ardour
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  • Hié wénaþ ðæt hiera unðeáw sié sumes ryhtwíslíces andan wielm

    his suum vitium quasi virtus fervens videtur

    .
      Past. 40; Swt. 289, 20.

  • On ðæm welme ðære sóþan lufan Godes,

      Blickl. Homl. 29, 10.

  • Wylme,

      Homl. Th. ii. 128, 3.

  • Wylme

    fervore, ardore

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 469, 56.

  • Wælme lufu ðínre

    fervore dilectionis tuae

    .
      Rtl. 95, 27.

  • Seó hálige cyrice sum ding ðurh wælm (

    per fervorem

    ) receþ.
      Bd. 1. 27; S. 491, 30.

  • Wylm,

      Hpt. Gl. 465, 37.
heat, fury, rage, passion
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  • Wrǽðo ðín and wælm (furor) ðín, Rtl. 11, 1. . In uælme ðínum

    in furore tuo

    ,
      183, 2.

  • Mid ðam welme ðære hátheorthesse,

      Bt. 37, l; Fox 186, 20: Met. 25, 46.

  • Mid miclum wylme and yrre onstyred

    nimio furore commotus

    ,
      Bd. 1. 7; S. 477, 41.

  • Of lufe nalæs of wylme,

      1, 27; S. 490, 13.
  • Yrre ne lǽt ðé wylme besmítan. Exon. Th. 305, 8 ; Fä. 85.
Etymology
[Fouuer walmes of watere sprungen ut, O. E. Homl. i. 141, 17. In the welmes ben founde stones. Map. 355, 14.]
Similar entries
v. ǽ-, bǽl-, breóst-, brim-, bryne-, cear-, ed-, ege-, flód-, frum-, fýr-, heáfod-, heaðo-, holm-, hyge-, sár-, sǽ-, sorg-, streám-wilm (-wælm, -wylm).
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v.  welm wielm wælm.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wilm.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35801.

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