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will

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
will, well, wyll, es;
m, A well, spring, fountain (lit, and fig. )
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  • Well

    fons

    .
      Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 29.

  • Án wyll (

    fons

    ) ásprang of ðære corðan,
      Gen. 2, 6.

  • Ðǽr wæs Iacóbes wyl (wyll,

    v. l.

    ). Se Hǽlend sæt æt ðam wylle,
      Jn. Skt. 4, 6.

  • Bið on him will (wyll,

    v. l.

    ) forðrǽsendes wætres,
      4, 14.

  • Wyl,

      Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 27.

  • Hió áweóll of ánum wille (welle, Cott. MSS. ) non a diverso fonte emanavit, Past. 7 ; Swt. 49, LI. Lǽt forð ðine willas (wyllas, Cote. MSS. ) . . . Ðæt is ðætte se láreów ǽrest sceal self drincan of ðam wille his ágenre láre

    deriventur fontes tui foras . . . Rectum est, ut ipse prius bibat

    , 48 ;
      Swt. 373, 14.

  • Of ðam geate tó wille; fram ðan wille,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 172, 37.

  • Áþweah ða eágan on clǽnum wylle,

      Lchdm. ii. 32, 16.

  • Hwílum gehátaþ hý ælmessan tó wylle (wille, welle,

    v. ll.

    ),
      Wulfst. 12, 3.

  • Gif hwylc man his ælmessan geháte oððe bringe tó hwylcon wylle (

    ad fontem aliquem

    ), . . .fæste . iii. geár on hláfe and on wætere,
      L. Ecg. P. ii. 22; Th. ii. 190, 24.
  • Gif hwá his wæccan æt ǽnigum wylle hæbbe, iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 12.

  • Hlút-erra wella wæter hi druncon

    potum dabat lubricus amnis

    .
      Bt. 15 ; Fox 48, 12.

  • Wylla,

      Cd. Th. 240, 13; Dan. 386.

  • Willas

    fontes

    .
      Ps. Spl. 103, II. Wyllas, 73, 16.

  • Ne weorðian gé wyllas,

      Wulfst. 40, 15.
Etymology
[Cnihtes þane wel dutte, Laym. 19812 (and MS.).]
Similar entries
v. waeter-will; willa, wille.
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v.  well.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “will.” 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/35769.

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