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willan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
willan, p. de.
Wright's OE grammar
§214; §474; §551;
to boil (trans. )
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  • Wyl (wel,

    v. l.

    ) on wætere . . . wyl on ealdan wíne,
      Lchdm. i. 72, 7, 23.
  • Wel on buteran, ii. 22, 25.
  • Wæl, i. 374, 8.
  • Wæll,

      378, 3.
fig. to torment, agitate, with violent feelings (cf. figurative uses of weallan
and seóþan)
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  • Hé wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, wunaþ unlustum

    he gives himself no peace in that pain, lives unpleasingly

    ,
      Salm. Kmbl. 537 ; Sal. 268.
Etymology
[þe caliz þet was imelt iðe fure and stroncliche iwelled, A. R. 284, 20. A chetel of iwelled bras, Jul. 82, 54. Welled led molten lead, H. R. 59, 501. Icel. vella to boil (trans.).]
Similar entries
v. a-, be-, ge-, ofer-, on-willan (-wellan, -wyllan).
Linked entries
v.  a-wyllan.
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