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wil

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wil, will, es; n.
will, pleasure
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  • Se cyng geseah ðæt hé nán þincg his willes ðǽr geforðian ne mihte

    the king saw that he could carry out nothing of his purpose

    ,
    • Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 6.

  • Hé nolde his willes (

    of his own accord

    ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan,
    • Homl. Th. ii. 334, 25
      • :
    • Ap. Th. 4, 5.

  • Wylles,

    • Nicod. 11 ; Thw. 6, 7.

  • Gif hwá hine sylfne besmíte his ágenes willes (

    sua sponte

    ),
    • L. M. P. 36
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 274, 20
      • :
    • Homl. Ass. 62, 255.

  • Gif þeówa and þeówen hyra bégra wylles hig gesomnigon

    si servus et ancilla mutua voluntate se conjunxerint

    ,
    • L. Ecg. C. 25
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 150, 15.

  • Be ðínum ágenum wille ð ú férdest tó ðínes fæder híwrǽdene

    ad tuos ire cupiebas et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui

    ,
    • Gen. 31, 30.

  • Hí móston ðes cynges wille folgian,

    • Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 222, 33.

  • Ne fornime incer nóðer óðer ofer will bútan geþafunge

    nolite fraudare invicem, nisi ex consensu

    ,
    • Past. 51; Swt. 399, 34.

  • Hé genam ðæt wíf ofer ðæs cynges wil,

    • Chr. 1015
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 4, col. 2.
a pleasant or desirable thing
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  • Willa (wilna? v. willa. VIa) spédum, dugeða gehwilcre stépan,

    • Cd. Th. 142, 18 ; Gen. 2363.

  • Al his wil to don,

    • Laym. 2793.

  • Ðu wurchest mi wil, .

    • Kath. 2108.

  • Þat wil,

    • Shor. 16.
Etymology
[þ in aȝen wil,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 61, 119.
Liues wil and eche pleie,
  • 193, 62.
] Þe onnesse of o luue and of o wil, A. R. 12, 7.
Icel. vil
; n. v. ge-, self-, un-wil[l], willes, willa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wil.” 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/35768.

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