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willa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
willa, wella, wylla, an. ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§272; §276;
A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig. )
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  • Wæs ðér wælla (

    fons

    ) . . . ðe Hǽlend sæt ofer ðæm wælh,
      Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 6, 14.
  • In ðæm wælla,

      9, 7.
  • Tó ðé ðam willan ealles wísdðmes

    ad te fontent omnis sapientiae

    ,
      Bd. 5, 24 ; S. 649, 3.
  • Mid ðam willan fulluhte bæþes

    fonte baptismatis

    ,
      5, 7; S. 620, 33.
  • Ðiosne pytt ł uælla

    puteum

    ,
      Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 4, 12.
Etymology
[Heo ȝeoten i þan welle (wille, 2nd MS. ) ; þa wes þa welle mid attre bigon. Laym. 19771.]
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v. wille, will.
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