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  • noun [ masculine ]
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willa, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§272; §276;
will, the faculty of willing
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  • Gé hwæthwega godcundlíces on eówerre sáule habbaþ, ðæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwíslíca willa,

      Bt. 14, 2; Fox 46, 26.

  • Sáwul is

    voluntas

    , ðæt is wylla, ðonne heó hwæt wyle,
      Homl. Skt. i. I. 187.

  • Ðæs mannes sáwl hæfð on hire . . . gemynd and andgit and willa . . . . Of ðam willan. cumaþ geþó htas and word and weorc, ǽgðer ge yfele ge góde . . . þurh ðone willan heó wile swá hwæt swá hire lícaþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 288, 18-30.

  • Se willa sceal beón ǽfre frig,

      Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 200; 2.

  • Mid ðínum ágenum willan and mid ðínum ágenum anwealde ðú ealle ðing ge-worhtest,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 12.
in case of one who has authority,
will, purpose, design, command
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  • Gewurðe ð ín willa

    fiat voluntas tua

    .
      Mt. Kmbl. 6, 10.

  • Hé eall gedéð, swá his willa byðom nia, quaecumque voluit, fecit, Ps. Th. 113, II. Bið ðám óþrum ungelíce willa geworden God's will will turn out very differently for the others, Exon. Th. 77, 29; Cri. 1264, Hæfde se heorde, se ðe of heofomum cworn, feóndas áfyrde. Hwylc wæs fægerra willa geworden?

    what fairer instance of God's will taikng effect has there been?

      147, 3 ; Gú. 721.
  • Gebéte hit God elmihtiga, ðonne his willa sý. Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 219, 24.

  • Gecyrron wé tó Drihtnes willan,

      Blickl. Homl. 101, 35,
    Hwyder magon gyt gangan from mínum willan? 187, 25.

  • Him eal worold wendeþ on willan,

      Beo. Th. 3482 ; B. 1739.

  • Ðás fíf andgitu gewisseþ seó sáwul tó hire wyllan,

      Homl. Skt. i. I. 201.

  • Willan

    nulum

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 26: 61, 5.

  • Ic þurh his willan hider ásend wæs

    Dei voluntate huc missus sum

    ,
      Gen. 45, 8.

  • Ðæne þeów ðe his hláfordes willan (

    voluntatem

    ) wiste, and ne dyde æfter his hláfordes willan,
      Lk. Skt. 12, 47.

  • Hé Drihtnes willan sóhte,

      Blickl. Homl. 225, 30.

  • Ic dó willan mínes Drihtnes,

      243, 22 : Cd. Th. 9, 15 ; Gen. 142.

  • Hí his willan wyrcean

    dui facitis voluntatem ejus

    ,
      Ps. Th. 102, 20.

  • Heó Alwaldan bræc word and willan,

      Cd. Th. 38, I; Gen. 600.

  • Mid gebedum ealue deófles willan oferswíþan,

      Blickl. Homl. 61, 20.

  • Ic tó him gebeáh and his willan geceás

    I submitted to him and swore allegiance to him

    ,
      L. O. I; Th. i. 178, 9.

  • Wið ðam ðet heó his willan geceóse

    on condition of her becoming his wife

    ,
      L. Edm. B. 3 ; Th. i. 254, 12.

  • Syndon ðíne willan tihte. Cd. Th. 234,

      10; Dan. 290. II a.
will, determination, resolution
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  • Hwilc anwilnys and geortrúwad wylla, þurh ða ðeós fægre geógað nú forwurðan sceall,

      Homl. Skt. i. 4, 310.
will in contrast with power or performance,
intention, purpose, desire to act
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  • Twá ðing sindon ðe ǽlces monnes ingeþanc tó fundaþ, ðæt is willa and anweald

    duo sunt, quibus omnis humanorum actuum constat effectus; voluntas scilicet, ac potestas

    ,
      Bt. 36, 3 ; Fox 176, 7.

  • Þán hí ðæt weorc ne mægen fulfremman, hí habbaþ, ðeáh fúlne wilian, and se untweofealda willa bioþ tó tellenne for fullfremod weorc . . . þeáh willaþ ða yfelan wyrcan ðæt, ðæt hí lyst, . . . ne forleósaþ hí eác ðone willan, ac habbaþ his wíte . . . Se yfla willa hiora welt,

      36, 7 ; Fox 184, 23-29.

  • Se yfela willa biþ tóstenced, gif mon ðæt weorc þurhtión ne mæg,

      38, 2; Fox 196, 31.

  • Ic nǽfre ne teolade sittan on ánum willan mid ðám á rleásum

    cum impiis non sedebo

    ,
      Ps. Th. 25, 5.

  • Arn hé inn mid sceandlícum willan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 170.

  • Óðerne rǽd wyrsan tó his willan

    other counsel worse for his purpose

    ,
      19, 206.

  • Se Hǽlend hæfde ðone gódan willan tó ðam fóstre, and ða mihte tó ðære fremminge,

      Homl. Th. i. 184, 22.

  • Ús æteówan his mihte and his willan,

      Blickl. Homl. 67, I. Wé
    ágyltaþ þurh weorc and þurh willan, 35, 14.

  • Se man se ðe wylle óþerne ofsleán, and ne mæg his wyllan þurhteón,

      L. Eog. P. ii. I; Th. ii. 182, 14: Past. ii ; Swt. 71, 14.
will, desire, wish
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  • Ic læs mǽrðo gefremed hæfde þonne mín willa wǽre,

      Nar. 32, 29.

  • Wé witon ðæt ðæt is ðínes módes willa, ðæt ðú móte ðás world forlǽtan,

      Blickl. Homl. 225, 19.

  • Ic beó gearo sóna willan ðínes

    will consent to your wish

    ,
      Exon. Th. 245, 26; Jul. 50.

  • Hé cwæþ ðæt ðæt ídel wǽre ðæt hí wilnedon, ac æt nýhstan mid ánmóde willan monigra hé wæs oferswíþed,

      Bd. 5, 6 ; S. 619, 3.

  • Tó willan (

    ad votum

    ) ðæs weres heó eardigendlíc wæs geworden,
      4, 28; S. 605, 20.

  • His heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan,

      Cd. Th. 44, 30 ; Gen. 717.

  • Hié ðæs ðone willan næfdon, ðæt hié heora noman hié benámon,

      Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 94, 7 : Cd. Th. 36, 9; Gen. 569.
  • Hí forléton ðone willan tó agenne. Homl. Th. i. 394, 5.

  • Secyning geþafode ðam þegne his willan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 6, 224: Beo. Th. 1274; B. 635.

  • Ðæt mé God gefylle feores ingeþanc, willan minne,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1359 ; El. 681.

  • Willum ic wilnade desiderio desideraui, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 22, 15. V a. desire in an unfavourable sense :-- Nýtenu . . . heora willa to nánum óþrum þingum nis áþenod búton tó gífernesse and tó wrǽnnesse

    pecudes . . . quorum omnis ad explendam corporalem lacunam festinat intentio

    ,
      Bt. 31, l; Fox 112, 7.

  • Weres wylla,

      Lchdm. i. 358, 18.

  • Sió hátheortness ðæt mód gebringð on ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, lo. Fæste for ðam unrihtan wyllan

    pro illa prava cupidine jejunet

    ,
      L. Ecg. P. iv. 10; Th. ii. 206, 20.

  • Ic him in onsende in breóstsefan bitre geþoncas þurh misiíce módes willan,

      Exon. Th. 266, 31; Jul. 406.
  • Ða flǽsclícan willan, ða cumaþ þurh deófles‚ sceónessa tó manna heortan. Blickl. Homl. 19, 6.
pleasure, delight
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  • Willa

    uoluptas

    ,
      Wulck. Gl. 253, 44.

  • Se willa ðæs líchoman

    voluptas carnis

    .
      Bd. l, 27; S. 493, 19, 21.

  • Ðá cwæþ hé: ‘Mé bið willa gif ðú miht' mnllnm delector, si potes, 5, 3; S. 616, 30 note. Se yfela willa unrihthǽmedes

    voluptas

    ,
      Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 24: Met. 18, 2.

  • Wé sprǽcon ǽr be ðam fíf gesélþum, ðæt is . . . willa (cf. fífte beoþ seó blis,

      33, l; Fox 122, 6), Bt. 33, 2 ; Fox 124, 19, 22: Wulfst. II, 7.

  • Hire se willa gelamp, ðæt heó on ǽnigne eorl gelýfde, Beo. Th. 1257 ;

    B.

    626:
      1653; B. 824.

  • Hwý ne miht ðú geþencan gif on ǽnegum ðissa eorþlícena góda ǽniges willan and ǽniges gódes wana is, ðonne is sum gód full ǽlces willan and nis nánes gódes wana

    si est quaedam bonifragilis imperfecta felicitas, esse aliquam solidam, perfectam-que, non potest dubitari

    ,
      Bt. 34, I ; Fox 134, 24-27.

  • Ðæt wíf onféhð ðæs (

    from that

    ) willan on ðæm hǽmede,
      Lchdm. i. 350, Ii. Ðú
    tíres móst, willan brúcan, Andr. Kmbl. 212; An. 106: Exon. Th. 151, 24; Gfl. 800.

  • Gif ðæt mód ðæm willan ne wiðbrítt

    dum in cogitatione voluptas non reprimitur

    ,
      Past. II; Swt. 71, 8.

  • Hé hine on ðæm willan gehielt ðæt hé mid ealre éstfulnesse lufaþ ðæt éce líf

    sub aeterna ejus beatitudine tota devotione continetur

    ,
      50; Swt. 389, 15.

  • Se wer ðe his bebod healdeþ mid willan

    the man that delighteth in his commandments

    ,
      Ps. Th. in, 1.

  • Ðeáh ðe hé léte wæter on willan, wynnum flówan,

      77, 21.

  • Ne weóx hé him tó willan, ac tó wælfylle and tó deáðcwalum,

      Beo. Th. 3426; B. 1711.

  • Tó willan and to worðmyndum

    to please and honour him

    ,
      2376; B. 1156.

  • Nafast ðú tó manna mægene willan non in viribus equi voluntatem habebit, Ps. Th. 146, II. Þurh ungelýfedre willan

    per inlicitam voltiplatem

    ,
      Bd. 3, 19 ; S. 548, 29.

  • Forgife ðé Dryhten willan on worulde and in wuldre blǽd,

      Andr. Kmbl. 711 ; An. 356.

  • Heó wide hire willan sóhte, nó hweðere reste fand,

      Cd. Th. 87, 28; Gen. 1455.

  • Ða willan and ða getǽsu ðe him on ðisse worulde becumaþ,

      Past. 50; Swt. 387, 15.

  • Hwǽr cumaþ his willan and his fyrenlustas?

      Blickl. Homl. 113,I.

  • Ða ðe ðisses middangeardes wilna and welena wilniaþ

      , Past. 50; Swt. 387, 7.

  • Mið walum and willum lífes

    divitiis et uoluptatibus uitae

    ,
      Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 14.

  • Willum neótan,

      Exon. Th. 82, 26; Cri. 1344.

  • Hé brúcan mót wonges mid willum,

      208, l; Ph. 149.

  • Willum biscyrede,

      93, 3; Cri. 1520.

  • Tó hira willum

    ad suos libitos

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 10.

  • Willan

    libitos, luxus

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 480, 60.

  • VI a.

    a pleasant, desirable thing, a good, what gives pleasure, what is desired

    :-- Ic eom æþelinges ǽht and willa,
      Exon. Th. 488, 19; Rä. 77 I.
    Nánes willan wana, náþer ne weorþscipes, ne anwealdes, ne foremǽrnesse, ne blisse, Bt. 24, 4 ; Fox 86, 30.

  • Gif ðé ǽnies willan wana biþ, ðeáh hit lytles hwæt sié,

      II, I ; Fox 30, 22: 26, 1; Fox 90, 22.

  • Nǽron hí bescyrede sceattes willan

    non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo

    ,
      Ps. Th. 77, 29.

  • Siððan hé ðæs welan full biþ, ðonne þincþ him ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlcne willan, gif hé hæbbe anweald,

      Bt. 33, 2 ; Fox 124, 10.

  • Oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft

    time often brings the unattained desire

    ,
      Prov. Kmbl. 40.

  • Gif man mægðman néde genimeþ, ðam ágende .. scillinga, and æft æt ðam ágende sínne willan (

    the object he had desired i. e. the maiden )

    ætgebicge,
      L. Ethb. 82; Th. i. 24, 4.

  • Losewest willana

    deceptio divitiarum

    ,
      Mk. Skt. Rush. 4, 19.

  • Wilna brúcaþ, ára on eorðan,

      Cd. Th. 92, 22; Gen. 1532.

  • Wilna geniht,

      113, 21 ; Gen. 1890.

  • Wilna brytta,

      97, 29; Gen. 1620.

  • Wilna gehwilces weaxende spéd,

      100, 6; Gen. 1660.

  • Wana wilna gehwilces,

      137, 12.
  • Gen. 2272.

  • Hié lǽddon eorðwelan, wíf and willan and heora woruklgestreón,

      112, 31; Gen. 1879.
mill, disposition
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  • On eówrum fæstendagum bið ongieten eówer willa

    in diebus jejuniorum vestrorum inveniuntur voluntates vestrae

    ,
      Past. 43; Swt. 315, 3. 'Sý on
    eorðan sibb ðám mannum ðe synd gódes willan. ' Ne bið nán lác Gode swá gecwéme swá se góda willa . . . Hwæt is gód willa búton gódnys . , . Hwæt is ǽnig lác wið ðisum willan ? Homl. Th. i. 582, 33-584, lo : Hy. 8, 6.

  • Hé (

    Titus

    ) wæs swá gódes willan ðæt hé sægde ðæt hé forlure ðone dæg ðe hé nóht on tó góde ne gedyde,
      Ors. 6, 8; Swt. 264, 2.

  • Mid gódum willan fæstan,

      Blickl. Homl. 37, 27 : 97, 27.

  • Gode underþeódde on gódum willan,

      79, 32.

  • On fæstendagum bið gesýne hwilcne willan gé habbaþ,

      L. E. I. 42 ; Th. ii. 438, 35.

  • Nǽnig wæs weorð, gif mon his willan begeat yfelne,

      Met. 8, 37.

  • Gelfcnyssa willena qualitates afectionum, Scint. 28, 18. VIIa, good will, favourable disposition :-- Swá micel beón scyl gebiddendes embe God willa

    tantus esse debet orantis erga Deum affectus

    ,
      Scint. 33, 8.

  • Willa belimpð tóblisse simle

    voluntas ad laetitiam pertinet

    ,
      Past. 43; Swt. 315, 5.

  • Se Hálga Gást is willa and sóð lufu ðæs Fæder and ðæs Suna; sóðlíce willa and lufu getácniaþ án ðing,

      Homl. Th. i. 282, 2-4: 228, 24.

  • In árfæst-nesse willan

    in devotione pietatis

    ,
      Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 592, 25.

  • Gé earme men willum onféngun, on mildum sefan. Exon. Th. 83,

      5; Cri. 1351.
in reference to voluntary or to permitted action,
will, accord, consent, pleasure
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  • Gif ðam Pápan ðæt lícode and ðæt his willa wǽre and his leáf

    si Papae hoc ut fieret, placeret

    ,
      Bd. 2, I ; S. 501, 32.

  • Gif beweddod mǽden nele tó ðam ðe heó beweddod bið, and wæs hire willa

    si puella desponsata cum eo esse nolit, cui voluntate sua desponsata erat

    ,
      L. Ecg. C. 20; Th. ii. 148, 29.

  • Selflíces willan

    spontaneae volunlatis

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 436, 76.

  • Ágnes willan hé bið gebunden,

      Homl. Th. i. 212, 16: 224, 23.

  • Ða yfelan nellaþ heora willan gehýran Godes beboda,

      L. Ælfc. P. 4; Th. ii. 364, 20.

  • Be willan

    ultro

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 74.

  • Wæs sió fǽmne mid hyre fæder willan biweddad,

      Exon. Th. 244, 24; Jul. 32 : Met. 24, 54 : Andr. Kmbl. 2802 ; An. 1403.

  • Eallra gesceafta ágnum willan (-um,

      Cott. MS.)
    God rícsaþ ofer hí, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 12.

  • Hwæðer ǽnig gesceaft seó, ðe hire willan (-um, Cott. MS.) nylle ealne weg bión, ac wile hire ágnum willan (-um, Cott. MS.) forweorþan, 34, 9; Fox 148, II. Mid fullan willan

    volens

    ,
      36, 6; Fox 182, 7.

  • Nó genéded, ac mid his wyllan,

      Blickl. Homl. 29, 16.

  • Mid hyra bégra wyllan

    cum consensu amborum

    ,
      L. Ecg. C. 25; Th. ii. 150, 20.

  • His águum willan (willum,

    v. l.

    ) hé com tó róde gealgan,
      Past. 3; Swt. 33, 19.

  • Un-geniédde, mid eówrum ágenum willan (willum,

      Cott, MSS.), 18; Swt. 137, 20.
  • Be his ágenum willan. Homl. Th. i. 228, 30.

  • Mid his sylfes willan

    ultro

    ,
      Bd. l, 7; S. 477, 22.

  • Mid nænignm néde gebǽded, ac mid his sylfes willan,

      Blickl. Homl. 83, 32.

  • Hé genam ðæt wíf ofer ðes cynges willan,

      Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 5.

  • Hé ofer willan gióng

    he went against his will

    ,
      Beo. Th. 4810; B. 2409: Exon. Th. 412, 6; Rä. 30, 10.
  • Him nánwuht wið his willan ne sié. Bt. II, l ; Fox 30, 25.

  • Hé mid ðara wietena willum ðæm cynedóme ne mehte tó cuman,

      Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 26.

  • Ic gestág willum mínum. Exon. Th. 91,

      16; Cri. 1493.

  • Ðæs ðe ðú nǽfre þínum willum álǽtan woldest,

      Bt. II, 2; Fox 34, 13.

  • Ðæt ǽnegu þeód óþre hiere willum friþes bǽde,

      Ors. I. lo ; Swt. 48, 29.

  • Gif hié hiera willum ús tó noldon

    si uoluntate sua nollent procedere

    ,
      Nar. 10, 23: L. Wih. i ; Th. i. 36, 16: Bt. II. I; Fox 32, 29 : Ps. Th. 17, 43 : 44, 16.

  • Hannibal his ágnum willum hine selfne mid átre ácwealde

    Annibal veneno sese necavit

    ,
      Ors. 4, ll ; Swt. 206, 30: Bt. 34, II; Fox 150, 30.

  • Hí hiora ágnum willum hí sylfe unþeáwum underþeódaþ,

      40, 7; Fox 242, 29: 35, 4; Fox 160, 16.

  • Hí sécaþ sylfra willum hámas on heolstrum,

      Exon. Th. 107, 4; Gú. 53.

  • Óðer hiene his selfes willum gebeád,

      Past. 7 ; Swt. 49, 3.

  • Mid his sylfes willum

    ultro

    ,
      Bd. I. 7; S. 477, 15.
sake, account (cf.
Ger. meinetwillen)
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  • Hé áscade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle ða brocu and ða geswinc ðe hé for hira willan and eác for hiera niédþearfe fela wintra dreógende wæs,

      Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 28.

  • Hé ǽfre wan for willan ðæs Ælmihtigan,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 683.
will, one's own way
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  • Saga mé hwæt ðam men sí leófust on his lífe and láðost æfter his deáðe. Ic ðé secge his willa. Salm. Kmbl. p. 204, 44.

  • Ic hí lifian hét æfter hiora willum

    ibunt in voluntatibus suis

    ,
      Ps. Th. 80, 12.
v. hyht-, im-, weorold-willa; wil[l].
Etymology
[Goth. wilja : O. Sax. willio : O. Frs. willa : O. H. Ger. willo voluntas, voluptas, affectus, affectio, votum, placitum, intentio, nutus, propositum, arbitrium, mens, anima, ratio: Icel. vili.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “willa.” 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/35771.

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