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willes

  • adverb
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willes, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord
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  • Be ðam men ðe willes man ofslihð

    de homine qui voluntate aliquem occidit

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      L. Ecg. P. ii. I. tit. ; Th. ii. 180, I. Ne
    scylan hyg ǽnig unriht willes geþafian, L. I. P. 6 ; Th. ii. 310, 18.

  • Hé willes deáð þrowade,

      R. Ben. 26, 15.

  • Geneádod tó ánre míle gange, gang willes twá,

      28, 3.

  • Hwílum willes, hwílum geneádode,

      Homl. Ass. 145, 45.

  • Gif hit geweorðeþ ðæt. man un-willes oþþe ungewealdes ǽnig þing misdéð, ná bið ðæt ná gelíc ðam ðe willes and gewealdes sylfwilles misdéð,

      L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 22 : L. Ed. 7 ; Th. i. 162, 26 : L. O. 1 ; Th. i. 178, 6.
    [Gif heo hit brekeð willes and woldes, A. R. 6, 26.] Þu þat forschuppes te self willes and waldes, H. M. 27, 2. v. self-willes, un-wil[l], wil[l].
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Bosworth, Joseph. “willes.” 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/35786.

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