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wilnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
of animate objects,
to desire, ask for (the source from which marked by
tó),
with gen. or uncertain
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  • Wilnigaþ monige men anwealdes . . . Se ealra forcúiþesta wilnaþ ðæs ylcan,

      Bt. 18, I; Fox 60, 27.

  • Hwí wilnige wé ǽnigre óþre sage?

    quid adhuc egemus testibus?

      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 65.

  • Ða nétenu, and eác ða óþre ge-sceafta, má wilniaþ ðæs ðe hí wilniaþ for gecynde ðonne for willan,

      Bt. 34, II; Fox 152, 6.

  • Ealle tó ðé ǽtes wilniaþ

    omnia a te expectant, ut des illis escam

    ,
      Ps. Th. 103, 25.

  • Wuhta gehwilc wilnaþ tó eorðan, sume nédþearfe, sume neódfræce,

      Met. 31, 14.
  • Ealle þider willniaþ oþþe ðæs ðe hí lyst, oþþe ðæs ðe hí beþurfon. Bt. 41, 6 ; Fox 254, 29.

  • Heó hiere feores tó him wilnade (

    pro vita precans

    ),
      Ors. 3, II; Swt. 150, 33.

  • Ðæt wæter ðe hé tó Gode wilnade

    aquam quam a Deo petierat

    ,
      Bd. I. 7; S. 478, 28.

  • Hé wilnode him tó Gode sumre frófre

    he asked of God for some comfort for himself

    ,
      Ps. Th. 15, arg.
    Helpan nánum ðara ðe tó him áre wilnodan. Blickl. Homl 223, 3.

  • Ne wilna ðú ðínes néhstan húses ne his wífes

    non concupisces domum proximi tui nec desiderabis uxorem ejus

    ,
      Ex. 20, 17.

  • Hwelc fremu is ðe ðæt ðú wilnige ðissa and-weardena gesǽlþa ofer gemet? Bt. 14,

      I; Fox 42, 8.

  • Þonne hí tó his húso hleówes wilnian,

      Ps. Th. 108, 10.
  • Tó ðæm heáhengle ðæt hié him fultomes wilnodan. Blickl. Homl. 201, 28.

  • Friðes wilnian,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2258; An. 1130.

  • Willnian (wilnian,

    v. l.

    ) ðæs ðe hé næfþ,
      Bt. 36, 3 ; Fox 176, 12.

  • Him wilnian lofes

    to desire praise for himself

    ,
      Past. 62 ; Swt. 457, 26: Exon. Th. 119, 28; Gú. 261.

  • Tó Rómánum friþes wilnian

    a Romanis pacem petere

    ,
      Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 7: Cd. Th. 229, 10; Dan. 215: Exon. Th. 48, 18 ; Cri. 773.

  • Wylnian,

      Wulfst. 277, 19.
with accusative
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  • Ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges -deáð (cf. nolo mortem impii,

      Ezech. 33, II), Ps. C. 54.

  • Ða æþelingas wilniaþ,

      Exon. Th. 433, 14; Rä. 50, 7.

  • Eall hwæt hí willniaþ hí begitaþ,

      Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 22.

  • Ðæt sáwul mín wilnaþ (

    concupivit

    ), ðæt ic ðín word móte healdan,
      Ps. Th. 118, 20.

  • Ealle hié ðæt wilnodan, ðæt hié his word gehýran móston,

      Blickl. Homl. 219, 35.

  • Hwæt (hwæs,

    v. l.

    ) hé wilnian sceal,
      Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 18.
with infinitive
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  • Ða ðe wilniaþ fretan mín folc,

      Ps. Th. 13, 9.

  • Willniaþ raple þurh mistlíce paþas cuman tó ánum ende

    diverso calle, sed d unum finem nititur pervenire

    .
      Bt. 24, I ; Fox 80, 8.

  • Hé wilnode hine geseón

    erat cupiens uidere eum

    ,
      Lk. Skt. 23, 8.

  • Gif ðú wilnige oncnáwan,

      Bt. 6; Fox 14, 31.

  • Gif ðú willnige ongitan

    si vis cernere

    ,
      39, 13 ; Fox 232, 24.

  • Wilnige, Met. 29, I. Gebida wilnando

    petere uolentes

    .
      Lk. Skt. p. 6. 12.
with geniudial infinitive
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  • Ðæt hié wielnien (wilnien, Cott. MSS.) tó wietanne ðæt ðæt hié nyton

    ut appetant scire, quae nesciunt

    ,
      Past. 30; Swt. 203, 8.
with genitive and gerundial infinitive
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  • Ǽlc mód wilnaþ sóþes gódes tó begitanne

    est mentibus hominum veri boni inserta cupiditas

    ,
      Bt. 24, 2 ; Fox 80, 32.

  • Hí wilniaþ welan and weorþscipes tó gewinnanne

    opes, honores ambiant

    ,
      Met. 19, 43.
with a clause
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  • Gif ðú wilnast ðæt ðú mæge oncnáwan,

      Met. 5, 24.

  • Wilnaþ God tó ǽlcum men ðæt hé sié oððe wearm oððe ceald

    aut calidus quisque esse, aut frigidus quaeritur

    ,
      Past. 58; Swt. 447, 15.

  • Hé wilnode ðæt his lícræst sceolde beón æt Cridiantúne,

      Chr. 977 ; Erl. 127, 37.
  • Heó ealle tó mé wilnodon ðæt ic hine lǽte æt mé ðæt land begeotan. Chart. Th. 167, 38.

  • Hié wilnedon tó him ðæt hié mósten on his ríce mid friðe gesittan,

      Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 20.

  • Nis nán gesceaft ðara ðe ne wilnige ðæt hit þider cuman mage,

      Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 30.

  • Wilnie,

      Met. 13, 69.

  • Ðeáh hí wielnien (wilnien,

      Cott. MSS.)
    ðæt hié andrysne sién, Past. 17; Swt. 109, 18.

  • Tó Sancte Michaele ðæt hié wilnodan ðæt God gecýþde ðæt mannum bemiðen wæs,

      Blickl. Homl. 199, 32.

  • Wilniende ðæt hí ǽlcum gewinne óðflogen hæfdon

    credentes quod se a congressu totius humanae habitationis abstraherent

    ,
      Ors. 1, 4; Swt. 32, 21.

  • Wæs hé wilniende tó Gode, ðæt hé ǽghwylcum gemildsode,

      Wulfst. 278, 12.
  • (g) absolute or uncertain :-- Hé hí ne gewemde, eal swá heó tó Gode wilnode, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 221.

  • Wilnig from mé ðætte ðú willt

    pete a me quod uis

    ,
      Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 22.

  • Tó wilnanne

    ad concupiscendam

    ,
      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 28.

  • Án ðære sáwle gecynda is ðæt heó biþ wilnigende,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 4.

  • Wilnigendum flagitante, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 23. ¶ present participle with force of Latin form in -dus :-- Uilnende ginyhtsumnise

    desideratum abundantiam

    ,
      Rtl. 73, 3. 2.
to desire to go
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  • Ðú wilnast ofer wídne mere,

      Andr. Kmbl. 565 ; An. 283.

  • Swá heort wilnaþ tó wætre

    sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum

    ,
      Ps. Th. 41, 1.

  • Wuhta gehwilc wilnaþþiderweard, ðǽr his mǽgðe bið mǽst ætgædere,

      Met. 20, 159.
of inanimate objects, to tend to an end (gen. )
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  • Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ylcan ðe sió hlúde ýð déð

    hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella saeviens

    ,
      Past. 57; Swt. 437, 14.

  • Sege mé hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnige

    die mihi, quis sit rerum finis, quove totius naturae tendat intentio

    ,
      Bt. 5; 3 ; Fox 12, 19.
  • Ðú cý. þdest ðæt ðú nestest hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnode, Fox 12, 35.
Etymology
[Laym, wilnien : A. R. wilnen : Orm. willnenn: Ayenb. wilni: Piers P. wilne: Icel. vilna.]
Similar entries
v. ge-, yfel-wilnian.
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v.  willnian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wilnian.” 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/35805.

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