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wilwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wilwan, wilwian, wilian; p. wilwede, wilede.
to roll (trans.)
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  • Ic áwende oððe wylewige (wylwige,

    v. l. ) uoluo

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 28; Zup. 177, 9.

  • Hé wylede ðone stán fram ðære byrgenne duru,

      Blickl. Homl. 157, 8.

  • Hé wylode hine sylfne on ðam þornum and netelum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 156, 28.

  • Hé hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas

    praecepit: 'Volvite saxa ingentia ad os speluncae,'

      Jos. 10, 18.

  • Hé hí swá nacode hét wylian on ðam fýre. Homl. Skt. i. 8, 170. Ia. fig. :-- Sibb áflýmð saca, anda tógædre wilaþ hí

    pax effugat discordias, inuidia copulat eas

    ,
      Scint. II, 8.

  • Hé hine sylfne betweox ðises andweardan middan*-*geardes (wǽlum?) weólc and welode

    inter fluctuantis saeculi gurgites jactaretur

    ,
      Guthl. 2 ; Gdwin. 14, 14.
to join, compound, compose
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  • Byð

    wylyd ealswá middangeardes boga.
      Lchdm. iii. 82, 18.
Etymology
[Welwyn or rollyn al thyngys þat may not be borne volvo, Prompt. Parv. 521. Goth. walwjan to roll (trans. ).]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-wilwan; wealwian.
Linked entries
v.  wylian wilian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wilwan.” 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/35825.

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