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wól

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.
Pest, pestilence, plague, murrain
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  • Ádlle and wóle

    luem,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 3.
in a physical sense in reference to men or animals
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  • Wól(pestis) wæs æfter fyligende,

    • Bd. i. 13
      • ;
    • S. 482, 6.

  • Mycel wól and grim

    acerba pestis,

    • l, 14
      • ;
    • S. 482, 29.

  • Ðætte nó mid him getió mé wól (mortalitas) ðyses geáres,

    • Lchdm. i. lxviii, 3
      • :
    • 330, I.

  • Ǽr ðæm ðe seó wól geendod wǽre

    cessatum a mortibus non est,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 70, 12.

  • Seó monigfealdeste wól

    pestilentia gravis, praecipue mulieres pecudesque corripiens,

    • 4, i
      • ;
    • Swt. 158, 17.

  • On ða tíd ðæs miclan wóles and moncwylde ðe Breotona eálond mid mycle wóle forhergode

    tempore mortalitatis quae Brittaniam lata strage vastavit,

    • Bd. 3, 13
      • ;
    • S. 538, 15
      • :
    • 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 555, 9.

  • His hýd is brýce eallum fiþerfétum nýtenum wið wóles gewinne on tó ðónne,

      Lchdm. i. 330, 4.

  • Ǽlcum fiþerfétum neáte ðe on wóle winne,

      328, 13.

  • For ðæm wóle (pestis) ðe on ðæt lond becom,

    • Ors. 1, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 34, 15.
Grammar
wól, figurative
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  • Hwelc is wyrsa wól oððe ǽngum men máre daru ðonne hé hæbbe on his geférrǽdenne feónd on freóndes anlícnesse?

    quae pestis efficacior ad nocendum, quam familiaris inimicus?

    • Bt. 29, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 106, 13.

  • Wól

    lues,

    • Bd. I. 14
      • ;
    • S. 482, 23.

  • Ðæs Pelagianiscan wóles

    (pestis),

    • I. 21
      • ;
    • S. 485, 5.

  • On wóles setle

    in cathedra pestilentiae,

    • Past. 56
      • ;
    • Swt. 435, 21.

  • Wóle,

      Anglia xiii. 33, 146.

  • Fram ðysses gemetes wóle (labe; the heresy of Eutyches) clǽne,

    • Bd. 4, 17
      • ;
    • S. 585, 12.

  • Wénst ðú ðe ic nyte ðone wól ðínre gedréfednesse

    (perturbationum morbum),

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 12, 17.

  • Ic ðone wól (witchcraft) eów forbeóde,

      Homl. Skt. i. 17, 72.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wól
:
O. H. Ger. wól clades, strages.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wól.” 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/36431.

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