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desire to obtain.
in a favourable or indifferent sense
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  • Gif hé hit herede, eft hé stiérde ðǽre gewilnunge

    laudans desiderium in pavorem vertit quod laudavit,

      Past. 53, 9.

  • Mid gewilnungum stefne wé singaþ votis voce psallimus, Hy. S. 114, 36. ¶ desire for a person, love :-- Gewilnunge (infimi, i. terreni) amoris, An. Ox. 1184. (1 a) with gen. of what is desired :-- Hé for ðǽre gewilnunge swelcra weorca biscopdóm ne sécð

    episcopatum non appetit per hunc boni operis ministerium,

      Past. 55, 1.

  • Mid ðǽre gewilnunge ðára ungesewenlicra ðinga

    invisibilia appetendo,

      98, 3.

  • Gewilnunge, for begeate

    obtentu, i. ob desiderio (castitatis ),

      An. Ox. 2698.

  • Hé micele gewilnunge hæfde Crístes tócymes,

      Hml. Th. i. 136, 9.
  • (1 b) where the desire is expressed in a clause

    Hé þæt gewinn swíþost dyde for þǽre gewilnunge þe hé wolde hí him on fultum geteón,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 2.
in an unfavourable sense
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  • Sé bið hoferede, sé ðe sió byrðen ofðrycð ðisse eorðlican gewilnunge (

    terrenae sollicitudinis

    ),
      Past. 67, 13.

  • Oferswíðde mid sumre unryhtre gewilnunge

    repentina concupiscentia superati,

      21, 8.

  • Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge onbærnede

    sua cupidine accensi,

      27, 18.

  • On ðǽm eorðlicum gewilnungum

    terrenis desideriis,

      155, 23.
  • ¶ desire for the pleasures of sense, lust.
greediness for food
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  • Suá hé sceal etan ðætte hine sió gewilnung ðǽre gífernesse of his módes fæsðrǽdnesse ne gebrienge

    ne illos appetitus gulae a mentis statu dejiciat,

      Past. 317, 6.

  • Gewilnunga birgena

    sepulchra concupiscentiae,

      Num. 11, 34.

  • Ðá niétenu for ðǽre gewilnunge hiera giéfernesse (

    appetitu gulae

    ) simle lócigeað tó ðǽre eorðan,
      Past. 155, 19.
sexual lust. v. 2 a ¶ β. (2 a) with gen. of what is desired
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  • Gewilnunge

    appetitu (pretiosarum vestium ),

      An. Ox. 5158.

  • Mid ungemǽtlicre gewilnunge anwaldes

    dominationis libidine,

      Ors. 1, 2; S. 28, 27.

  • For ðǽre gewilnunga woroldgielpes and giétsunga

    per ambitum quasi per gulae desiderium,

      Past. 157, 2.

  • Mid ungerisenlicum gewilnungum ðissa woroldðinga ambitione inhonesta, 157, 9. ¶

    greed, lust.

    v. 2 ¶.
with reference to food
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  • Se feónd ðæs ǽrestan monnes mód ontýnde on ðæs æples gewilnunge

    hostis primi hominis sensum in concupiscentia pomi aperuit,

      Past. 309, 17.
of sexual lust
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  • For ðǽre sceamleáslecan gewilnunge his wífes

    in appetitu foeminae,

      35, 24.
desire to act.
in a good sense
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  • Georn[fulnysse], gewilnunge

    intentione, i. desiderio,

      An. Ox. 2526.
in an unfavourable sense
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  • Gewilnung, styrung

    gestus (interioris hominis sanaretur ),

      An. Ox. 2077.

  • Ná mid gewilnedre (-fylledre?) gewilnunge

    nequaquam effecta voluntate,

    4678.

  • Tolcetunge gewilnunge

    titillationum, i. stimulorum luxurie gestus (corporeos ),

    2183.
a desired object, an object of desire
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  • Eálá þú Hǽlend úre álýsednyss, lufu and gewilnung (

    desiderium

    ),
      Hy. S. 83, 33.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wilnung.” 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/50491.

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