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wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §145; §556;
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  • Þá ðá wé wel noldon, ðá forhradode Godes mildheortnys þæt wé wel woldon. Nú wé wel willað, ús fyligð Godes mildheortnys þæt úre willa ýdel ne sý. Hé gearcað úrne gódne willan tó fultumigenne,

      Hml. Th. ii. 84, 13-16.
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  • Ic nát for hwý gé þá tída swelcra broca swá wel hergeað

    I know not why you praise so much the times of such calamities,

      Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 3.

  • Þonne mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf,

      Ll. Th. ii. 430, 25.
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  • Sum man wæs blind wel seofon geár fulle,

      Hml. S. 21, 202.
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  • Hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllice óðre sindon englisce

    interjectiones,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13.
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v. efen-wel.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wel.” 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/60323.

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