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willan, <b>, I.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§214; §474; §551;
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  • Þá ðá wé wel noldon, ðá forhradode Godes mildheortnys ús þæt wé wel woldon,

      Hml. Th. ii. 84, 14.
  • II a I. of a natural operation in the case of an, animal or thing :-- Fleót ꝥ

  • Án cú wearð gebróht tó ðám temple . . . ; ðá wolde heó cealfian . . . ac heó eánode lamb, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 34. II d.

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    :-- Swá oft swá hé tó his horse wolde,
      Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 25.

  • Swylce hé wolde wið þæs heofenes weard, Wlfst. 100, 4. III b. add :-- Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, wé willað ꝥ hé hit forgylde, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 24. IV a. add :-- Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg volo me signare, sed non possum, Gr. D. 325, 4, IV b. add :-- Hé him secgan hét ꝥ hé geornor wolde sibbe wið hiene þonne gewinn, Ors. 3, l ; S. 96, 18. IV c. add :-- Hié woldon ꝥte þá óþere wíf wǽren emsárige him, Ors. I. 10 ; S. 46, 3. VI a. of things,

    to have a tendency

    :-- Gif eáran willen ádeáfian,
      Lch. ii. 40, 22. VII a. of
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  • Ðá hit þá on mergen dagian wolde

    imminente aurora,

      Guth. Gr. 135, 270.
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  • Ic eom gearu ꝥ ic wille gecyrran tó rihte

    converti paratus sum, Gr.

      D. 325, 12.

  • Hí wǽron onginnende ꝥ hí ꝥ dón woldon

    hoc facere conati sunt,

      234, 6.
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  • Ðá eóde se cyning in ꝥ hé wolde geseón

    intravit rex ut videret,

      Mt. 22, 21.

  • Hí fóron ꝥ hig woldon hí gebiddan

    ascenderant ut adorarent,

      Jn. 12, 20.

  • Efne swá þá wínu woldon feallan on þone flór

    ita ut pavimentum vina invaderent,

      Gr. D. 59, 17.
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v. nyllan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “willan.” 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/60534.

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