Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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á-wyllan

Similar entry: á-willan

á-wyltan

Linked entry: á-wiltan

fisc-wylle

(adj.)
Grammar
fisc-wylle, -welle; adj. [cf. weallan to swarm]

Full of fish ⬩ abounding in fish ⬩ piscíbus abundans ⬩ piscōsus

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Full of fish, abounding in fish; piscíbus abundans, piscōsus Ðæt eálond is fiscwylle the island is abounding in fish, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41. Fiscwyllum wæterum flŭviis piscōsis, 1, 1; S. 473, 15. Fiscwelle bisarius? [= piscārius ], Wrt. Voc. 66, 8

fisc-wylle

Grammar
fisc-wylle, l. -wille,
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and dele last passage

fugel-wylle

abounding in birds

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abounding in birds

fugol-wylle

(adj.)
Grammar
fugol-wylle, adj.

Bird-springing ⬩ producing birds ⬩ abounding in birds ⬩ ăvĭbus ăbundans

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Bird-springing, producing birds, abounding in birds; ăvĭbus ăbundans Hit is fiscwylle and fugolwylle it is abounding in fish and fowl, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41

Linked entry: fugel-wylle

ge-wylde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wylde, adj.

Subject ⬩ under one's power or control ⬩ in one's possesion

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Subject, under one's power or control, in one's possesion Him wæs gelíce gewylde his wynstre and his swíðre utraque manu pro dextra utebatur, Jud. 3, 15. Nis us nán lim swá gewylde to ǽlcum weorce swá us sind úre fingras we have no limb so at our disposal

ge-wylde

Similar entry: ge-wilde

ge-wyle

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyle, es; n.

A will ⬩ vŏluntas

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A will; vŏluntas, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 11, MS. A

ge-þóht

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Wé geáscodon Eormanríces wylfenne geþóht, Deór. 22.

Linked entry: þóht

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