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willung

Grammar
willung, desire.
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For ðon wer bið wífe gemenged þonne unálýfedre willunge (inlicitae concupiscentiae) monnes mód in geþóhte þurh lustfulnesse bið geþeóded . . . þæt fýr þǽre unrihtan willunge, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 86, 14-20. Add

willung

Grammar
willung, heat.
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Dele passage, in which wylme is to be read for wylinc

wilmian

(v.)
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to rage Þá þá swíþlíce wédde and wilnode (wilmode ?) seó arrianisce éhtnes dum perstcutio Ariana vehementer insaniret, Gr. D. 240, 7. (?)

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, <b>. I</b> I g.
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Lóca nú ꝥ þú ofer gemet ne wilnige, Solil. H. 17, 9. Add

willung

(n.)
Grammar
willung, e; f.

Desire

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Desire Ðurh unrihte willunge per ambitionem, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, II

Linked entries: wylinc wellung

willung

(n.)
Grammar
willung, e; f.

Boilingheat

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Boiling, heat Wyl[l]inc fervor (autumni), Hpt. Gl. 419, 77

willnian

(v.)

Similar entry: wilnian

-wildian

(v.; suffix)

Similar entry: á-wildian

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, m.
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Gif wé ðone biteran wylle æt ðǽm ǽsprynge ádrýgað cum vitia ab ipso amaritudinis suae fonte siccamus, Past. 307, l. Þá gemétton hí be þám wege fægre mǽde and wynsumne wylle (eáspryng, v.l. ) invenerunt in itinere pratum et fontem, Gr. D. 129, 4. Add

-wille

(suffix)
Grammar
-wille, (cf. wille a well).
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Add: v. fugel-wille, hár-wille, hund-wille, rúm-wille

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, f.
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Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene tó þære wyllan (ad fontem). Gr. D. ii. 21. On winterwellan; of ðǽre wellan, C. D. iii. 394, 8. Add

-wille

(suffix)
Grammar
-wille, (cf. willa will).
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Add: v. áwille-, and-wille, yfel-wille

dol-willen

Grammar
dol-willen, Cf. druncen-willen: <b>dol-wíte.</b>
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Add: dol(h)-wíte (?) pain of a wound. The Latin on which this part of the riddle (dryhtfolca helm, nales dolwíte) seems based is 'sanis victum et laesis praestabo medelam.'

án-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
án-wille, def. se án-willa; adj. [án one, willa a will]

Having one willfollowing one's own willself-willedobstinatestubbornpertinaxobstinatuscontumax

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Having one will, following one's own will, self-willed, obstinate, stubborn; pertinax, obstinatus, contumax Ánwilla obstinatus, pertinax, Ælfc. Gl. 90; Wrt. Voc. 51, 29. Sint to manianne ða ánwillan admonendi pertinaces, Past. 42. 1; Hat. MS. 57 b, 23

will

Grammar
will, will.
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Add Se bisceop hine lét faran be his wille (the bishop let him go as he pleased) . . . Hé geseah þá sóna ꝥ hé his sylfes geweóld ( he was his own master), Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 10. Hié ealle þá worold on hiora ágen will onwendende wǽron they were turning

will

(n.)
Grammar
will, a well.
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Add: The word is fem. in the following (cf. wille; f. ) Foranongén Cynewynne wylle ; of ðǽre wylle, C. D. vi. 129, 26. v. cærs-, gemǽr-, hring-, mearc-, well- (?), wíþig-will

wiln

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Hwí dést þú ðé sylfe ðurh wáce þeáwas swilce þú wyln sý, Hml. S. 8, 44. Seó wyln (cf. án mínra wimmanna, 187), 2, 211. Add: —

wiln

(n.)
Grammar
wiln, e; f.

A maid-servanta hand-maid

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A maid-servant, a hand-maid Mín wyln (wiln, v. l.) mea ancilla, mínre wylne meae ancillae, míne wylne meam ancillam, mine wylna meae ancillae, minra wylna mearum ancillarum, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 100, 20-101, 7. Wyln ancilla, serva, abra, dula, Wrt. Voc

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Hé genam ðæt wíf ofer ðæs cynges wil, Chr. 1015; Th. i. 276, 4, col. 2. a pleasant or desirable thing Willa (wilna? v. willa. VIa) spédum, dugeða gehwilcre stépan, Cd. Th. 142, 18 ; Gen. 2363. Al his wil to don, Laym. 2793. Ðu wurchest mi wil, .

un-willa

(n.)
Grammar
un-willa, an; m.

What displeasesdispleasurewhat is not desiredagainst one's willunwillinglynot voluntarilywithout one's consentin despite of one

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Hé drýhð deófles willan and Godes unwillan, Wulfst. 12, 13. against one's will, unwillingly, not voluntarily, without one's consent, in despite of one. Grammar un-willa, alone Se ðe monnan nédes ofslóge, oððe unwillum, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 22.