willa
A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.)
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A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.) Wæs ðér wælla ( fons ) . . . ðe Hǽlend sæt ofer ðæm wælh, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 6, 14. In ðæm wælla, 9, 7. Tó ðé ðam willan ealles wísdðmes ad te fontent omnis sapientiae Bd. 5, 24 ; S. 649, 3. Mid ðam willan fulluhte
wilm
that which wells ⬩ of fluid ⬩ a fount ⬩ stream ⬩ water that surges or boils ⬩ that moves in waves ⬩ of fire ⬩ surging ⬩ fire ⬩ flames ⬩ heat ⬩ fervent heat ⬩ fiery heat ⬩ boiling ⬩ roasting ⬩ inflammation ⬩ violent movement ⬩ violence ⬩ raging ⬩ tempestuous movement of water ⬩ of mental emotion ⬩ fervour ⬩ ardour ⬩ heat ⬩ fury ⬩ rage ⬩ passion
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Fisca welm, wildeóra holt the fishes' flood, the wild beasts' wood, Salm. Kmbl. 165; Sal. 82. Ne foldan stán, ne wæteres wylm, ne wudutelga, 843; Sal. 421. Geofon ýþum weól, wintres wylm (the boiling flood of winter), Beo. Th. 1036; B. 516.
wille-cærse
Well-kerse ⬩ water-cress
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Well-kerse (v. Jamieson's Dict.), water-cress Wyllecyrse foenum graecum Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 76. Willecærse britia 286, 28. Wyllecærse fenegrecio ii. 38, 77. Seóð mid wyllecærsan (-cersan, v. l.), Lchdm. i. 140, 12. Nim wyllecærsan (-en, MS.), iii. 134,
Wísle
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The Vistula Weonodland wæs ús ealne weg on steorbord óð Wíslemúðan. Seó Wísle is swýðe mycel eá, and hió tólíð Witland and Weonodland ; and seó Wísle líð út of Weonodlande, and líð in Estmere . . . Ðonne cymeþ Ilfing eástan, and Wísle súðan, and benimð
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wicce
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Helhrúnan, wiccan philonissam, i. diuinatricem, An. Ox. 1926. Add
wilige
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Wylie sporta, An. Ox. 17, 42. Wilian quala, corbes, Hpt. 31, ii. 234. Add
willa
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Add Gyf mon méte ꝥ hé feala spera geseó ætsamne, þonne byð ꝥ þæt hé on his feóndum his willan gewryhð (ꝥ þú ofercymst ealle þíne fýnd, v.l.). Lch. iii. 176, 10. Add Hé þá wræce dyde má on wælgrimnesse wyllan (plus ex crudelitatis desiderio) þonne
windel
A basket
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A basket Windil cartellus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 42. Windel, 13, 9 cartellus, fiscella, 128, 78: cistella vel cartellum, i. 24, 56: cartallum, 86, 4. Wylige oððe windel corbis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 13. Ða hláfas on ðam windle (canistro), Ex. 29, 32
Linked entries: windel-streáw windel-treów
-wifre
Similar entry: gange-wifre
wild-gós
A wild goose
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A wild goose Wildgoos gente Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 60
wille-wæter
Spring-water
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Spring-water Þweah mid wyllewætre, Lchdm. ii. 308, ll. Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14
á-wille
Boldly ⬩ procaciter
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Boldly; procaciter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 43
wille-burne
A bubbling burn, running stream
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A bubbling burn, running stream Lago yrn-ende, wylleburne, Cd. Th. 14, I; Gen. 212. Drihten lét willeburnan on woruld þringan of ǽdra gehwære, 83, I ; Gen. 1373
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án-wille
Having one will ⬩ following one's own will ⬩ self-willed ⬩ obstinate ⬩ stubborn ⬩ pertinax ⬩ obstinatus ⬩ contumax
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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
wille-streám
A bubbling, running stream
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A bubbling, running stream Ðǽr se eádga (the Phenix) mót neótan wyllestreáma wuduholtum in, Exon. Th. 223, 19; Ph. 362. Se æþela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ wyllestreámas, 204, 30; Ph. 105
ed-wille
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A whirlpool Eduuaelle (-uella, -uelli) toreuma, Txts. 103, 2034. Eduaelle alveum, 39, 137. Eduuelle (-walla, -ualla, -ualle) vertigo, 105, 2096: Scylla, 95, 1798. Edwelle fortex, 65, 908. Edwielle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 79. Eduualles Carybdis, An. Ox. 53
widl
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inluviem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 53. Geseah síde sǽlwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde, Cd. Th. 78, 16; Gen. 1294
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