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un-willa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
un-willa, an; m.
What displeases, displeasure, what is not desired
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  • Nafa ðú tó yfel ellen, ðeáh ðé sum unwilla on becume; oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 40.

  • 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
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  • Se ðe monnan nédes ofslóge, oððe unwillum,

    • L. Alf. 13
      • ;
    • Th. i. 46, 22.

  • Hí sealdon unwillum áþas,

    • Met. 1, 24.

  • Ród ðe ic unwillum on beom gefæstnad, óðer ðe ic gestág willum mínum,

    • Exon. Th. 91, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 1491: 360, 11
      • ;
    • Wal. 4.

  • Se ðe mid his willan bið besmiten ... Se ðe onwillan ( invitus ) bið besmiten,

    • L. Ecg. C. 5
      • ;
    • Th, ii. 138, 7.
Grammar
un-willa, with pronouns
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  • Ðec ðín sáwl sceal mínum unwillan (-willum, Soul Kmbl. 125) oft gesécan,

    • Exon. Th. 370, 22
      • ;
    • Seel. 63.

  • Ic áscige ðé, forhwí ðú ðæt ríce ðínum unwillan (-willum, ott. MS.) forléte?

      C
    • Bt. 27, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 96, 14.

  • Sǽton ða Gotan on lande, sume be ðæs cáseres willan, sume his unwillan,

    • Ors. 6, 38
      • ;
    • Swt. 298, 5.

  • Hé for ðam ege his unwillum ðonan wende,

    • 4, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 166, 8.

  • Nis nán syn þeáh man his unwillum blódes byrige of his tóðum,

    • L. Ecg. C. 40
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 166, 27.

  • Úre gást biþ swíþe wíde farende úrum unwillum (

    independently of our will

    ),
    • Bt. 34, 11
      • ;
    • Fox 152, 4.

  • Godes anweald nǽre full eádiglíc, gif ða gesceafta hiora unwillum him hérden,

    • 35, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 160, 19: Ps. Th. 44, 16: Ors. 6, 13 tit.
      • ;
    • Swt. 6, 3.

  • Heora bégra unwyllum,

    • Shrn, 204, 6.
Etymology
[He wuneð on wanrede and þoleð his unwille,
  • O. E. Homl. ii. 123, 6.
O. Sax. un-willeo An Godes unwilleon, Hél. 2460.
O. H. Ger. un-willo nausea; sínen unwillen against his will
:
Icel. ú-vili, at úvilja eins against one's will.
]
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v. preceding word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-willa.” 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/33982.

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