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wil

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wil, will, es; n.
will, pleasure
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  • Se cyng geseah ðæt hé nán þincg his willes ðǽr geforðian ne mihte

    the king saw that he could carry out nothing of his purpose

    ,
      Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 6.
  • Hé nolde his willes (

    of his own accord

    ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan,
      Homl. Th. ii. 334, 25 : Ap. Th. 4, 5.
  • Wylles,

      Nicod. 11 ; Thw. 6, 7.
  • Gif hwá hine sylfne besmíte his ágenes willes (

    sua sponte

    ),
      L. M. P. 36; Th. ii. 274, 20: Homl. Ass. 62, 255.
  • Gif þeówa and þeówen hyra bégra wylles hig gesomnigon

    si servus et ancilla mutua voluntate se conjunxerint

    ,
      L. Ecg. C. 25; Th. ii. 150, 15.
  • Be ðínum ágenum wille ð ú férdest tó ðínes fæder híwrǽdene

    ad tuos ire cupiebas et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui

    ,
      Gen. 31, 30.
  • Hí móston ðes cynges wille folgian,

      Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 222, 33.
  • Ne fornime incer nóðer óðer ofer will bútan geþafunge

    nolite fraudare invicem, nisi ex consensu

    ,
      Past. 51; Swt. 399, 34.
  • Hé genam ðæt wíf ofer ðæs cynges wil,

      Chr. 1015 ; Th. i. 276, 4, col. 2.
a pleasant or
desirable thing
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  • Willa (wilna? v. willa. VIa) spédum, dugeða gehwilcre stépan,

      Cd. Th. 142, 18 ; Gen. 2363.
  • [þ in aȝen wil, O. E. Homl. i.
      61, 119.
  • Liues wil and eche pleie,

      193, 62.
    ] Þe onnesse of o luue and of o wil, A. R. 12, 7.
  • Al his wil to don,

      Laym. 2793.
  • Ðu wurchest mi wil, . Kath. 2108.
  • Þat wil,

      Shor. 16. Icel. vil; n. v. ge-, self-, un-wil[l
    ], willes, willa.
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  • wil, n.