Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

willes

  • adverb
Dictionary links
Grammar
willes, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord
Show examples
  • Be ðam men ðe willes man ofslihð

    de homine qui voluntate aliquem occidit

    , .
      L. Ecg. P. ii. I. tit. ; Th. ii. 180, I. Ne
    scylan hyg ǽnig unriht willes geþafian, L. I. P. 6 ; Th. ii. 310, 18.
  • Hé willes deáð þrowade,

      R. Ben. 26, 15.
  • Geneádod tó ánre míle gange, gang willes twá,

      28, 3.
  • Hwílum willes, hwílum geneádode,

      Homl. Ass. 145, 45.
  • Gif hit geweorðeþ ðæt. man un-willes oþþe ungewealdes ǽnig þing misdéð, ná bið ðæt ná gelíc ðam ðe willes and gewealdes sylfwilles misdéð,

      L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 22 : L. Ed. 7 ; Th. i. 162, 26 : L. O. 1 ; Th. i. 178, 6.
    [Gif heo hit brekeð willes and woldes, A. R. 6, 26.] Þu þat forschuppes te self willes and waldes, H. M. 27, 2. v. self-willes, un-wil[l], wil[l].
Full form

Word-wheel

  • willes, adv.