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be-willan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-willan, -wellan ; p. de
To roll about, mix with ingredients
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  • Be-welledne (-weledne, v. l.) hláf and mid áttre gemengedne

    infectum veneno panem,

    • Gr. D. 118, 6.
  • Confectos, i. compositos, mixtos vel

    be-welde,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 22
    • .
Etymology
[Cf.
O. Frs. bi-willa to pollute
:
O. L. Ger. be-uuillid inficit; beuuollan pollutus
;
O. H. Ger. wellan volvere; pi-wellan polluere.
]
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v.  be-wilwan.
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