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wíl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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a wile, a device.
Etymology
[He wolde þurh his micele wiles ðeor beon,
    Chr. 1128; Erl. 257, 14.
To lokenn himm fra þeȝȝre laþe wiless,
    Orm. 10317.
Þe wrenchful feont wið his wiles,
    Kath. 891.
Þe world ledes - man with wrenkes and wyles,
    Pr. C. 1360.
Wyle or sleythe cautela, astucia, Prompt.
    Parv. 528.
]
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v. flige-wíl.
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Word-wheel

  • wíl, n.