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wille-wæter

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wille-wæter, es; n.
Spring-water
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  • Þweah mid wyllewætre,

      Lchdm. ii. 308, ll.
    Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27.
  • Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14.
Etymology
[Þe ter þet mon wepð for laðe of þisse liue is inemned wellewater (aqua fontis), for he welleð of þe horte swá doð water of welle, O. E. Homl. i. 159, 12. Cæld wellewater (welles water, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 19792.]
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  • wille-wæter, n.