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1226 WILLAN.

cyning geþafode &d-bar;am þegne his willan, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 224: Beo. Th. 1274; B. 635. Ðæt m&e-long; God gefylle feores ingeþanc, willan minne, Elen. Kmbl. 1359 ; El. 681. Willum ic wilnade desiderio desideraui, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 22, 15. V a. desire in an unfavourable sense :-- N&y-long;tenu . . . heora willa to n&a-long;num &o-long;þrum þingum nis &a-long;þenod b&u-long;ton t&o-long; g&i-long;fernesse and t&o-long; wræ-long;nnesse pecudes . . . quorum omnis ad explendam corporalem lacunam festinat intentio, Bt. 31, l; Fox 112, 7. Weres wylla, Lchdm. i. 358, 18. Sió h&a-long;theortness &d-bar;æt m&o-long;d gebringð on &d-bar;æm weorce &d-bar;e hine æ-long;r n&a-long;n willa t&o-long; ne sp&o-long;n mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, lo. Fæste for &d-bar;am unrihtan wyllan pro illa prava cupidine jejunet, L. Ecg. P. iv. 10; Th. ii. 206, 20. Ic him in onsende in breóstsefan bitre geþoncas þurh misi&i-long;ce m&o-long;des willan, Exon. Th. 266, 31; Jul. 406. Ða flæ-long;scl&i-long;can willan, &d-bar;a cumaþ þurh deófles&lowquote; sceónessa t&o-long; manna heortan. Blickl. Homl. 19, 6. VI. pleasure, delight :-- Willa uoluptas, Wulck. Gl. 253, 44. Se willa &d-bar;æs l&i-long;choman voluptas carnis. Bd. l, 27; S. 493, 19, 21. Ð&a-long; cwæþ h&e-long;: &highquote;M&e-long; bi&d-bar; willa gif &d-bar;&u-long; miht' mnllnm delector, si potes, 5, 3; S. 616, 30 note. Se yfela willa unrihthæ-long;medes voluptas, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 24: Met. 18, 2. W&e-long; spræ-long;con æ-long;r be &d-bar;am f&i-long;f ges&e-long;lþum, &d-bar;æt is . . . willa (cf. f&i-long;fte beoþ seó blis, 33, l; Fox 122, 6), Bt. 33, 2 ; Fox 124, 19, 22: Wulfst. II, 7. Hire se willa gelamp, &d-bar;æt heó on æ-long;nigne eorl gel&y-long;fde, Beo. Th. 1257 ; B. 626: 1653; B. 824. Hw&y-long; ne miht &d-bar;&u-long; geþencan gif on æ-long;negum &d-bar;issa eorþl&i-long;cena g&o-long;da æ-long;niges willan and æ-long;niges g&o-long;des wana is, &d-bar;onne is sum g&o-long;d full æ-long;lces willan and nis n&a-long;nes g&o-long;des wana si est quaedam bonifragilis imperfecta felicitas, esse aliquam solidam, perfectam-que, non potest dubitari, Bt. 34, I ; Fox 134, 24-27. Ðæt w&i-long;f onf&e-long;h&d-bar; &d-bar;æs (from that) willan on &d-bar;æm hæ-long;mede, Lchdm. i. 350, Ii. Ð&u-long; t&i-long;res m&o-long;st, willan br&u-long;can, Andr. Kmbl. 212; An. 106: Exon. Th. 151, 24; Gfl. 800. Gif &d-bar;æt m&o-long;d &d-bar;æm willan ne wi&d-bar;br&i-long;tt dum in cogitatione voluptas non reprimitur, Past. II; Swt. 71, 8. H&e-long; hine on &d-bar;æm willan gehielt &d-bar;æt h&e-long; mid ealre &e-long;stfulnesse lufaþ &d-bar;æt &e-long;ce l&i-long;f sub aeterna ejus beatitudine tota devotione continetur, 50; Swt. 389, 15. Se wer &d-bar;e his bebod healdeþ mid willan the man that delighteth in his commandments, Ps. Th. in, 1. Ðeáh &d-bar;e h&e-long; l&e-long;te wæter on willan, wynnum fl&o-long;wan, 77, 21. Ne weóx h&e-long; him t&o-long; willan, ac t&o-long; wælfylle and t&o-long; deá&d-bar;cwalum, Beo. Th. 3426; B. 1711. T&o-long; willan and to wor&d-bar;myndum to please and honour him, 2376; B. 1156. Nafast &d-bar;&u-long; t&o-long; manna mægene willan non in viribus equi voluntatem habebit, Ps. Th. 146, II. Þurh ungel&y-long;fedre willan per inlicitam voltiplatem, Bd. 3, 19 ; S. 548, 29. Forgife &d-bar;&e-long; Dryhten willan on worulde and in wuldre blæ-long;d, Andr. Kmbl. 711 ; An. 356. Heó wide hire willan s&o-long;hte, n&o-long; hwe&d-bar;ere reste fand, Cd. Th. 87, 28; Gen. 1455. Ða willan and &d-bar;a getæ-long;su &d-bar;e him on &d-bar;isse worulde becumaþ, Past. 50; Swt. 387, 15. Hwæ-long;r cumaþ his willan and his fyrenlustas? Blickl. Homl. 113, I. Ða &d-bar;e &d-bar;isses middangeardes wilna and welena wilniaþ, Past. 50; Swt. 387, 7. Mi&d-bar; walum and willum l&i-long;fes divitiis et uoluptatibus uitae, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 14. Willum neótan, Exon. Th. 82, 26; Cri. 1344. H&e-long; br&u-long;can m&o-long;t wonges mid willum, 208, l; Ph. 149. Willum biscyrede, 93, 3; Cri. 1520. T&o-long; hira willum ad suos libitos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 10. Willan libitos, luxus, Hpt. Gl. 480, 60. VI a. a pleasant, desirable thing, a good, what gives pleasure, what is desired :-- Ic eom æþelinges æ-long;ht and willa, Exon. Th. 488, 19; Rä. 77 I. N&a-long;nes willan wana, n&a-long;þer ne weorþscipes, ne anwealdes, ne foremæ-long;rnesse, ne blisse, Bt. 24, 4 ; Fox 86, 30. Gif &d-bar;&e-long; æ-long;nies willan wana biþ, UNCERTAIN &d-bar;eáh hit lytles hwæt sié, II, I ; Fox 30, 22: 26, 1; Fox 90, 22. Næ-long;ron h&i-long; bescyrede sceattes willan non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo, Ps. Th. 77, 29. Si&d-bar;&d-bar;an h&e-long; &d-bar;æs welan full biþ, &d-bar;onne þincþ him ðæt hé hæbbe æ-long;lcne willan, gif h&e-long; hæbbe anweald, Bt. 33, 2 ; Fox 124, 10. Oft brinc&d-bar; se woruld &d-bar;one willan &d-bar;e bi&d-bar; eft time often brings the unattained desire, Prov. Kmbl. 40. Gif man mæg&d-bar;man n&e-long;de genimeþ, &d-bar;am &a-long;gende .UNCERTAIN. scillinga, and æft æt &d-bar;am &a-long;gende s&i-long;nne willan (the object he had desired i. e. the maiden) ætgebicge, L. Ethb. 82; Th. i. 24, 4. Losewest willana deceptio divitiarum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 4, 19. Wilna br&u-long;caþ, &a-long;ra on eor&d-bar;an, Cd. Th. 92, 22; Gen. 1532. Wilna geniht, 113, 21 ; Gen. 1890. Wilna brytta, 97, 29; Gen. 1620. Wilna gehwilces weaxende sp&e-long;d, 100, 6; Gen. 1660. Wana wilna gehwilces, 137, 12. Gen. 2272. Hié læ-long;ddon eor&d-bar;welan, w&i-long;f and willan and heora woruklgestreón, 112, 31; Gen. 1879. VII. mill, disposition :-- On eówrum fæstendagum bi&d-bar; ongieten eówer willa in diebus jejuniorum vestrorum inveniuntur voluntates vestrae, Past. 43; Swt. 315, 3. 'S&y-long; on eor&d-bar;an sibb &d-bar;&a-long;m mannum &d-bar;e synd g&o-long;des willan. ' Ne bi&d-bar; n&a-long;n l&a-long;c Gode sw&a-long; gecw&e-long;me sw&a-long; se g&o-long;da willa . . . Hwæt is g&o-long;d willa b&u-long;ton g&o-long;dnys . , . Hwæt is æ-long;nig l&a-long;c wi&d-bar; &d-bar;isum willan ? Homl. Th. i. 582, 33-584, lo : Hy. 8, 6. Hé (Titus) wæs sw&a-long; g&o-long;des willan &d-bar;æt h&e-long; sægde &d-bar;æt h&e-long; forlure &d-bar;one dæg &d-bar;e h&e-long; n&o-long;ht on t&o-long; g&o-long;de ne gedyde, Ors. 6, 8; Swt. 264, 2. Mid g&o-long;dum willan fæstan, Blickl. Homl. 37, 27 : 97, 27. Gode underþeódde on g&o-long;dum willan, 79, 32. On fæstendagum bi&d-bar; ges&y-long;ne hwilcne willan g&e-long; habbaþ, L. E. I. 42 ; Th. ii. 438, 35. Næ-long;nig wæs weor&d-bar;, gif mon his willan begeat yfelne, Met. 8, 37. Gelfcnyssa willena qualitates afectionum, Scint. 28, 18. VIIa, good will, favourable disposition :-- Sw&a-long; micel beón scyl gebiddendes embe God willa tantus esse debet orantis erga Deum affectus, Scint. 33, 8. Willa belimp&d-bar; t&o-long;blisse simle voluntas ad laetitiam pertinet, Past. 43; Swt. 315, 5. Se H&a-long;lga G&a-long;st is willa and s&o-long;&d-bar; lufu &d-bar;æs Fæder and &d-bar;æs Suna; s&o-long;&d-bar;l&i-long;ce willa and lufu get&a-long;cniaþ &a-long;n &d-bar;ing, Homl. Th. i. 282, 2-4: 228, 24. In &a-long;rfæst-nesse willan in devotione pietatis, Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 592, 25. G&e-long; earme men willum onf&e-long;ngun, on mildum sefan. Exon. Th. 83, 5; Cri. 1351. VIII. in reference to voluntary or to permitted action, will, accord, consent, pleasure :-- Gif &d-bar;am P&a-long;pan &d-bar;æt l&i-long;code and &d-bar;æt his willa wæ-long;re and his leáf si Papae hoc ut fieret, placeret, Bd. 2, I ; S. 501, 32. Gif beweddod mæ-long;den nele t&o-long; &d-bar;am &d-bar;e heó beweddod bi&d-bar;, and wæs hire willa si puella desponsata cum eo esse nolit, cui voluntate sua desponsata erat, L. Ecg. C. 20; Th. ii. 148, 29. Selfl&i-long;ces willan spontaneae volunlatis, Hpt. Gl. 436, 76. &A-long;gnes willan h&e-long; bi&d-bar; gebunden, Homl. Th. i. 212, 16: 224, 23. Ða yfelan nellaþ heora willan geh&y-long;ran Godes beboda, L. Ælfc. P. 4; Th. ii. 364, 20. Be willan ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 74. Wæs sió fæ-long;mne mid hyre fæder willan biweddad, Exon. Th. 244, 24; Jul. 32 : Met. 24, 54 : Andr. Kmbl. 2802 ; An. 1403. Eallra gesceafta &a-long;gnum willan (-um, Cott. MS.) God r&i-long;csaþ ofer h&i-long;, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 12. Hwæ&d-bar;er æ-long;nig gesceaft seó, &d-bar;e hire willan (-um, Cott. MS.) nylle ealne weg bión, ac wile hire &a-long;gnum willan (-um, Cott. MS.) forweorþan, 34, 9; Fox 148, II. Mid fullan willan volens, 36, 6; Fox 182, 7. N&o-long; gen&e-long;ded, ac mid his wyllan, Blickl. Homl. 29, 16. Mid hyra b&e-long;gra wyllan cum consensu amborum, L. Ecg. C. 25; Th. ii. 150, 20. His &a-long;guum willan (willum, v. l.) h&e-long; com t&o-long; r&o-long;de gealgan, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 19. Un-geniédde, mid eówrum &a-long;genum willan (willum, Cott, MSS.), 18; Swt. 137, 20. Be his &a-long;genum willan. Homl. Th. i. 228, 30. Mid his sylfes willan ultro, Bd. l, 7; S. 477, 22. Mid nænignm n&e-long;de gebæ-long;ded, ac mid his sylfes willan, Blickl. Homl. 83, 32. H&e-long; genam &d-bar;æt w&i-long;f ofer &d-bar;es cynges willan, Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 5. H&e-long; ofer willan gióng he went against his will, Beo. Th. 4810; B. 2409: Exon. Th. 412, 6; Rä. 30, 10. Him n&a-long;nwuht wi&d-bar; his willan ne sié. Bt. II, l ; Fox 30, 25. H&e-long; mid &d-bar;ara wietena willum &d-bar;æm cyned&o-long;me ne mehte t&o-long; cuman, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 26. Ic gest&a-long;g willum m&i-long;num. Exon. Th. 91, 16; Cri. 1493. Ðæs &d-bar;e &d-bar;&u-long; næ-long;fre þ&i-long;num willum &a-long;læ-long;tan woldest, Bt. II, 2; Fox 34, 13. Ðæt æ-long;negu þeód &o-long;þre hiere willum friþes bæ-long;de, Ors. I. lo ; Swt. 48, 29. Gif hié hiera willum &u-long;s t&o-long; noldon si uoluntate sua nollent procedere, Nar. 10, 23: L. Wih. i ; Th. i. 36, 16: Bt. II. I; Fox 32, 29 : Ps. Th. 17, 43 : 44, 16. Hannibal his &a-long;gnum willum hine selfne mid &a-long;tre &a-long;cwealde Annibal veneno sese necavit, Ors. 4, ll ; Swt. 206, 30: Bt. 34, II; Fox 150, 30. H&i-long; hiora &a-long;gnum willum h&i-long; sylfe unþeáwum underþeódaþ, 40, 7; Fox 242, 29: 35, 4; Fox 160, 16. H&i-long; s&e-long;caþ sylfra willum h&a-long;mas on heolstrum, Exon. Th. 107, 4; G&u-long;. 53. &O-long;&d-bar;er hiene his selfes willum gebeád, Past. 7 ; Swt. 49, 3. Mid his sylfes willum ultro, Bd. I. 7; S. 477, 15. IX. sake, account (cf. Ger. meinetwillen) :-- H&e-long; &a-long;scade hié for hw&y-long; hié nolden geþencan ealle &d-bar;a brocu and &d-bar;a geswinc &d-bar;e h&e-long; for hira willan and eác for hiera niédþearfe fela wintra dreógende wæs, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 28. H&e-long; æ-long;fre wan for willan &d-bar;æs Ælmihtigan, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 683. X. will, one's own way :-- Saga m&e-long; hwæt &d-bar;am men s&i-long; leófust on his l&i-long;fe and l&a-long;&d-bar;ost æfter his deá&d-bar;e. Ic &d-bar;&e-long; secge his willa. Salm. Kmbl. p. 204, 44. Ic h&i-long; lifian h&e-long;t æfter hiora willum ibunt in voluntatibus suis, Ps. Th. 80, 12. [Goth. wilja : O. Sax. willio : O. Frs. willa : O. H. Ger. willo voluntas, voluptas, affectus, affectio, votum, placitum, intentio, nutus, propositum, arbitrium, mens, anima, ratio: Icel. vili.] v. hyht-, im-, weorold-willa; wil[l].

willan; prs. ic, h&e-long; wille, wile, &d-bar;&u-long; wilt, pl. w&e-long; willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende To will, wish :-- Volo ic wylle, uis &d-bar;&u-long; wylt, uult h&e-long; wyle, uolumus w&e-long; wyllaþ . . . ufinam nellem eál&a-long; gyf ic wolde; utinam uelim eálá gyf ic wylle gyt. . . uelle wyllan, Ælfc. Gr. 32 ; Zup. 199, 14-200, 6. I. to will, exercise the faculty of willing :-- Ic undergyte &d-bar;æt ic wylle undergytan and gemunan, and ic wylle &d-bar;æt ic undergyte and gemune; &d-bar;æ-long;r &d-bar;æ-long;r &d-bar;æt gemynd bi&d-bar;, &d-bar;æ-long;r bi&d-bar; &d-bar;æt andgyt and se wylla, Homl. Skt. i. I, 120. Þurh &d-bar;one willan seó s&a-long;wul wile sw&a-long; hwæt sw&a-long; hire l&i-long;caþ, Homl. Th. i. 288, 29. Æ-acute;lc mon hæfþ &d-bar;one friód&d-bar;m, &d-bar;æt h&e-long; w&a-long;t hwæt h&e-long; wile, hwæt h&e-long; nele ipsis inest volendi, nolendique libertas, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 20. II. where the will of the subject deter-mines his own action, to will, purpose, think, mean, intend, (a) with an infinitive :-- Ic wille mid fl&o-long;de folc &a-long;cwellan, Cd. Th. 78, 20 ; Gen. 1296. Ic reste on &d-bar;&e-long; &a-long;gan wylle, 254, 16; Dan. 612. Ic &d-bar;&e-long;c for sunu wylle freógan, Beo. Th. 1899; B. 947. Hwyder wilt &d-bar;&u-long; gangan? Ic wille gangan t&o-long; R&o-long;me, Blickl. Homl. 191, 16. Ne wille ic leng his geongra wurþan, Cd. Th. 19, 15 ; Gen. 291. H&e-long; wile eft gesettan heofona r&i-long;ce, 25, 20; Gen. 396 : 176, 30 ; Gen. 2919. W&e-long; hine willaþ &a-long;cwellan and &u-long;s t&o-long; mete d&o-long;n, Blickl. Homl. 231, 14. H&u-long; gewear&d-bar; &d-bar;é &d-bar;æs, &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; sæ-long;beorgas s&e-long;can woldes m&a-long;&d-bar;mum bedæ-long;led? Andr. Kmbl. 616; An. 308. Wolde h&e-long; hiene selfne on &d-bar;æm gefeohte forspillan mori in bello paratus, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 128, 6: Cd. Th. 176, 2 ; Gen. 2905. Ne wellaþ (willaþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 64) cweþan ne velitis dicere, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 9. Hw&i-long; forcwi&d-bar; h&e-long; . . . b&u-long;ton h&e-long; cue&d-bar;an wielle (wille, Cott. MSS.), &d-bar;æt h&e-long; ne lufige &d-bar;one Hl&a-long;ford, Past. 5 ; Swt. 43, 7. Hwæþre him Alwalda wille wyrpe gefremman, Beo. Th. 2633; B. 1314. Ðæt &d-bar;&u-long; for sunu wolde hererinc habban, 2355; B. 1175. Ð&u-long; him &d-bar;æt geh&e-long;te, &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; hyra frumcyn &i-long;can wolde, Cd. Th. 236, 8; Dan. 318. (b) with an accusa-