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tive :-- God symble wyle g&o-long;d, and næ-long;fre n&a-long;n yfel, Homl. Skt. i. l, 48. j From &d-bar;ære tungan &d-bar;e teosu wylle a lingua dolosa, Ps. Th. 119, 2. Ðæt heó hi fr&u-long;ne hwæt h&i-long; s&o-long;hton, oþþe hwæt h&i-long; &d-bar;æ-long;r woldon, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 39. (c) with a clause :-- W&e-long;ndun g&e-long; and woldun, &d-bar;æt g&e-long; Scyppende sceoldan gel&i-long;ce wesan, Exon. Th. 141, 30; G&u-long;. 636. W&e-long;ndon and woldon, &d-bar;æt hié on elþeódigum æ-long;t geworhton, Andr. Kmbl. 2145; An. 1074. (d) absolute, (I) of purpose to go :-- N&u-long; wille ic &d-bar;am l&i-long;ge neár, Cd. Th. 47, 14; Gen. 760. Ð&a-long; h&e-long; him from wolde, Past. 3; Swt. 35, 19. Gif h&e-long; eów &a-long;xie hwæder g&e-long; willon (quo vadis?), Gen. 32, 17. Ð&a-long; h&i-long; t&o-long; scipan woldon, Chr. 1009 ; Erl. 142, 28. Ð &a-long; salde se here &a-long;þas &d-bar;æt hié of his r&i-long;ce uuoldon, 878 ; Erl. 80, 17. Ð&a-long; woldan hié on &e-long;cnesse hæ-long;le and trume wi&d-bar; deófla n&i-long;þum, and wundorl&i-long;ce deáþ geþrowodan, Blickl. Homl. 171, 30. Mi&d-bar; &d-bar;æm &d-bar;e h&i-long; hié getrymed hæfdon, and t&o-long;gædere woldon, Ors. 4, 2 ; Swt. 160, 28. (2) of purpose to do :-- H&e-long; c&y-long;dde his syrewunge, h&u-long; h&e-long; ymbe wolde (how he had intended to act), Homl. Th. i. 82, 18. (3) of things, to tend :-- Hwæ&d-bar;er &d-bar;&u-long; n&u-long; ongite hwider &d-bar;iós spræ-long;ce wille ? Ð&a-long; cwæþ ic : Sege m&e-long; hwider hió wille jamne igitur vides, quid haec omnia, quae diximus, consequatur ? quidnam ? inquam, Bt. 40, l; Fox 234, 32. III. where the will of the subject determines the action of another, to will, ordain, order, command, (a) with an accusative :-- Se ealdorman gew&a-long;t &d-bar;&a-long; &d-bar;&a-long; hit wolde God, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 13. Ð&a-long; &d-bar;&a-long; h&e-long; wolde &d-bar;æt &d-bar;æt h&e-long; wolde. Met. II, 15. Hwæþer w&e-long; æ-long;nigne fr&y-long;d&o-long;m habban, &d-bar;e sió godcunde foretiohhung oþþe sió wyrd &u-long;s n&e-long;de t&o-long; &d-bar;am &d-bar;e h&i-long; willen, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 16. (b) with a clause :-- Ic wylle (uillo. Lind. : willo, Rush.) &d-bar;æt h&e-long; wunige &d-bar;us, Jn. Skt. 21, 22. Wylt&u-long; (wylt &d-bar;&u-long;, v. l.) w&e-long; secgaþ &d-bar;æt f&y-long;r cume of heofene, Lk. Skt. 9, 54. H&e-long; wolde &d-bar;æt &d-bar;a cnihtas cræft leornedon, Cd. Th. 221, 4; Dan. 83. He wolde ðæt him eor&d-bar;e geseted wurde, 6, 35 ; Gen. 99: Met. II, 16. (c) absolute :-- H&e-long; cunnian wolde his Drihtnes wyllan, h&u-long;l h&e-long; wolde be him (what he would have him do . . . Cwæ&d-bar; se Hæ-long;lend, &d-bar;æt h&e-long; sceolde underf&o-long;n mæ-long;den, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 7-13. IV. to will, wish, want, desire, (a) with infinitive :-- Ic wielle heora c&y-long;pan h&e-long;r lufl&i-long;cor &d-bar;onne ic gebicge &d-bar;æ-long;r, Wülck. Gl. 97, 2. Wilt &d-bar;&u-long;, gif &d-bar;&u-long; m&o-long;st, wesan aldord&e-long;ma? Cd. Th. 149, 26; Gen. 2480. Ðé wile beorna sum him geágnian, 109, 26; Gen. 1828. Se &d-bar;e wyle s&o-long;&d-bar; sprecan, Beo. Th. 5721; B. 2864. Ð&e-long; sæ-long;l&i-long;&d-bar;end secgan willaþ, &d-bar;æt w&e-long; fundiaþ Higel&a-long;c s&e-long;can, 3641; B. 1818. W&e-long; willaþ beón bylewite volumus esse simplices, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 7. Ic &d-bar;&i-long;ne bebodu wolde geg&a-long;n concupivi man-data tua, Ps. Th. 118, 40. Sw&a-long; fela sw&a-long; b&e-long; habban wolde, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 24. On hwilce healfe &d-bar;&u-long; wille hwyrff d&o-long;n, Cd. Th. 115, 12; Gen. 1918 : 139, 20 ; Gen. 2312. Gesecgan mid h&u-long; micle elne æ-long;ghwylc wille synrust þweán, Exon. Th. 81, 4; Cri. 1318. Se biscop &d-bar;e wile onfón Godes mildheortnesse, Blickl. Homl. 45, 7. Gif æ-acute;nig man wolde heora &o-long;&d-bar;ruin fylstan, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 56. (a I) where an infinitive may be supplied from the context :-- His n&e-long;xtan be his mihte gehelpan, and ofer his mihte wyllan to help his neighbour according to his power, and to wish to help him beyond his power, Homl. Th. i. 584, 9. (b) with an accusative :-- Ðæt &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; wylt, &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; lufast, Homl. Th. i. 282, 5. Hwæt wille g&e-long;? Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 23 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 35. For ealle &d-bar;e willaþ &d-bar;æt h&e-long; wile, L. Ath. iv. 3; Th. i. 222, 20. H&e-long; cwæþ: ' Hwæt wilt &d-bar;&u-long; &d-bar;æt ic &d-bar;&e-long; do?' Næs &d-bar;æt ná &d-bar;æt h&e-long; nyste hwæt se blinda wolde. Blickl. Homl. 19, 33. Hig dydon ymbe hyne sw&a-long; hwæt sw&a-long; hig woldon (waldon, Lind. : waldun, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 17, 12. Bide m&e-long; sw&a-long; hwæt sw&a-long; &d-bar;&u-long; wylle (willt &l-bar; wælle. Lind.) . . . ic &d-bar;&e-long; sylle sw&a-long; hwæt sw&a-long; &d-bar;&u-long; m&e-long; bitst, þeáh &d-bar;&u-long; wylle healf m&i-long;n r&i-long;ce, Mk. Skt. 6, 22, 23. Behreówsunge m&a-long; wyllan &d-bar;ænne deá &d-bar; penitentiam malle quam mortem, Anglia xi. 119, 66. ¶ the present participle used with force of Latin forms in -dus :-- Gefeán &d-bar;ære willendan gesynto cupitae sospitatis gaudia, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 22. (c) with a clause :-- Wilt &d-bar;&u-long; &d-bar;æt ic &d-bar;&e-long; secge? Salm. Kmbl. 506; Sal. 253. Wilt &d-bar;&u-long; &d-bar;æt ic gel&y-long;fe? Blickl. Homl. 179, 35. Æ-long;ghwylc mon wile &d-bar;æt him Drihten selle ealle his þearfe, 51, 15. H&u-long; h&e-long; wolde &d-bar;æt mon him miltsode, Past. 16 ; Swt. 101, 10. H&e-long; walde d-baræt h&i-long; wæ-long;ren gedr&e-long;fde, 58 ; Swt. 443, II. Wolde, Exon. Th. 74, 7 ; Cri. 1203. W&e-long; woldun &d-bar;&u-long; gesáwe &d-bar;æt . . . , 130, 16; G&u-long;. 439. Hi woldun, &d-bar;æt . . . , 123, 17; G&u-long;. 324. H&i-long; willen &d-bar;æt him Dryhten t&o-long; hyra earfe&d-bar;a ende ger&y-long;me, 115, 25; G&u-long;. 195. For &d-bar;&y-long; ic wolde &d-bar;æt hié ealneg aelig;t &d-bar;ære st&o-long;we wæ-long;ren, Past. pref. ; Swt. 9, 5. For &d-bar;on h&e-long; &d-bar;is dyde &d-bar;æt h&e-long; wolde &d-bar;æt hié ne wæ-long;ron gedr&e-long;fede, Blickl. Homl. 17, I. IVa. to like (where there is an expressed or implied condition) :-- Ic wolde &d-bar;&e-long; &a-long;csian hwæþer w&e-long; æ-long;nigne fr&y-long;d&o-long;m habban, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 13. Wolde ic freóndscipe &d-bar;&i-long;nne, gif ic mihte, begitan, Andr. Kmbl. 956; An. 478. Wolde ic &a-long;nes t&o-long; &d-bar;&e-long; cræftes neósan, 966; An. 483. Gif hæleþa hwone hl&i-long;san lyste, &d-bar;onne ic hine wolde biddan, Met. 10, 3. Wolde ic, &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; funde &d-bar;a, Elen. Kmbl. 2157; El. 1080. Eall þing habbaþ æ-long;nne willan, &d-bar;æt is &d-bar;æt h&i-long; woldon &a-long; bión, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 29. V. to will, be willing to do something, (a) with an infinitive expressed or implied :-- Gyf &d-bar;&u-long; wylt, &d-bar;&u-long; miht m&e-long; geclæ-long;nsian . . . Ic wylle; beó geclæ-long;nsod, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 2-3. Gif &d-bar;&u-long; þeáh mínum wilt wordum hýran, Cd. Th. 35, 24; Gen. 559. Wylt, Beo. Th. 3709; B. 1852. Ne wylt &d-bar;&u-long; ofergeottul weor&d-bar;an noli oblivisci. Ps. Th. 102, 2: 118, 31. Ne wile Sarran gel&y-long;fan wordum m&i-long;num, Cd. Th. 144, II; Gen. 2388: 161, 7; Gen. 2661. Gif wit him geongord&o-long;m læ-long;stan willaþ, 41, 27; Gen. 663. Gif git &d-bar;æt fæsten f&y-long;re willaþ forstandan, 152, 17; Gen. 2521. Wille g&e-long; beón beswungen on leornunge? Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 18. Gif &d-bar;&u-long; woldest myltsian, and sw&a-long; þeáh ne mihtest . . . &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; ne mæge myltsían, þeáh &d-bar;&u-long; wylle. Homl. Skt. i. 3, 184-188. Ne &d-bar;urfon w&e-long; &d-bar;æs w&e-long;nan, &d-bar;æt wuldorcyning æ-long;fre wille eard &a-long;l&e-long;fan, Cd. Th. 272, 7; Sat. 116: 281, 25; Sat. 277. Ne willaþ eów andræ-long;dan, 194, 25 ; Exod. 266. Ic n&u-long; suna m&i-long;num syllan wolde (should be ready to give) g&u-long;&d-bar;gewæ-long;du, dæ-long;r m&e-long; gife&d-bar;e æ-long;nig yrfeweard æfter wurde, Beo. Th. 5452; B. 2729. Ðæ-long;r &d-bar;&u-long; froml&i-long;ce freónda l&a-long;rum h&y-long;ran wolde, Exon. Th. 129, 22; G&u-long;. 425. Hié geh&e-long;ton &d-bar;æt hiera kyning fulwiht onf&o-long;n wolde, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 18. H&e-long; cwæ&d-bar; &d-bar;æt h&e-long; wolde &d-bar;am w&i-long;fe gemyltsian, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 179. H&e-long; getr&u-long;wode &d-bar;æt hié his giongor-scipe fylgan wolden, Cd. Th. ifj, 27; Gen. 249: 46, 15; Gen. 744. Nym&d-bar;e hié fri&d-bar;es wolde wilnian;. 229, 9; Dan. 214. Ðæ-long;r h&y-long; hit t&o-long; g&o-long;de ongietan woldan if they had been willing to understand it aright, Exon. Th. 68, 22; Cri. 1107. Gif &d-bar;&u-long; m&i-long;num wilt, w&i-long;f, willende wordum h&y-long;ran, Cd. Th. 35, 25; Gen. 560. ¶ along with negative forms of the verb :-- Saga him sw&a-long; h&e-long; wille, sw&a-long; h&e-long; nelle, h&e-long; sceal cuman die illi quia, velit nolet, debet venire, Bd. 5, 9 ; S. 623, II. W&e-long; sceolon, wylle w&e-long; nelle w&e-long;, &a-long;r&i-long;san, Homl. Th. i. 532, 7. W&e-long; sceolon beón n&e-long;de geþafan, sam w&e-long; willan, sam w&e-long; nyllan, Bt. 34, 12 ; Fox 154, 7. Se brym hine bær, wolde he, nolde he, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 20. (b) with accusative, to allow, permit, grant, consent to :-- Ne willaþ hié r&u-long;mor unc landriht heora, Cd. Th. 114, 27; Gen. 1910. Se c&a-long;sere hine &d-bar;reátade &d-bar;æt h&e-long; Criste wi&d-bar;s&o-long;ce. Ð&a-long; h&e-long; &d-bar;æt ne walde, Shrn. 71, 33. Ne &d-bar;æt wille God, Cd. Th. 114, 13; Gen. 1903. (c) with a clause :-- N&o-long; God wolde, &d-bar;æt sió s&a-long;wl s&a-long;r þrowade, Exon. Th. 126, 29; G&u-long;. 378. VI. to be disposed, to have such and such a will :-- Ðæt man his Scyppend lufige and &d-bar;a men &d-bar;e wel willaþ (the men that are of good will). Homl. Skt. i. 16, 254. Ðæt h&e-long; wi&d-bar;stonde &d-bar;æ-long;m. &d-bar;e on w&o-long;h wiellen (cf. &d-bar;&a-long;m unryhtwillendum, 89, 22), Past. 15; Swt. 91, I. Ðæt h&e-long; geornl&i-long;ce fylste &d-bar;&a-long;m &d-bar;e riht willan, and á hetelíce stýre ðam ðe þwyres willan, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 17. VII. of habitual action :-- Ða inge-&d-bar;oncas &d-bar;e wealcaþ in &d-bar;æs monnes m&o-long;de, &d-bar;e æ-long;fre willaþ licgean on &d-bar;æm eor&d-bar;l&i-long;cum gewilnungum quando cogitationes volvuntur in mente, quae a terretns desideriis numqutam levantur, Past. 21; Swt. 155, 22. H&e-long; wolde æfter &u-long;htsange oftost hine gebiddan and on cyrcan standan on syndrigunl gebedum, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 114. Hwæþer g&e-long; willen on wuda s&e-long;can gold? Met. 19, 4. Ðæt se l&a-long;reów sceolde beón miehtig t&o-long; tyhtanne on h&a-long;lwende l&a-long;re, and eác t&o-long; &d-bar;reánne &d-bar;a &d-bar;e him wi&d-bar;stondan wiellen ut potens sit exhortari in doctrina sana, et eos, qui contradicunt, arguere, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 16. VIII. to will, profess, claim :-- H&e-long; wæs sw&a-long; up&a-long;hafen, &d-bar;æt h&e-long; wolde beón god . . . wolde r&e-long;nas wyrcan, swylce h&e-long; sylf god wæ-long;re, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 27-33. IX. as an auxiliary for the future, will, shall, to be about to :-- Gif h&e-long; m&e-long; c&u-long;&d-bar; ne bi&d-bar;, ic wille him su&i-long;&d-bar;e ræ&d-bar;e andwyrdan (protinns respondents), Past. 10; Swt. 63, 4. Hwæt wille ic &d-bar;issum wi&d-bar;ersacan geandwyrdan? Homl. Th. i. 378, II. H&e-long; wæs cweþende : ' Ic m&e-long; wille n&u-long; onhwyrfan t&o-long; &d-bar;isse bæ-long;re . . . &highquote; Ð&a-long; wæs h&e-long; gongende, Blickl. Homl. 151, 14. Ic m&i-long;ne s&a-long;wle wylle Gode underþeódan nonne Deo subdita erit anima mea? Ps. Th. 61, I. Gif &d-bar;&u-long; &u-long;re unriht wilt behealdan si iniquitates observaveris, 129, 3. Gif &d-bar;&u-long; æ-long;fre cymst t&o-long; &d-bar;ære st&o-long;we, &d-bar;onne wilt &d-bar;&u-long; cweþan (dices), Bt. 36, 2 ; Fox 174, 22 : Met. 24, 48. Se &d-bar;e wyle sprecan loquuturus, Ælfc. Gr. 41 ; Zup. 247, 15, II: 248, 6. Gif hiere ne bi&d-bar; s&o-long;na gestiéred, hió wile weahsan mid ungemete (sine mensura dilatatur), Past. II; Swt. 71, 16. Ðæt wile þincan ungeleáfl&i-long;c eallum &d-bar;æm &d-bar;e &d-bar;a st&o-long;we on ufUNCERTAINm t&i-long;dum geseó&d-bar;, Lchdm. iii. 438, 14. Hwæþer hit hysecild &d-bar;e mæ-long;dencild be&o-long;n wille, ii. 172, 18. H&e-long; wyle naman &d-bar;&i-long;nne herian laudabunt nomen tuum, Ps. Th. 73, 20. Hw&a-long; wyle m&e-long; gelæ-long;dan? quis deducet me? 59, 8. Hwæt wille w&e-long; cweþan be &d-bar;&i-long;num sunum? quid dicam liberos? Bt. 10; Fox 28, 30: Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 117: Homl. Th. ii. 448, 13. Hit wolde dagian the day was about to break, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 123. Hit æ-long;fnian wolde, 23, 245. His &a-long;&d-bar;umum &d-bar;e woldon w&i-long;fian on his dohtron generos suos, qui accepturi erant filias ejus, Gen. 19, 14. W&a-long;t ic &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; wile gilpan, Salm. Kmbl. 409; Sal. 205. Hwæt God mæ-long;lan wille quid loquatur Deus, Ps. Th. 84, 7. Ic w&a-long;t &d-bar;ætte wile woruldmen tweógan (cf. went eall moncyn on tweónunga, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 17), Met. 4, 51. Ne h&e-long; s&o-long;&d-bar;-fæste læ-long;teþ &d-bar;æt h&i-long; t&o-long; unrihte willen handum ræ-long;cean ut non extendant justi ad iniquitatem manus suas, Ps. Th. 124, 4. W&e-long;n is &d-bar;æt h&i-long; &u-long;s lifigende wyllen forsweolgan forsitan vivos deglutissent nos, 123, 2. Sw&a-long; ic æ-long;r sægde &d-bar;æt ic d&o-long;n wolde, Blickl. Homl. 183, 29. Ðeáh &d-bar;&u-long; ons&o-long;ce &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; s&o-long;&d-bar; godu lufian wolde, Exon. Th. 254, 10; Jul. 195. Ð&a-long; Darius geseah &d-bar;æt h&e-long; oferwonnen beón wolde Darius cum vinci suos videret, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 6: Blickl. Homl. 15, 34. H&u-long; wolde &d-bar;æt geweor&d-bar;an? Elen. Kmbl. 909; El. 456. W&e-long;n is &d-bar;æt h&i-long; &u-long;s woldan ges&u-long;pan forsitan absorbuissent nos. Ps. Th. 123, 3. IX a. without an infinitive :-- Hwænne &d-bar;&u-long; m&e-long; wylle t&o-long; quando venies ad me, Ps. Th. 100, l. Æ-acute;r him se fefer t&o-long; wille. Lchdm. ii. 134, 24, 22. IXb. as optative :-- Wolde h&u-long;ru se earming hine sylfne beþencan, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 161. [Goth. wiljan; p. wilda: O. Sax. willian, wellian ; p. welda : O. Frs. s.