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1224 WILDDEÓRL&I-long;CE -- WILIGE.

cyninges feralis impietas regis Brittonum, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 7. Ða wildeórl&i-long;can ferinam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 10. Hié be sumum dæ-acute;le wildiór-l&i-long;ce (bestiales) bió&d-bar;, Past. 17 ; Swt. 108, 23. v. wilder-lic.

wilddeórl&i-long;ce; adv. After the manner of wild beasts, brutishly :-- Ðæ-long;r æ-long;r wildeór oneardodan, oþþe men gewunedon willdeórl&i-long;ce (bestialiter) lifian, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 25.

wilde; adj. Wild :-- Wildæ agrestis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 53: i. 17, 41. Wilde indomitus, ii. 111, 78. Untamed, wilde edomitus, 142, 40. Wudul&i-long;ce o&d-bar;&d-bar;e wilde agrestes, 4, 61. As in this gloss the word seems used in wylde (or cf. weald?) elfen hamadryades (cf. feldelfenne amadriades, ii. 8, 14), i. 60, 17. I. in reference to animals, wild, not domestic, not tamed, not broken in :-- R&e-long;bra þonne æ-long;nig wilde deór, Blickl. Homl. 95, 31: Homl. Th. i. 486, 28: Bt. 39, l; Fox 212, 3. Wilde oxa bubalus, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 46. Wilde b&a-long;r aper, tam b&a-long;r verres, 32, 70. Assa asinus, wilde assa onager, 23, 27. Se getemeda assa . . . Se wilda fola, Homl. Th. i. 208, 20-22. Wilde goos cente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 68: gente, 109, 63. Wilde gos cante, 14, 21. Wæs sum wilde hrem, Homl. Th. i. 162, 21. Se wilda fugel (the Phenix), Exon. Th. 211, 21; Ph. 201. Hafuc sceal on glofe wilde gewunian, wulf sceal on bearowe, Menol. Fox 495 ; Gn. C. 18. Sió wilde beó. Met. 18, 5. Seó leó ge-mon&d-bar; &d-bar;æs wildan gewunan hire eldrana. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 12. Sum sceal wildne fugel &a-long;temian, Exon. Th. 332, 14; Vy. 85 : 222, 3; Ph. 343. H&a-long;lig feoh and wilde deór, Cd. Th. 13, 13 ; Gen. 202. Eoferas and wilde deór aperet singularis ferus, Ps. Th. 79, 13. Wildu diór, Met. 27, 20: Cd. Th. 91, 22; Gen. 1516. Wildu deór and neáta gehwylc, 240, 20; Dan. 389. C&o-long;mon wilde beran and wulfas. Homl. Th. i. 244, 18. Wildra deóra &d-bar;æt grimmeste, Exon. Th. 371, 28 ; Seel. 82. Wildera deóra t&e-long;&d-bar; dentes bestiarum, Deut. 32, 24. Hyre dæ-long;l &d-bar;era wildera (not broken in) horsa, Chart. Th. 538, 33. Wildra, 548, 10. Wildu hors equos in-domitos, Past. 41; Swt. 303, 9. Fiówer wildo hors, Shrn. 71, 34. Ða stælhr&a-long;nas beó&d-bar; sw&y-long;&d-bar;e d&y-long;re mid Finnum, for &d-bar;æm h&y-long; fó&d-bar; &d-bar;a wildan hr&a-long;nas mid, Ors. l, l; Swt. 18, 12. la. not under restraint; uncontrolled :-- Ðá wæs culufre eft sended wilde; Cd. Th. 88, 14; Gen. 1465. II. in reference to plants, wild, not cultivated :-- Wilde cyrfet colocftintida, hw&i-long;t wilde w&i-long;ngeard brionia, wilde (v. Wülck. Gl. 133, 12) w&i-long;ngerd labrusca, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 12-15. Wilde popig saliunca,. . . wilde næp nap silvatica, 31, 8, 27. Wilde næp diptamnus vel bibulcos, . . . wilde lactuce sarrabum, 32, 5, 24. Oleastrum &d-bar;æt is wilde elebeám, Lchdm. ii. 90, 20. Wildre magþan wyrttruman, 206, 15. Wildre mealwan seáw, 214, 14. Unwæstm &l-bar; wilde f&o-long;ter zizania, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 27. III. of places, wild, uncultivated, uninhabited :-- Licgaþ wilde m&o-long;ras emnlange &d-bar;æm b&y-long;num lande, Ors. l, I; Swt. 18, 27. Ðone eard (East Anglia) iii m&o-long;nþas h&i-long; hergodon and bærndon, ge fur&d-bar;on on &d-bar;a wildan fennas h&i-long; f&e-long;rdon, Chr. 1010 ; Erl. 143, 27. Com se biscop t&o-long; &d-bar;ære mynstre (Peterborough) . . . ne fand &d-bar;æ-long;r n&a-long;n þing b&u-long;ton ealde weallas and wilde wuda, 963; Erl. 121, 28. IV. of fire, wild, that spreads over a country (like a prairie fire) [cf. Icel. villi-eldr] :-- H&e-long;r wæs se dr&i-long;a sumor, and wilde f&y-long;r com on manega sc&i-long;ra and forbærnde fela t&u-long;na, and eác manega burga forburnon. Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 36. On &d-bar;issum geáre at&y-long;wde &d-bar;æt wilde f&y-long;r, &d-bar;e n&a-long;n mann æ-long;ror n&a-long;n swylc ne gemunde, and gehwæ-long;r hit derode on manegum stówum, 1032 ; Erl. 164, H&e-long;r wæs sw&i-long;&d-bar;e mycel mancwealm and orfcwealm, and eác &d-bar;æt wilde f&y-long;r on Deórb&y-long;sc&i-long;re micel yfel dyde, and gehwæ-long;r elles, 1049 Erl. 173, 19. IV a. figurative of a disease :-- Wylde f&y-long;r erisipilas, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 3. [v. wildfire in Halliwell's Dictionary, and cf. Germ. das wilde feuer St. Anthonys fire, erysipelas.] V. in a moral sense, wild, turbulent, ungoverned :-- H&e-long; geong fareþ, hafaþ wilde m&o-long;d, Salm. Kmbl. 755; Sal. 377. [Goth. wilþeis: O. Frs. wilde: O. L. Ger. O. H. Ger. wildi: Icel. villr.]

wilde; adj. Having power, powerful, strong :-- Hit næs þeáw &d-bar;æt mon æ-long;nig wæl on &d-bar;a healfe r&i-long;mde &d-bar;e &d-bar;onne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum, Ors. 4, l; Swt. 156, 22. Beó &a-long; seó mildheortnys wyldre &d-bar;onne se rihta d&o-long;m semper superexaltet misericordiam judicium, R. Ben. 118, 27. Ðæt &d-bar;æt gesceád beó wylldre &d-bar;onne seó yfele gewilnung, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 40, 3. &U-long;tancumene men beó&d-bar; wildran &d-bar;onne g&e-long; and eów geny&d-bar;riaþ advena ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior, Deut. 28, 43. Hié wyldran wæ-long;ron &d-bar;onne hié, and hié mid ealle of &d-bar;æm earde &a-long;drifon urbem suo generi vendicant, patrimonia dominorum sibi usurpant, extorres dominos procul abigunt, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 18: Blickl. Homl. 151, 3. [Freo of heorte, of wisdom wilde, Misc. 96, 94. Þet þe mon lete his iwit weldre þene his wre&d-bar;&d-bar;e, O. E. Homl. i. 105, 19.] v. weald.

wilde. v. ge-wilde (-wylde), wildan.

wilde-cyn[n], es; n. A wild species :-- Wildecynnes hors equifer (cf. hic equiferus a wyld hors, 187, col. l). Wrt. Voc. i. -3, 4.

wilde-deór, es; n. A wild beast :-- Weorpan h&i-long; an wildedeóra l&i-long;c, Bt. 38, I; Fox 194, 31. H&e-long; wæs mi&d-bar; wildedeórum erat cum bestiis, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 13. [Icel. villi-d&y-long;r.]

wilder (-or ? cf. wildor-l&i-long;c. v. next word) (and wild ? cf. þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n. A wild beast :-- Þurh &d-bar;æs wildres (the panther's) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10; Pa. 43. Ðæt fiæ-acute;sc, &d-bar;æt wildro &a-long;biton carnem, quae a bestiis fuerit prae-gustata, Ex. 22, 31. Weorpan on wildra l&i-long;c, Met. 26, 76: Exon. Th. 356, lo; Pa. 9: Cd. Th. 257, 25 ; Dan. 663. Sp&e-long;dig man on wildrum, Ors. l, I ; Swt. 18, 9.

wilder-l&i-long;c (?); adj. Wildbeast-like, brutish :-- Hié be sumum dæ-long;le wildorl&i-long;ce (wildiórl&i-long;ce, Cott. MSS. ) beó&d-bar; ex qua parte bestiales sunt, Past. 17; Swt. 109, 23.

wild-g&o-long;s, e; f. A wild goose :-- Wildgoos gente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 60.

-wildian. v. &a-long;-wildian.

wilding, e ; f. Dominion :-- On æ-long;lcere st&o-long;we wylddingce his in omni loco dominationis ejus. Ps. Lamb. 102, 22. Wylding, Ps. Spl. M. 102, 22.

wildness (?), e ; f. Wildness, licentiousness :-- G&a-long;lre wild[nesse ?] pelulantis lasciviae, Hpt. Gl. 515, 10.

wildor, wildro; wilege, wile-w&i-long;se, v. wilder; wilige, - wilig-w&i-long;se.

wil-fægen; adj. Having ones desire, satisfied, glad :-- Wilfægen voti compos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 59 : compos, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31 ; Zup. 58, 1. Wilfangen (l. -fægen) voti compos. Engl. Stud. xi. 67, 96. Ongan h&e-long; wilfægen æfter &d-bar;am wuldres treó eor&d-bar;an delfan, &d-bar;æt h&e-long; funde behelede, Elen. Kmbl. 1652; El. 828. On eallum &d-bar;&a-long;m mid &d-bar;&y-long; h&e-long; willfægen wæs gefremed, h&e-long; eft hwearf t&o-long; godcundre l&a-long;re in quibus omnibus cum sui voti compos esset effectus, ad praedicandum rediit, Bd. 5, II; S. 625, 40, Mid eádigum wilfægene cum beatis compotes, Hymn. Surt. 36, 30. Crist &u-long;s &e-long;cum gefeánum d&o-long; beón wilfægene Christus nos sempiternis gaudiis faciat esse compotes, 123, II. [Cf. M. H. Ger. wille-vagunge satisfactio poenitentiae.] v. wil-hr&e-long;mig, -hr&e-long;þig, -tygþe.

wilfull&i-long;ce; adv. Willingly, voluntarily, with a good will :-- Wil-ful[l]ice sponte, Hpt. Gl. 435, 66. [Alle þet for þi luue pouerte wilfulliche þolien, O. E. Homl. i. 279, 8. Þe ournemen of bo&yogh;samnesse ys þet me bou&yogh;e wiluolliche, Ayenb. 140, 19. Wylfully voluntarie, spontanee, Prompt. Parv. 528.]

wil-gæt, es; m. A desirable, welcome guest :-- Godes &a-long;gen bearn, wilgest on w&i-long;cum, Exon. Th. 313, 28; Mod. 7. Cf. wil-cuma.

wil-gebr&o-long;þor; pl. m. Brethren pleasant in their lives :-- Freól&i-long;cu tw&a-long; frumbearn, Cain and Abel . . . willgebr&o-long;&d-bar;or, Cd. Th. 59, 30; Gen. 971. Cf. wil-gesweostor.

wil-gedryht, e; f. A glad band :-- Seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ turba prosequitur munere laeta pio. Exon. Th. 222, 2; Ph. 342. Wes &d-bar;&u-long;, Andreas, h&a-long;l mid &d-bar;&a-long;s willgedryht, Andr. Kmbl. 1828; An. 916.

wil-gehl&e-long;þa; Þa, an; m. A pleasant comrade :-- Hw&i-long;lum ic (a horn) t&o-long; hilde bonne wilgehl&e-long;þan, Exon. Th. 395, 9; Rä. 15, 5.

wil-ges&i-long;þ, es; m. A pleasant companion :-- Wilges&i-long;þas, Beo. Th. 45 ; B. 23. Willges&i-long;&d-bar;&d-bar;as, Cd. Th. 120, 31 ; Gen. 2003.

wil-gesteald, es; n. A desirable possession :-- Ð&y-long; læs &d-bar;&u-long; eft cwe&d-bar;e &d-bar;æt ic wurde willgestealdum (-gesteallum, MS. ; but cf. the pairs of words (as here) æ-long;ht-gesteald, æ-long;ht-gestreón; feoh-gesteald, feoh-gestreón eádig on eor&d-bar;an æ-long;rgestreónum ne dicas: Ego ditavi Abram Gen. 14, 23, Cd. Th. 129, 20; Gen. 2146.

wil-gesweostor ; pl. f. Gracious sisters :-- Idesa, willgesweostor (Lot's daughters). Cd. Th. 157, 16; Gen. 2607. Cf. wil-gebr&o-long;þor.

wil-geþofta; an; m. A pleasant associate :-- Ðæt inwitspell Abraham sægde freóndum s&i-long;num, bæd him fultumes willgeþoftan, Cd. Th. 122, 14 ; Gen. 2026.

wil-gifa, -giefa, -geofa, an; m. A giver of what is desirable, a giver of good, (l) as epithet of an earthly prince :-- Wilgeofa Wedra leóda, dryhten Geáta (Beowulf), Beo. Th. 5792 ; B. 2900. Ðæs wilgifan (Constantine's) word, Elen. Kmbl. 441; El. 221. (2) as an epithet of the Deity, the giver of all good :-- Sigora Waldend, weoruda wilgiefa, Exon. Th. 229, 34; Ph. 465. Bearn Godes, weoroda willgifa, Elen. Kmbl. 1626; El. 815. Dryhten God, weoruda willgeofa, Andr. Kmbl. 2565; An. 1284. Gumena brego, weoruda wilgeofan, 123; An. 62. God, hyra wilgifan, Exon. Th. 34, 4; Cri. 537. Willgifan, Elen. Kmbl. 2221; El. 1112.

wilh (wiel); gen. wiles; m. A slave, servant :-- Gif se wiel (servus) cwi&d-bar;: ' M&e-long; is m&i-long;n hl&a-long;ford leóf, ' Ex. 21, 5. Ne wilna &d-bar;&u-long; &d-bar;&i-long;nes n&e-long;hstan wyeles, 20, 17. Ðæs weles (wieles, weales, v. ll.) hl&a-long;ford dominus servi illius, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 50. Se &d-bar;e his wiel (servum) slic&d-bar; mid girde, o&d-bar;&d-bar;e his wylne, Ex. 21, 20, 32. v. wealh.

wil-hrémig; adj. Having one's desire, satisfied, exultant :-- Wil-hrémig (printed -hranig, but see Wülck. Gl. 376, 26) compos. Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 69. v. wil-fægen, and next word.

wil-hr&e-long;þig; adj. Satisfied, exultant :-- Weorud willhr&e-long;&d-bar;ig sægdon wuldor Gode, Elen. Kmbl. 2231; El. 1117. v. wil-fægen, and preceding word.

wilian to roll, wilie. v. wilwan, wilige.

wilige (and -a; m. ?), an; f. A basket :-- Wilige cophinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 3. Wilige vel leáp, 55, 37. Wylige o&d-bar;&d-bar;e meoxbearwe corbis vel, cofinus, 86, 2. Wylige (wilige, v. l. ) odðe windel corbis, Ælfq. Gr. 9,