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WILM-F&Y-long;R -- WIL-SÆ-long;TAN. 1229

þurhw&o-long;don, Cd. Th. 245, 16; Dan. 464. In f&y-long;rbat&d-bar;c, wælmum bi-wrecene, Exon. Th. 52, II ; Cri. 832. II. heat, fervent heat, fiery heat :-- Wylm fervor, i. calor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 82. Gif sumeres welm (wylm, v. l.) t&o-long; sw&i-long;&d-bar;l&i-long;c bi&d-bar; si aestatis fervor nimius fuerit, R. Ben. 65, 20. Ne mihte heora wlite gewemman wylm &d-bar;æs wæfran l&i-long;ges. Cd. Th. 231, 2; Dan. 241. Ðæs unmæ-long;tan wylmes &d-bar;ære sunnan hæ-long;to, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573. Wilme and bryne fervore. Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 42. Fl&o-long;r is on wUNCERTAINlme, Cd. Th. 267, 17; Sat. 39. Þrowigean fr&e-long;cne f&y-long;res wylm, 229, 8; Dan. 214. ¶ fig. ? :-- O&d-bar;&d-bar;æt deá&d-bar;es wylm hr&a-long;n æt heortan until the hot touch of death was at the heart, Beo. Th. 4531; B. 2269. II a. boiling, roasting :-- Wylm vel hyrsting frixura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 84. Gif hit wæter s&y-long;, hæ-long;te man hit &o-long;d-bar; hit hleówe t&o-long; wylme, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 14. On welme weor&d-bar;an fervere, Past. 5, 8; Swt. 447, 9. II b. inflammation :-- Se wielm &d-bar;aelig;s inno&d-bar;es &u-long;t abiers&d-bar; and wier&d-bar; t&o-long; sceabbe, Past. II; Swt. 71, 9. Ðæs welmes s&a-long;r on &d-bar;ære lifre, Lchdm. ii. 206, 3. Æfter &a-long;dle welme . . . of &d-bar;ara &o-long;mena welme, 82, 2, 20. Ða welmas &d-bar;a &d-bar;e beóþ gehwæ-long;r geond &d-bar;one l&i-long;choman, 204, 14. III. violent movement, violence, raging, tempestuous movement of water :-- O&d-bar;&d-bar;e f&y-long;res feng, o&d-bar;&d-bar;e fl&o-long;des wylm, Beo. Th. 3533 ; B. 1764. Gestilde seó sæ-long;fram &d-bar;am wylme pontus suo quievit a fervors, Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 542, 3. Him &d-bar;æs endeleán þurh wæteres wylm Waldend sealde, Beo. Th. 2390 ; B. 1693: Exon. Th. 283, 14; Jul. 680. H&i-long; feorh &a-long;l&e-long;ton þurh æ-long;dra wylm (by the surging of the blood from the veins), 271, 6 ; Jul. 478. H&e-long; &y-long;&d-bar;um stilde, wæteres wælmum, Andr. Kmbl. 903; An. 452. IV. of mental emotion, (I) fervour, ardour :-- Hié w&e-long;naþ &d-bar;æt hiera un&d-bar;eáw sié sumes ryhtw&i-long;sl&i-long;ces andan wielm his suum vitium quasi virtus fervens videtur. Past. 40; Swt. 289, 20. On &d-bar;æm welme &d-bar;ære s&o-long;þan lufan Godes, Blickl. Homl. 29, 10. Wylme, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 3. Wylme fervore, ardore, Hpt. Gl. 469, 56. Wælme lufu &d-bar;&i-long;nre fervore dilectionis tuae. Rtl. 95, 27. Seó h&a-long;lige cyrice sum ding &d-bar;urh wælm (per fervorem) receþ. Bd. I. 27; S. 491, 30. Wylm, Hpt. Gl. 465, 37. (2) heat, fury, rage, passion :-- Wræ-long;&d-bar;o &d-bar;&i-long;n and wælm (furor) &d-bar;&i-long;n, Rtl. ll, I. . In uælme &d-bar;&i-long;num in furore tuo, 183, 2. Mid &d-bar;am welme &d-bar;ære h&a-long;theorthesse, Bt. 37, l; Fox 186, 20: Met. 25, 46. Mid miclum wylme and yrre cnstyred nimio furore commotus, Bd. I. 7; S. 477, 41. Of lufe nalæs of wylme, I, 27; S. 490, 13. Yrre ne læ-long;t &d-bar;&e-long; wylme besm&i-long;tan. Exon. Th. 305, 8 ; Fä. 85. [Fouuer walmes of watere sprungen ut, O. E. Homl. i. 141, 17. In the welmes ben founde stones. Map. 355, 14.] v. æ-long;-, bæ-long;l-, breóst-, brim-, bryne-, cear-, ed-, ege-, fl&o-long;d-, frum-, f&y-long;r-, heáfod-, hea&d-bar;o-, holm-, hyge-, s&a-long;r-, sæ-long;-, sorg-, streám-wilm (-wælm, -wylm).

wilm-f&y-long;r, es; n. Fierce fire, flaming fire :-- Fore Dryhtne færeþ wælmf&y-long;ra mæ-long;st, hlemmeþ h&a-long;ta l&e-long;g, Exon. Th. 58, 7 ; Cri. 932.

wilm-h&a-long;t; adj. Burning hot :-- Him brego engla wylmh&a-long;tne l&i-long;g t&o-long; wræce sende, Cd. Th. 156, 5 ; Gen. 2584. [He het fecchen a ueat, and wi&d-bar; pich fullen, and wallen. hit walmh&a-long;t. Jul. 69, 20.]

wiln,e; f. A maid-servant, a hand-maid :-- M&i-long;n wyln (wiln, v. l.) mea ancilla, m&i-long;nre wylne meae ancillae, m&i-long;ne wylne meam ancillam, mine wylna meae ancillae, minra wylna tnearum ancillarum, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Zup. 100, 20-101, 7. Wyln ancilla, serva, abra, dula, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 14: 73, 2. Þ&i-long;nen, wyln abra, i. ancilla, 17, 26. Heó &y-long;s &d-bar;&i-long;n wyln (ancilla) under &d-bar;&i-long; &d-bar;inre handa; þreá hig l&o-long;ca h&u-long; &d-bar;&u-long;wylle. Gen. 16, 6. Seó s&a-long;wl is ðæs flæ-long;sces hlæ-long;fdige, and hire gedafnaþ &d-bar;æt heó simle gewylde &d-bar;a wylne, &d-bar;æt is &d-bar;æt flæ-long;sc, t&o-long; hyre hæ-long;sum. Þwyrl&i-long;ce fær&d-bar; æt &d-bar;am h&u-long;se &d-bar;æ-long;r seó wyln bi&d-bar; &d-bar;ære hlæ-long;fdian wissigend, and seó hlæfdige bi&d-bar; &d-bar;ære wylne under&d-bar;eódd, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 8. 12. Oft on &a-long;nre t&i-long;de. &a-long;cen&d-bar; seó cw&e-long;n and seó wyln . . . and &d-bar;ære wylne sunu wunaþ eal his l&i-long;f on &d-bar;eówte, Homl. Th. i. no, 27: Gen. 21, 13. Ne wilna &d-bar;&u-long; &d-bar;&i-long;nes n&e-long;hstan wylne, Ex. 20, 17. Gif wíffæst man hine forlícge be his ágenre wyhie, L. C. S. 55; Th. i. 406, 14. &A-long;d&o-long; &d-bar;&a-long;s wylne (ancillam) heonon, Gen. 21, 10: Ex. 21, 20, 32. H&e-long; genam wealas and wylna (servos et ancillas), Gen. 20, 14: Lev. 25, 44. v. wealh.

wilnian; p. ode. I. of animate objects, (I) to desire, ask for (the source from which marked by t&o-long;), (a) with gen. or uncertain :-- Wilnigaþ monige men anwealdes . . . Se ealra forc&u-long;iþesta wilnaþ &d-bar;æs ylcan, Bt. 18, I; Fox 60, 27. Hw&i-long; wilnige w&e-long; æ-long;nigre &o-long;þre sage? quid adhuc egemus testibus? Mt. Kmbl. 26, 65. Ða n&e-long;tenu, and eác &d-bar;a &o-long;þre ge-sceafta, m&a-long; wilniaþ &d-bar;æs &d-bar;e h&i-long; wilniaþ for gecynde &d-bar;onne for willan, Bt. 34, II; Fox 152, 6. Ealle t&o-long; &d-bar;&e-long; æ-long;tes wilniaþ omnia a te expectant, ut des illis escam, Ps. Th. 103, 25. Wuhta gehwilc wilnaþ t&o-long; eor&d-bar;an, sume n&e-long;dþearfe, sume neódfræce, Met. 31, 14. Ealle þider willniaþ oþþe &d-bar;æs &d-bar;e h&i-long; lyst, oþþe &d-bar;æs &d-bar;e h&i-long; beþurfon. Bt. 41, 6 ; Fox 254, 29. Heó hiere feores t&o-long; him wilnade (pro vita precans), Ors. 3, II; Swt. 150, 33. Ðæt wæter &d-bar;e h&e-long; t&o-long; Gode wilnade aquam quam a Deo petierat, Bd. I. 7; S. 478, 28. H&e-long; wilnode him t&o-long; Gode sumre fr&o-long;fre he asked of God for some comfort for himself, Ps. Th. 15, arg. Helpan n&a-long;num &d-bar;ara &d-bar;e t&o-long; him &a-long;re wilnodan. Blickl. Homl 223, 3. Ne wilna &d-bar;&u-long; &d-bar;&i-long;nes n&e-long;hstan h&u-long;ses ne his w&i-long;fes non concupisces domum proximi tui nec desiderabis uxorem ejus, Ex. 20, 17. Hwelc fremu is &d-bar;e &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; wilnige &d-bar;issa and-weardena gesæ-long;lþa ofer gemet? Bt. 14, I; Fox 42, 8. Þonne h&i-long; t&o-long; his h&u-long;so hleówes wilnian, Ps. Th. 108, 10. T&o-long; &d-bar;æm heáhengle &d-bar;æt hié him fultomes wilnodan. Blickl. Homl. 201, 28. Fri&d-bar;es wilnian, Andr. Kmbl. 2258; An. 1130. Willnian (wilnian, v. l.) &d-bar;æs &d-bar;e h&e-long; næfþ, Bt. 36, 3 ; Fox 176, 12. Him wilnian lofes to desire praise for himself, Past. 62 ; Swt. 457, 26: Exon. Th. 119, 28; G&u-long;. 261. T&o-long; R&o-long;m&a-long;num friþes wilnian a Romanis pacem petere, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 7: Cd. Th. 229, 10; Dan. 215: Exon. Th. 48, 18 ; Cri. 773. Wylnian, Wulfst. 277, 19. (b) with accusative :-- Ð&u-long; ne wilnast weora æ-long;niges -deá&d-bar; (cf. nolo mortem impii, Ezech. 33, II), Ps. C. 54. Ða æþelingas wilniaþ, Exon. Th. 433, 14; Rä. 50, 7. Eall hwæt h&i-long; willniaþ h&i-long; begitaþ, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 22. Ðæt s&a-long;wul m&i-long;n wilnaþ (concupivit), &d-bar;æt ic &d-bar;&i-long;n word m&o-long;te healdan, Ps. Th. 118, 20. Ealle hié &d-bar;æt wilnodan, &d-bar;æt hié his word geh&y-long;ran m&o-long;ston, Blickl. Homl. 219, 35. Hwæt (hwæs, v. l.) h&e-long; wilnian sceal, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 18. (c) with infinitive :-- Ða &d-bar;e wilniaþ fretan m&i-long;n folc, Ps. Th. 13, 9. Willniaþ raple þurh mistl&i-long;ce paþas cuman t&o-long; &a-long;num ende diverso calle, sed UNCERTAINd unum finem nititur pervenire. Bt. 24, I ; Fox 80, 8. H&e-long; wilnode hine geseón erat cupiens uidere eum, Lk. Skt. 23, 8. Gif &d-bar;&u-long; wilnige oncn&a-long;wan, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 31. Gif &d-bar;&u-long; willnige ongitan si vis cernere, 39, 13 ; Fox 232, 24. Wilnige, Met. 29, I. Gebida wilnando petere uolentes. Lk. Skt. p. 6. 12. (d) with geniudial infinitive :-- Ðæt hié wielnien (wilnien, Cott. MSS.) t&o-long; wietanne &d-bar;æt &d-bar;æt hié nyton ut appetant scire, quae nesciunt, Past. 30; Swt. 203, 8. (e) with genitive and gerundial infinitive :-- Æ-long;lc m&o-long;d wilnaþ s&o-long;þes g&o-long;des t&o-long; begitanne est mentibus hominum veri boni inserta cupiditas, Bt. 24, 2 ; Fox 80, 32. H&i-long; wilniaþ welan and weorþscipes t&o-long; gewinnanne opes, honores ambiant, Met. 19, 43. (f) with a clause :-- Gif &d-bar;&u-long; wilnast &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; mæge oncnáwan, Met. 5, 24. Wilnaþ God t&o-long; æ-long;lcum men &d-bar;æt h&e-long; sié o&d-bar;&d-bar;e wearm o&d-bar;&d-bar;e ceald aut calidus quisque esse, aut frigidus quaeritur, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 15. H&e-long; wilnode &d-bar;æt his l&i-long;cræst sceolde beón æt Cridiant&u-long;ne, Chr. 977 ; Erl. 127, 37. Heó ealle t&o-long; m&e-long; wilnodon &d-bar;æt ic hine læ-long;te æt m&e-long; &d-bar;æt land begeotan. Chart. Th. 167, 38. Hié wilnedon t&o-long; him &d-bar;æt hié m&o-long;sten on his r&i-long;ce mid fri&d-bar;e gesittan, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 20. Nis n&a-long;n gesceaft &d-bar;ara &d-bar;e ne wilnige &d-bar;æt hit þider cuman maUNCERTAINge, Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 30. Wilnie, Met. 13, 69. Ðeáh h&i-long; wielnien (wilnien, Cott. MSS.) &d-bar;æt hié andrysne sién, Past. 17; Swt. 109, 18. T&o-long; Sancte Michaele &d-bar;æt hi&e-long; wilnodan &d-bar;æt God gec&y-long;þde &d-bar;æt mannum bemi&d-bar;en wæs, Blickl. Homl. 199, 32. Wilniende &d-bar;æt h&i-long; æ-long;lcum gewinne &o-long;&d-bar;flogen hæfdon credentes quod se a congressu totius humanae habitationis abstraherent, Ors. 1, 4; Swt. 32, 21. Wæs h&e-long; wilniende t&o-long; Gode, &d-bar;æt h&e-long; æ-long;ghwylcum gemildsode, Wulfst. 278, 12. (g) absolute or uncertain :-- H&e-long; h&i-long; ne gewemde, eal sw&a-long; heó t&o-long; Gode wilnode, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 221. Wilnig from m&e-long; &d-bar;ætte &d-bar;&u-long; willt pete a me quod uis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 22. T&o-long; wilnanne ad concupiscendam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 28. &A-long;n &d-bar;ære s&a-long;wle gecynda is &d-bar;æt heó biþ wilnigende, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 4. Wilnigendum flagitante, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 23. ¶ present participle with force of Latin form in -dus :-- Uilnende ginyhtsumnise desideratum abundantiam, Rtl. 73, 3. 2. (2) to desire to go :-- Ð&u-long; wilnast ofer w&i-long;dne mere, Andr. Kmbl. 565 ; An. 283. Sw&a-long; heort wilnaþ t&o-long; wætre sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, Ps. Th. 41, 1. Wuhta gehwilc wilnaþþiderweard, &d-bar;æ-long;r his mæ-long;g&d-bar;e bi&d-bar; mæ-long;st ætgædere, Met. 20, 159. II. of inanimate objects, to tend to an end (gen.) :-- Sw&i-long;&d-bar;e lytlum siceraþ &d-bar;æt wæter on &d-bar;æt hlece scip, and &d-bar;eáh hit wilnaþ &d-bar;æs ylcan &d-bar;e sió hl&u-long;de &y-long;&d-bar; d&e-long;&d-bar; hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella saeviens, Past. 57; Swt. 437, 14. Sege m&e-long; hwelces endes æ-long;lc angin wilnige die mihi, quis sit rerum finis, quove totius naturae tendat intentio, Bt. 5; 3 ; Fox 12, 19. Ð&u-long; c&y-long;. þdest &d-bar;æt &d-bar;&u-long; nestest hwelces endes æ-long;lc angin wilnode, Fox 12, 35. [Laym, wilnien : A. R. wilnen : Orm. willnenn: Ayenb. wilni: Piers P. wilne: Icel. vilna.] v. ge-, yfel-wilnian.

-wilni[g]endl&i-long;c. v. ge-wilnigendl&i-long;c.

wilnung,e; f. Desire :-- &U-long;þwitan secgaþ &d-bar;æt sió s&a-long;wul hæbbe &d-bar;rió gecynd. &A-long;n &d-bar;ara gecynda is &d-bar;æt heó biþ wilnigende . . . Tw&a-long; &d-bar;ara gecynda habbaþ n&e-long;tenu ; . . . &o-long;þer &d-bar;ara is wilnung . . . Seó gesceádw&i-long;snes sceal wealdan &d-bar;ære wilnunga, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 3-10: Met. 20, 186. Worldl&i-long;ce wilnung desiderium mundanum, L. Ecg. P. i. 5 ; Th. ii. 174, 10. Fram gebrosnucge l&i-long;cuml&i-long;cre willnunge clæ-long;ne a corruptione con-cupiscentiae carnalis inmune, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 532, 36. Un&a-long;l&y-long;fedre willnunge m&o-long;d biþ geþeóded, I. 27; S. 495, 9. Unrihtes willan willnunge cupidine voluptatis, 495, 33. Sum hl&a-long;w, &d-bar;one men for feós wilnunga gedulfon, Guthl. 4 ; Gdwin. 26, 6. &A-long;bisgod on &d-bar;isse worulde willnunga (wilnunga, v. l.), Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 31. For &d-bar;ære wilnunge (gewil-nunge, v. l. ) &d-bar;e h&e-long; wolde h&y-long; him on fultum geteón ambitione habendorum equitum Thessalorum, quorum robur ut exercitui suo admiscerit, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 14. H&e-long; n&o-long;hwæþere heora willnunge habban ne &d-bar;urhteón magan in neutro cupitum possunt obtinere propositum, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 2. Drihten geh&y-long;r&d-bar; &d-bar;a wilnunga his þearfena desiderium pauperum exaudivit Dominus, Ps. Th. 9, 37. Willniungum petitionibus. Mt. Kmbl. p. 14, 20. [Þuruh wilnunge of hereword, A. R. 148, 20. Worsipe haue þon for þine wilninge, Laym. 3160.] v. ge-, ungemet-, unriht-, weorold-wilnung.

Wil-sæ-long;tan, -sæ-long;te; pl. The people of Wiltshire :-- Ð&a-long; m&e-long;tte hine Weoxtan aldorman mid Wilsæ-long;tum, . . . and Wilsæ-long;tan (-sæ-long;te, v. l.) n&a-long;mon