p. ode. I. to will : -- Gode willigende Deo volente, Guthl. 20 ; Gdwin. 78, 20. II. to desire, (a) with a genitive :-- Mæg snottor guma his gǣste ford weges willian. Exon. Th. 104, 15; Gū. 8. Ne sceolde nan wis man willian (wilnian, ) sēftes līfes, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 13. (b) with infinitive :-- Hwelc is mon se wile līf and willaþ gesián dægas gōde? quis est homo qui vult vitam et cupit videre dies bonos? Ps. Surt. 33, 13. Gē wylladon (wilniaþ, ) ūs da ding gemǣnsuman ea nobis communicare desiderastis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 13. (c) with gerundial infin. :-- Ongit hū unmihtige da yfelan men beóþ, nū hī ne magon cuman þider dider da ungewittigan gesceafta williaþ (wilniaþ, ) tō tō cumenne vide quanta vitiosorum hominum pateat infrmitas, qui ne ad hoc quidem pervenire queunt, ad quod eos naturalis ducit, ac pene compellit intentio, Bt. 36, 5 ; Fox 180, 4. (d) with a clause :-- Ic willio and wille dæt hió sión getrymed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 121, 23. (e) absolute :-- Wer se de in bibodum his willaþ (cupiet), Ps. Surt. II, i. [He wyllede mest of alle þynge to hym enlyance, R. Glouc. 12, 18. Naȝt ne willieþ more þanne uor to by uorlore to þe wordle. Ayenb. 142, 15. Þu willest of briddes to knowe. Piers P. 12, 221. O. H. Ger. wil-lōn desiderare.]