A-willan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-willan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: a-wyllan, cyren. a-willan

Definitions

1 a-willan

p. de; pp. ed To cause to bubble, to boil; facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat, coquere, decoquere :-- Awilled meolc boiled milk, pottage; jeta [jura?], Cot. 168. Awilled wín vel cyren new wine, just pressed from the grape, or new wine boiled till half evaporated; dulcisapa, Cot. 62, 168.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚹᛁᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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