Ge-wil

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wil

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -will, -wile, -wyle, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-wil

n. A will, wish, pleasure; vŏluntas, arbitrium, vōtum :-- Ne wend ðú ðé nó on ðæs folces unriht gewil turn thou not thyself to the unjust wish of the people, L. Alf. 41; Th. i. 54, 7: Hy. 7, 78; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 78. On yfelra manna gewill according to the will of evil men, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 19: Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 2; Cri. 362: Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 1: 1, 12; Bos. 36, 33. Hit næs ne his gewile [-wyle, MS. A.] it was not his will, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 11. ge-wil

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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