Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wilnung

Part of speech: -willnung. e;

Definitions

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1 ge-wilnung

f. A wish, desire, longing, seeking, appetite, will, vow; concŭpiscentia, desīdĕrium, ambĭtus, appĕtītus, affectus, vōtum :-- Gewilnung ambĭtus, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 35, 10. Of gewilnunge ic gewilnode etan mid eów ðás eástron desīdĕrio desīdĕrāvi hoc pascha mandūcāre vobiscum, Lk. Bos. 22, 15. Hý férdon on gewilnunge heortan transiērunt in affectum cordis, Ps. Spl. 72, 7: Homl. Th. i. 136, 9, 31. For gewillnunge ðara écra góda pro appĕtītu æternōrum bonōrum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 7. Óðra gewilnunga relĭqua concŭpiscentiæ, Mk. Bos. 4, 19: Num. 11, 34. Mid eallum gewilnungum with all desires, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 25. Ðæt ic agylde gewilnunga of dæge to dæge ut reddam vōta mea de die in diem, Ps. Spl. 60, 8. ge-wilnung

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᛚᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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