Old English Dictionary Entry

Nyllan

Part of speech: = ne willan :-- Nylle ic út wítan, Met. 24, 52. Ic nelle

Definitions

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nolo, ðú nelt non vis, hé nele non vult, wé nellaþ nolumus ... nelle ðu noli, nelle gé nolite, . . . nellan nolle, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 16-19. Ðú nelt, Exon. Th. 250, 12; Jul. 126. Nyle hé, Ps. Th. 74, 8. Nán eówer nele nemo vestrum vult, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1. Nellaþ nolunt, 29, 3. Nyllaþ, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 18. Nolde, Jn. Skt. 7, 1. Nalde, Ps. Surt. 35, 4. Noldon, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 3. Gif ðæt wíf nele si noluerit mulier, Gen. 24, 5. Sam wé willan, sam wé nyllan, Bt. 35, 12; Fox 154, 7. Nyllan gé nolite, Ps. Th. 61, 11. Nellaþ, 61, 10. Bútan nellendes andsware, R. Ben. 20, 19. nyllan

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Runic Inscription

ᚾᚣᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Jul.: Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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