On-willan

Old English Dictionary Entry

On-willan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: á-wellan, -wyllan. on-willan

Definitions

1 on-willan

to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent :-- Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níþ onwylleð then again as before hot waxed the hate of former foes, Exon. Th. 125, 30; Gú. 362.

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᚹᛁᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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