Will-spryng

Old English Dictionary Entry

Will-spryng

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 will-spryng

and -sprynge, es; m. A well-spring, fountain, source (lit. and fig.) :-- Welspreng latex, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 30. Seó sōde lufu is wylspring and ordfruma ealra gōdnyssa, Homl. Th. 1. 52, 12. Ðæs wæter-scipes welsprynge is on hefonrīce, Past. Swt. 467, 31. Welsprinces fontis, Hpt. Gl. 418, 43. Mid dǣwigun wylsprince roscidis fontibus, 421, 67. Ðās synd da feówer eán of ānum wyllspringe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 3. Wyllspringas dære micelan niwelnisse fontes abyssi magnae, Gen. 7, II. Wilspringas, 8, 2. Wæs dæt wæter and ealle wyllspringas gehālgode þurh Cristes līchaman. Homl. Th. ii. 40, 28. Wilspringum fontibus, Hpt. Gl. 509, 18. Tō wyllsprangum wætra ad fontes aquarum, Ps. Lamb. 41, 2. [An angel tagte hire (Hagar) dor a wellespring. Gen. and Ex. 1243.] will-spryng

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