Wille

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wille

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: , es; Related words: wīþig-wille; will,

Definitions

1 wille

m. A well, spring, fountain :-- Se wylle fluvius, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29 note. Hē is se libbenda wylle (-a ?) fons vivus, Ps. Th. 41, 2. An tuddeles þorn, and an hrōces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . . On hrōces wylle, þanne up on dæne weg . . . ; þanon on oden wielle . . . ; þanon on eabbincgwylle, þanne on riscbróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 54, 6-15. On done fūlan wylle; of dam wylle, vi. 213, 16-23. and next word. wille,-wille

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛚᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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