Wiltan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wiltan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: á-, ge-wiltan (-wæltan, -wyltan); wealt,

Definitions

1 wiltan

p. te To roll (trans.) :-- Se ðe welt qui volvit (lapidem) , Kent. Gl. 1006. Hé wylte (tówælte, Lind.: áwælte, Rush.) ánne stán tó ðære byrgenne dura aduoluit lapidem ad ostium monumenti, Mk. Skt. 15, 46. Hé (a cup) in healle wæs wylted and wended wloncra folmum, Exon. Th. 441, 16; Rä. 60, 19. [Walles he welte downe, D. Arth. 3152. M. H. Ger. welzen: Ger. wälzen: Icel. velta. Goth. waltjan to roll (intrans.).] and next word. wiltan

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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