Wilwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wilwan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: wilwian, wilian; Related words: l. ) uoluo

Definitions

1 wilwan

p. wilwede, wilede. I. to roll (trans.): --Ic áwende oððe wylewige (wylwige, , Ælfc. Gr. 28; Zup. 177, 9. Hé wylede ðone stán fram ðære byrgenne duru, Blickl. Homl. 157, 8. Hé wylode hine sylfne on ðam þornum and netelum, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 28. Hé hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas praecepit: 'Volvite saxa ingentia ad os speluncae,' Jos. 10, 18. Hé hí swá nacode hét wylian on ðam fýre. Homl. Skt. i. 8, 170. Ia. fig. :-- Sibb áflýmð saca, anda tógædre wilaþ hí pax effugat discordias, inuidia copulat eas, Scint. II, 8. Hé hine sylfne betweox ðises andweardan middan-geardes (wǽlum?) weólc and welode inter fluctuantis saeculi gurgites jactaretur, Guthl. 2 ; Gdwin. 14, 14. II. to join, compound, compose :-- Byð wylyd ealswá middangeardes boga. Lchdm. iii. 82, 18. [Welwyn UNCERTAIN or rollyn UNCERTAIN al thyngys þat may not be borne volvo, Prompt. ParGoth. walwjan to roll (trans. ).]

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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