Án-wilnes
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - án-wilnes
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- án-wilnes
- Add: I. in a bad sense :-- Ánwilnes obstinatio, pertinacia, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 30. Ánwilnysse contumaciae, Scint. 104, 7: obstinationis, 122, 10. Anwielnesse (-wil-, ), Past. 47, 16. For nánre anwielnesse (pertinacia), 12. Mid ánwilnesse procaciter, R. Ben. 15, 13. Gyt git þurhwuniað on incre ánwilnesse. Bl. H. 187, 33. He hit for his ánwylnysse déð, Hml. S. 12, 6: 13, 92. Forlǽt þíne ánwylnysse, 8, 114: Hml. Th. i. 422, 31. II. in a good sense, persistence :-- Godes ríce wunað on ánwylnysse þæs hálgan geleáfan. Guth. 2, 15. an-wilnes