Un-gewil[l]

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - un-gewil[l]

According to the Old English Dictionary:

un-gewil[l]
adj. Displeasing, not with the good will of a person :-- Se arcebiscop leáfe æt ðam cynge nam, ðeáh hit ðam cynge ungewill wǽre, ðæs ðe men léton, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 16. [Þeáh hit ðam arcebiscope swyðe ungewille wǽre, 1120; Erl. 248, 21. Cf. Halde we us from uniwil, O. E. Homl. i. 69, 264.] un-gewill
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