Wel-willedness

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wel-willedness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wel-willedness
f. Benevolence, kindness:--Máre ys welwyllednyss ðænne ðæt ys geseald . . . nys sóðlíce mildheortnyss ðǽr nys welwillednyss maior est beniuolentia quam quod datur . . . non est enim misericordia non ubi non est beniuolentia, Scint. 160, 4-6. wel-willedness
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