Willan, i

According to the Old English Dictionary:

willan, I

add :-- Þá ðá wé wel noldon, ðá forhradode Godes mildheortnys ús þæt wé wel woldon, Hml. Th. ii. 84, 14. II a I. of a natural operation in the case of an, animal or thing :-- Fleót ꝥ fám of oþ ꝥ hit nelle mí fǽman, Lch. ii. 104, 20. Án cú wearð gebróht tó ðám temple . . . ; ðá wolde heó cealfian . . . ac heó eánode lamb, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 34. II d. add :-- Swá oft swá hé tó his horse wolde, Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 25. Swylce hé wolde wið þæs heofenes weard, Wlfst. 100, 4. III b. add :-- Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, wé willað ꝥ hé hit forgylde, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 24. IV a. add :-- Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg volo me signare, sed non possum, Gr. D. 325, 4, IV b. add :-- Hé him secgan hét ꝥ hé geornor wolde sibbe wið hiene þonne gewinn, Ors. 3, l ; S. 96, 18. IV c. add :-- Hié woldon ꝥte þá óþere wíf wǽren emsárige him, Ors. I. 10 ; S. 46, 3. VI a. of things, to have a tendency :-- Gif eáran willen ádeáfian, Lch. ii. 40, 22. VII a. of the natural properties of things :-- Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan, gelíce and spynge ðéð 0rs 5. 7; S- 230, 26 -- IX. add :-- Ðá hit þá on mergen dagian wolde imminente aurora, Guth. Gr. 135, 270. (a) in a clause translating a Latin infin. :-- Ic eom gearu ꝥ ic wille gecyrran tó rihte converti paratus sum, Gr. D. 325, 12. Hí wǽron onginnende ꝥ hí ꝥ dón woldon hoc facere conati sunt, 234, 6. (b) in a clause translating a Latin clause :-- Ðá eóde se cyning in ꝥ hé wolde geseón intravit rex ut videret, Mt. 22, 21. Hí fóron ꝥ hig woldon hí gebiddan ascenderant ut adorarent, Jn. 12, 20. Efne swá þá wínu woldon feallan on þone flór ita ut pavimentum vina invaderent, Gr. D. 59, 17.

Related words: nyllan. willan