Wǽlan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wǽlan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wǽlan
p. de To vex, torment, afflict :-- Ðæt hý his líchoman leng ne móstan wítum wǽlan. Exon. Th. 127, 34; Gú. 396. Dogter mín is yfle from deófle wǽled filia mea male a daemonio vexatur. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 22. Hé is yfle wǽlid male torquetur, 8, 6. [Cf. Icel. veill diseased, ailing; veilindi disease.]

Related words: á-, be-, ge-wǽlan. wælan

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