m. A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig. ) :-- Wæs dēr wælla (fons) . . . de Hǣlend sæt ofer dæm wælh, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 6, 14. In dæm wælla, 9, 7. Tō dē dam willan ealles wīsddmes ad te fontent omnis sapientiae, Bd. 5, 24 ; S. 649, 3. Mid dam willan fulluhte bæþes fonte baptismatis, 5, 7; S. 620, 33. Ðiosne pytt l uælla puteum, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 4, 12. [Heo ȝeoten i þan welle (wille, 2nd MS. ) ; þa wes þa welle mid attre bigon. Laym. 19771.]