† i-willn.
Obsolete.
Will, wish; pleasure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun]
willeOE
hearteOE
i-willc888
self-willeOE
intent?c1225
device1303
couragec1320
talentc1325
greec1330
voluntyc1330
fantasyc1374
likinga1375
disposingc1380
pleasancea1382
affectionc1390
wish1390
disposition1393
affecta1398
likea1400
lista1400
pleasingc1400
emplesance1424
pleasurec1425
well-willingc1443
notiona1450
mindc1450
fancy1465
empleseur1473
hest?a1513
plighta1535
inclination1541
cue1567
month's mind1580
disposedness1583
leaning1587
humour1595
wouldings1613
beneplacit1643
wouldingness1645
vergency1649
bene-placiture1662
good liking1690
draught1758
tida1774
inkling1787
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun]
i-willc888
wilningc888
willingeOE
lustc950
listc1220
desire1303
affection1340
desiring1377
appetite1382
envya1400
wishc1430
desideryc1450
stomach1513
affect1531
wilnec1540
desirefulness1548
woulding1549
desirousness1571
ambition1579
lusting1580
listing1587
maw1601
appetition1603
appetence1610
bosoma1616
orexis1619
desirableness1649
appetency1656
would1753
wanting1801
want-to1903
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv On yfelra manna gewill.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 61 God..ȝife us to him god iwil.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 93 Þæt weorc wes bigunnen onȝen godes iwillan.
12.. Moral Ode 14 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 22 Þe muchel folȝeþ his y-wil him sulfne he bi-swikeð.
a1275 Prov. Ælfred 423 in Old Eng. Misc. 129 Ich telle him for a dote, þad sait[h] al is y-wille, þanne he sulde ben stille.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3105 Ȝif hit weoren þin i-wille [c1300 Otho wille] and þu hit don woldest.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 94 Hyer is myn ywyl to spekene of uirtue more openliche.
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