† wilningn.
Obsolete.
Desire.
ΘΚΠ
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. xxxiii. §5 Twa þara gecynda habbað netenu swa same swa men; oðer þara is wilnung, oðer is irsung.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 204 Prude is wilnunge of wurchipe.
1357 Lay Folks' Catech. (T.) 506 A wrangwise wilnyng Or yernyng to hafe any kyns gode that us augh noght.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3983 To willne swiche willenyng þat wol nouȝt a-sente.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1546 I wolde yowre wylnyng worche at my myȝt.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 533 With the lasse good kunnyng, the lasse gode wilnyngis and purposis.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > proceeding from free will
selflyOE
self-willOE
willesOE
needlessc1225
wilninga1250
wilfulc1374
voluntaryc1449
spontany1532
voluntarious1532
spontaneal1602
voluntaire1615
self-willing1625
ultroneous1637
unimposed1642
elective1643
spontaneous1656
contingent1660
unmechanic1709
volitient1844
unmechanical1865
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 81 Vor te beon martires efning. þuruh a wilninde wo.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xiv. 7 Vnwitendely, and not wilnende [a1425 L.V. not wilfuli; L. ignoranter et non volens] he doth.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. xxxv. 15 To hem, the which not wilnynge [a1425 L.V. wilfuli; L. nolens] shedith blood.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb]
to goodeOE
thankc888
yernec888
lieflyc900
lovelyeOE
lustly971
willinglyOE
wilfullyc1000
with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE
fainc1175
lustilya1225
lief1297
yfaȝea1300
blethelyc1300
goodlya1375
blelyc1380
willingc1384
bainc1400
acceptably1479
bainlya1500
cheerfully1523
towardly1523
desirously1531
pronely?1532
fainly1535
wilningly1597
bongre1598
libentiously1606
volently1614
propensely1648
easily1649
with (a) good grace1650
unreluctantly1655
with the best will (in the world)1814
unhesitatingly1829
unqualifyingly1841
unloathly1844
happily1889
1597 Returne fr. Parnassus (MS Rawl. D.398) ii. i. lf. 211 b We haue yelded to her conqueringe hande And wilninglie goe captiues in her bande.
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