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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wiljinōną. Cognate with Old Norse vilna. Equivalent to willa + -nian.
Pronunciation
Verb
wilnian
- to desire
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...- Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Lōca nu þæt þū ofergemet ne wilnige, nū ðū hī tōgædere metest. Woldest þū cunnan God swā swā Alipius?- Look to it now that thy desire be not beyond measure, now that thou comparest them together. Wouldst thou know God just as thou dost Alypius?
- to ask for
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Þā, æfter þǣm þe Cartainiense ġeflīemde wǣron, hīe wilnedon friþes tō Regule.- Then, after the Carthaginians were driven away, they asked Regulus for peace
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