From Proto-Germanic *welwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, strike”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwilwan/

𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽 • (wilwan)

1. to take by force (of people or things), to rob, to raven (obtain or seize by violence)
   • Matthew 7:15

     𐌰𐍄𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌸𐌰𐌿𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌰𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌿𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐍄 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐍉𐌼 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌴, 𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     atsaiƕiþ swēþauh faura liugnapraufētum þaim izei qimand at izwis in wastjōm lambē, iþ innaþrō sind wulfōs wilwandans.

     Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. (KJV)

   • Mark 3:27:

     𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐌲 𐌺𐌰𐍃𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳 𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽, 𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 ⟨𐌸𐌰𐌽⟩ 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳 𐌹𐍃 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌹.

     ni manna mag kasa swinþis galeiþands in gard is wilwan, niba faurþis þana swinþan gabindiþ; jah ⟨þan⟩ þana gard is diswilwai.

     No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house. (Douay-Rheims)

   • John 6:15:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽 ⟨𐌹𐌽𐌰⟩ 𐌴𐌹 𐍄𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰, 𐌰𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌹 𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃.

     iþ iēsus kunnands þatei munaidēdun usgaggan jah wilwan ⟨ina⟩ ei tawidēdeina ina du þiudana, afiddja aftra in fairguni is ains.

     When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. (KJV)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 175