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† ˈwilning, vbl. n. Obs.
Also 4 willenyng.
[OE. wilnung, f. wilnian: see above and -ing1 1.]
Desire.
c888ælfred Boeth. xxxiii. §5 Twa þara ᵹecynda habbað netenu swa same swa men; oðer þara is wilnung, oðer is irsung. a1225Ancr. R. 278 Prude is wilnunge of wurðschipe. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1546, I wolde yowre wylnyng worche at my myȝt. c1350Will. Palerne 3983 To willne swiche willenyng þat wol nouȝt a-sente. 1357Lay Folks' Catech. (T.) 506 A wrangwise wilnyng Or yernyng to hafe any kyns gode that us augh noght. c1449Pecock Repr. v. ix. 533 With the lasse good kunnyng, the lasse gode wilnyngis, and purposis.
So † wilning ppl. a., voluntary; also quasi-advb.; whence † wilningly adv., willingly.
The survival of the vb. wilne in wilningly, if genuine, is remarkable.
a1225Ancr. R. 182 Vorte beon martirs efning, þuruh a wilninde wo. 1382Wyclif Num. xxxv. 15 To hem, the which not wilnynge [1388 wilfuli; Vulg. nolens] shedith blood. ― Ecclus. xiv. 7 Vnwitendely, and not wilnende [1388 not wilfuli; Vulg. ignoranter et non volens] he doth. 1597Return fr. Parnass. ii. i. 618 (MS. Rawl. D. 398, lf. 211 b) We haue yelded to her conqueringe hande And wilninglie goe captiues in her bande. |