英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈwil.ni.ɑn/, [ˈwiɫ.ni.ɑn]

動詞

wilnian

1. 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?

2. 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

Conjugation

派生語

• ġewilnian
• wilnung