eldertongue

Old English · adjective

anwille

Normalised ānwille

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈɑːnˌwil.le/
[ˈɑːnˌwiɫ.ɫe]
Syllables
ˈɑːn · ˌwil · le (3 syllables)
Modern English
stubborn

Meaning

  1. stubborn

    Hū mæġ sē mann wel faran þe his mōd āwent fram eallum þissum bōcum, and biþ him swā ānwille þæt him lēofre biþ þæt hē libbe ǣfre be his āgnum dihte āsċīred fram þissum, swelċe hē ne cunne Cristes ġesetnessa? How can someone do well if they turn their mind from all these books [stuff that Ælfric wrote], if they're so stubborn that they would rather live their l

    c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ainawilljī. Cognate with Old High German einwilli. Equivalent to ān- + -wille, literally "one-willed."

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