anwille
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *ainawilljī. Cognate with Old High German einwilli. Equivalent to ān- + -wille, literally "one-willed."
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ānwille
- stubborn
- c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
- 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 life always making their own separate judgments, as if they don't know the laws of Christ?
- c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
Declension
[edit]Declension of ānwille — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | ānwille | ānwillu, ānwillo | ānwille |
Accusative | ānwilne | ānwille | ānwille |
Genitive | ānwilles | ānwilre | ānwilles |
Dative | ānwillum | ānwilre | ānwillum |
Instrumental | ānwille | ānwilre | ānwille |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | ānwille | ānwilla, ānwille | ānwillu, ānwillo |
Accusative | ānwille | ānwilla, ānwille | ānwillu, ānwillo |
Genitive | ānwilra | ānwilra | ānwilra |
Dative | ānwillum | ānwillum | ānwillum |
Instrumental | ānwillum | ānwillum | ānwillum |
Declension of ānwille — Weak