originates from

PWGmc *willjan "to want" (oe-postconsonantal-j) through pwgmc-to-oe

PGmc *weljan- "to want" (weljan- > welljan > wellan) through pgmc-to-oe

Inflected forms

wille "want.pres.2pl" (oe-2pl-before-pron) in Aelfric's Colloquy 1, Aelfric's Colloquy 2

willaþ "want.pres.1pl" (oe-1pl) in Aelfric's Colloquy 2, Aelfric's Colloquy 4 (nellaþ)

woldon "want.pst.3pl" (oe-past-3pl) in Ætherlwold's Reforms (noldon)

wyle "want.pres.3sg" (oe-3sg) in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia