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want

Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 1 (wille), Aelfric's Colloquy 2 (wille), Ætherlwold's Reforms (noldon), Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia (wyle), Aelfric's Colloquy 4 (nellaþ)

originates from
PWGmc *willjan "to want" (oe-postconsonantal-j) through pwgmc-to-oe
(source: Ringe 2014:52)
PGmc *weljan- "to want" (weljan- > welljan > wellan) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:578)
Inflected forms
wille "want.pres.2pl" (oe-2pl-before-pron)
willaþ "want.pres.1pl" (oe-1pl)
woldon "want.pst.3pl" (oe-past-3pl)
wyle "want.pres.3sg" (oe-3sg)
Paradigms