gewilnung

Compound of ġewilnian +‎ -ung.

ġewilnung f

1. desire
   • c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict

     Ġif hēo eft on ǣniġne tīman hīe selfe tō mynstres wununge ġefæstnian wile, ne sīe nā hiere ġewilnung onsċunod.

     If at any time she wants to re-commit herself to monastic life, her desire should not be shunned.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"

     Wēn is þæt ēower sum cweðe tō him sylfum on stillum ġeðōhtum, ‘Hwæt forlēton þās ġebrōðru, Petrus and Andrēas, þe for nēan nān ðing næfdon?,’ ac wē sċeolon on þisum ðinge heora ġewilnunge swīðor āsmēaġan þonne heora ġestrēon.

     It is to be expected that one of you in his quiet thoughts say to himself, ‘What did the brothers, Peter and Andrew, leave, who had almost nothing?,’ but in this case we should rather consider their desire than their possession.

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