By god and by my trouthe, 120 I noot nought what ye wilne that I seye.
For yif so be þat it be wrecchednesse to wilne to don yuel[;] þan is it more wrecchednesse to mowen don yuel.
Esto sobrius," he seide, And assoiled me after, And bad me wilne to wepe My wikkednesse to amende.
The mooste partie of this peple That passeth on this erthe, Have thei worship in this world, Thei wilne no bettre; Of oother hevene than here Holde thei no tale.
For may no derthe be hem deere, 9260 Droghte ne weet hem greve, Ne neither hete ne hayll; Have thei hir heele, Of that thei wilne and wolde Wanteth hem noght here.
For yif so be that it be wrecchednesse to wilne to don yvel, than is more wrecchednesse to mowen don yvel; with-oute whiche mowinge the wrecched wil sholde languisshe with-oute effect.
And certes yit hadde thilke same senat don by me, thorugh hir decrets and hir Iugements, as though it were a sinne or a felonie; that is to seyn, to wilne the savacioun of hem (sc.
But natheles, that thou shalt not wilne to leten thy-self a wrecche, hast thou foryeten the noumber and the manere of thy welefulnesse?
But thilke to wilne nedeful is; for 30 impossible to him it is oon thing and the same to wilne and not to wilne.
And so is affeccion to wilne slepe, whan it is out of mynde; but anon as it is remembred, wil wilneth slepe, whan his tyme cometh of the doinge.
This affeccion of wil by liberte of arbitrement is enduced to wilne thus thing that 160 he shulde not; and so is wil not maked yvel but unrightful, by absence of rightfulnesse, whiche thing by reson ever shulde he have.
And right as while thou wrytest nat or els wolt nat wryte, it is nat nedeful thee to wryte 200 or els wilne to wryte.
Also wil is not lovinge for he wol love; but he wol love for he is lovinge; it is al oon to +wilne to be lovinge, and lovinges in possession to have.
Continuaunce in thy good service, by longe processe of tyme in ful hope abyding, without any chaunge to wilne in thyne herte, this is the spire.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wilne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
