† Wele v.

Obs. [ad. ON. velja: cf. WALE v.¹] trans. To choose, pick out.

c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 7340. Whan … Oure Prynces perceyue þer ar so fele, Þe ȝonge dur þey nought out wele, Bot þulke of twenty wynter elde Or more. Ibid. (13[?]), (Petyt MS.), 2731. Sex hundred of hyse weled [Lambeth MS. colede] he out.