Wilsæte

• Wilsǣtan

From *wil, an element of uncertain origin preserved in English Wilton + -sǣte (“residents”)

Wilsǣte m

1. the people of Wiltshire
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þǣre ilcan dæġe rād Æþelmund ealdormann of Hwiċċum ofer æt Cynemǣresford. Ðā ġemette hine Wīhstān ealdormann mid Wilsǣtum, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel ġefeoht, ⁊ þǣr bēġen ofsleġene wurdan þā ealdormenn, ⁊ Wilsǣte naman siġe.

     And on that same day Alderman Aethelmund rode from Hwicce to Kempsford. There he encountered Alderman Wihstan, who was with some men of Wiltshire. And there was a great battle, and both aldermen were slain, and the men of Wiltshire won a victory.

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Wil-sǽtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.