Note 993 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057.
Reading edition
Chron. Petrib. “And forlet his pallium and Christendom ealne her on lande, swa swa hit God wolde; þæ he ǽr begeat þone wurðscipe swa swa hit God nolde.” English has not gained by dropping the negative verb, which survives only in the saying “will he, nill he.”