vill
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See also: Vill.
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin vīlla. Doublet of villa.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪl
- IPA(key): /vɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
vill (plural vills)
- (historical) The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
- (obsolete) A villa; a country residence.
- 1781, Richard Burn, Ecclesiastical Law, volume 1, page 61:
- Sometimes the kings in their country vills and seats of pleasure or retirement built a place of worship, which was the origin of royal free chapels.
Etymology 2
From will.
Verb
vill
- Pronunciation spelling of will.
- 2011, Roberta C. M. DeCaprio, chapter 9, in A Rose in Amber, Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:
- “My calculations predict another day or so. Ve vill be docking in Liverpool.”
Usage notes
- Imitating certain accents, such as German.
Etymology
From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vill (irregular declension, comparative mieh, superlative et mietste or mieste or mieschte or määste or määschte)
Usage notes
- The adjective is declined regularly after an article or determiner, otherwise it is uninflected.
- The superlative forms et mie(t)ste, mieschte are Ripuarian, the forms et määste, määschte are Moselle Franconian.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *villa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ via Baltic.
Noun
vill (genitive villa, partitive villa)
Declension
| Declension of vill (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vill | villad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | villa | ||
| genitive | villade | ||
| partitive | villa | villu villasid | |
| illative | villa villasse |
villadesse villusse | |
| inessive | villas | villades villus | |
| elative | villast | villadest villust | |
| allative | villale | villadele villule | |
| adessive | villal | villadel villul | |
| ablative | villalt | villadelt villult | |
| translative | villaks | villadeks villuks | |
| terminative | villani | villadeni | |
| essive | villana | villadena | |
| abessive | villata | villadeta | |
| comitative | villaga | villadega | |
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German swil (“blister”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).
Noun
vill (genitive villi, partitive villi)
Declension
| Declension of vill (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vill | villid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | villi | ||
| genitive | villide | ||
| partitive | villi | ville villisid | |
| illative | villi villisse |
villidesse villesse | |
| inessive | villis | villides villes | |
| elative | villist | villidest villest | |
| allative | villile | villidele villele | |
| adessive | villil | villidel villel | |
| ablative | villilt | villidelt villelt | |
| translative | villiks | villideks villeks | |
| terminative | villini | villideni | |
| essive | villina | villidena | |
| abessive | villita | villideta | |
| comitative | villiga | villidega | |
Descendants
- → Ingrian: villi
Further reading
- “vill”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
References
Etymology
From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Dutch veel, English fele.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vill (masculine vill or villen, neuter vill or villt, comparative méi, superlative am meeschten)
Usage notes
- The positive forms are declined regularly after an article or determiner, otherwise they remain uninflected.
- The comparative form is indeclinable and cannot be preceded by articles or determiners.
- The superlative forms are declined in the normal way.
Adverb
vill
Verb
vill
Etymology
From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villere, indefinite superlative villest, definite superlative villeste)
Derived terms
References
- “vill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology
From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villare, indefinite superlative villast, definite superlative villaste)
Derived terms
References
- “vill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Noun
vill m or f
- rare form of ville
Adjective
vill
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Doublet of vild (“wild”), which is influenced from Middle Low German.
Adjective
vill
Synonyms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vill
References
- vill in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vill in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vill in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- vill in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *villa, a loan from Proto-Baltic *wilˀnāˀ. Cognates include Finnish villa.
Noun
vill
Declension
| Inflection of vill (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | vill | ||
| genitive sing. | villan | ||
| partitive sing. | villad | ||
| partitive plur. | villoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vill | villad | |
| accusative | villan | villad | |
| genitive | villan | villoiden | |
| partitive | villad | villoid | |
| essive-instructive | villan | villoin | |
| translative | villaks | villoikš | |
| inessive | villas | villoiš | |
| elative | villaspäi | villoišpäi | |
| illative | villaha villha |
villoihe | |
| adessive | villal | villoil | |
| ablative | villalpäi | villoilpäi | |
| allative | villale | villoile | |
| abessive | villata | villoita | |
| comitative | villanke | villoidenke | |
| prolative | villadme | villoidme | |
| approximative I | villanno | villoidenno | |
| approximative II | villannoks | villoidennoks | |
| egressive | villannopäi | villoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | villahasai villhasai |
villoihesai | |
| terminative II | villalesai | villoilesai | |
| terminative III | villassai | — | |
| additive I | villahapäi villhapäi |
villoihepäi | |
| additive II | villalepäi | villoilepäi | |
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