vild

English

Etymology

As if the past participle of a verb *to vile. See vile (adjective).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɪld/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪld

Adjective

vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)

1. (obsolete) vile
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:

     Ye have rooted all the Relicks out / Of that vild Race, and 'stablished my Peace.

Related terms

• vildly

References

• “vild”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• liv'd

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish willær, wildær, wild, from Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, cognate with English wild, German wild, Dutch wild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋilˀ]

Adjective

vild (neuter vildt, plural and definite singular attributive vilde)

1. wild
2. fierce, ferocious

Inflection

Inflection of vild

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	vild	vildere	vildest2
indefinite neuter singular	vildt	vildere	vildest2
plural	vilde	vildere	vildest2
definite attributive1	vilde	vildere	vildeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

vild (singular definite den vilde, plural indefinite vilde)

1. (dated or derogatory) savage, barbarian

Declension

Declension of vild

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vild	den vilde	vilde	de vilde
genitive	vilds	den vildes	vildes	de vildes

Derived terms

• ellevild
• halvvild
• husvild
• rådvild
• vildbasse
• vilddyr
• vildfarelse
• vildfaren
• vildfugl
• vildkat
• vildmand
• vildmark
• vildskab
• vildsvin

References

• “vild” in Den Danske Ordbog

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiliþō, from *wiljaz; see vili.

Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈwild/

Noun

vild f

1. will, liking, benevolence
2. favour, grace
3. reputation

Descendants

• Icelandic: vild
• Old Swedish: vild, wild, wäldh
  • Early Modern Swedish: veeld, veld, vild
    • Late Modern Swedish: veld, väld
      • Swedish: väld (archaic)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

vild (comparative vildare, superlative vildast)

1. wild
2. not tame or domesticated

Declension

Inflection of vild

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vild	vildare	vildast
neuter singular	vilt	vildare	vildast
plural	vilda	vildare	vildast
masculine plural2	vilde	vildare	vildast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vilde	vildare	vildaste
all	vilda	vildare	vildaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• förvilda
• vild graviditet (“freebirth”)
• vild strejk
• vilde

Further reading

• vild in Svensk ordbok.