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See also: Vill.

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin vīlla. Doublet of villa.

Pronunciation

Noun

vill (plural vills)

  1. (historical) The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
  2. (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

  1. 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.
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Central Franconian

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)

  1. much; many

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.
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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *villa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ via Baltic.

Noun

vill (genitive villa, partitive villa)

  1. wool
Declension
More information Declension of (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation), singular ...

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German swil (“blister”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).

Noun

vill (genitive villi, partitive villi)

  1. blister, boil
Declension
More information Declension of (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation), singular ...
Descendants
  • → Ingrian: villi

Further reading

  • “vill”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

References

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Low German veel, viel, Dutch veel, English fele.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vill (masculine vill or villen, neuter vill or villt, comparative méi, superlative am meeschten)

  1. much, many
    En huet vill Frënn.
    He has many friends.

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

  1. much, a lot
    Dat Hiem ass vill ze kleng.
    That shirt is much too small.
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Manx

Verb

vill

  1. past of mill

Norwegian Bokmål

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)

  1. wild

Derived terms

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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)

  1. wild

Derived terms

References

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Old French

Noun

vill m or f

  1. rare form of ville

Old Norse

Adjective

vill

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of villr
  2. strong neuter nominative plural of villr
  3. strong neuter accusative plural of villr

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Doublet of vild (“wild”), which is influenced from Middle Low German.

Adjective

vill

  1. (dated) lost (not knowing place or directions)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vill

  1. present indicative of vilja

References

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *villa, a loan from Proto-Baltic *wilˀnāˀ. Cognates include Finnish villa.

Noun

vill

  1. wool

Declension

More information Inflection of (inflection type 5/sana), nominative sing. ...
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