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

• Rhymes: -ɪl
• IPA^(key): /vɪl/

• Audio (Southern England)

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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.

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/

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.

Estonian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

vill (genitive villa, partitive villa)

1. wool

Declension

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

Further reading

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

References

• vill in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil/
• Rhymes: -il

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.

Manx

Verb

vill

1. past of mill

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪlː/
• Homophone: vil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Adjective

vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villere, indefinite superlative villest, definite superlative villeste)

1. wild

Derived terms

References

• “vill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪlː/
• Homophone: vil

Adjective

vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villare, indefinite superlative villast, definite superlative villaste)

1. wild

Derived terms

• villdyr
• villmark
• villsvin
• viltlevande

References

• “vill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /vɪl/

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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

• vilsen

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vill

1. present indicative of vilja

References

• vill in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

vill

1. wool

Declension

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪɫ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan.

Verb

vill (simple past felt, past participle ee-vilt)

1. to fill
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, pages 100:

     At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.

     That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fille, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī.

Noun

vill

1. fill
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, pages 106:

     At skelpearès an slaugheardhès mye leeigh aar oer vill.

     That the piglings and pigs may laugh their overfill.

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 18:

     An thaar zit down an yux our vill,

     And there sit down and sob our fill,

References