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English
Etymology
From Middle English wilnen, wilnien, from Old English wilnian (“to wish, long for, desire, will, beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for, tend towards”), from Proto-West Germanic *welnōn, from Proto-Germanic *welnōną (“to desire”), from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish, choose”). Cognate with Icelandic vilna (“to hope, promote”), Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish, request, joy, delight, pleasure”). More at will.
Verb
wiln (third-person singular simple present wilns, present participle wilning, simple past and past participle wilned)
- (transitive, obsolete) To wish; desire.
- (transitive, obsolete) To receive willingly; consent or submit to; accept.
- (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; determine.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To have a desire; long (for); yearn or seek (after).
Anagrams
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
A contraction of *wīelen; equivalent to wealh (“Welsh person, slave”) + -en (feminine suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
wīln f (nominative plural wīlna)
- handmaid
Declension
Declension of wiln (strong ō-stem)
References
- ^ Miller, D. Gary (2012 June 13) “English: The early period”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 3.1, page 42..
- ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wiln”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.