wiln

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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)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To wish; desire.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To receive willingly; consent or submit to; accept.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; determine.
  4. (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).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

wīln f (nominative plural wīlna)

  1. handmaid[2]

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative wīln wīlna, wīlne
accusative wīlne wīlna, wīlne
genitive wīlne wīlna
dative wīlne wīlnum

References

  1. ^ 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..
  2. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wiln”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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