woll
See also: Woll
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English wollen, a variant of Middle English wullen, willen, from Old English wyllan, willan. More at will.
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woll
References edit
- “woll”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
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woll
- (regional, colloquial, otherwise obsolete) Alternative form of wohl.
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woll
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
woll
- Alternative form of wolle
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
woll
- first-person singular present indicative of wollen
- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, verso, lines 15–18:
- Than ſpake ẜ Gawayne And ſeyde brothir · ẜ Aggravayne I pray you and charge you meve no ſuch · maters no more a fore me fro wyte you well I woll nat be of youre counceyle //
- Then spoke Sir Gawain, and said, “Brother, Sir Agrivain, I pray you and charge you move not such matters any more before me, for be ye assured I will not be of your counsel.”