vild
English edit
Etymology edit
As if the past participle of a verb *to vile. See vile (adjective).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)
- (obsolete) vile
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:
- Ye have rooted all the Relicks out / Of that vild Race, and 'stablished my Peace.
Related terms edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chapter VILD, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, cognate with English wild, German wild, Dutch wild.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vild (neuter vildt, plural and definite singular attributive vilde, comparative vildere, superlative (predicative) vildest, superlative (attributive) vildeste)
Inflection edit
Inflection of vild | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | vild | vildere | vildest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | vildt | vildere | vildest2 |
Plural | vilde | vildere | vildest2 |
Definite attributive1 | vilde | vildere | vildeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Noun edit
vild (singular definite den vilde, plural indefinite vilde)
- (dated or derogatory) savage, barbarian
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vild | den vilde | vilde | de vilde |
genitive | vilds | den vildes | vildes | de vildes |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “vild” in Den Danske Ordbog
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *wiliþō, from *wiljaz; see vili.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vild f
Descendants edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Adjective edit
vild (comparative vildare, superlative vildast)
- wild
- not tame or domesticated
Declension edit
Inflection of vild | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | vild | vildare | vildast |
Neuter singular | vilt | vildare | vildast |
Plural | vilda | vildare | vildast |
Masculine plural3 | vilde | vildare | vildast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | vilde | vildare | vildaste |
All | vilda | vildare | vildaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms edit
- förvilda
- vild graviditet (“freebirth”)
- vild strejk
- vilde
Further reading edit
- vild in Svensk ordbok.