vild
English
editEtymology
editAs if the past participle of a verb *to vile. See vile (adjective).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /vaɪld/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪld
Adjective
editvild (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
editPart 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “vild”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, cognate with English wild, German wild, Dutch wild.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvild (neuter vildt, plural and definite singular attributive vilde, comparative vildere, superlative (predicative) vildest, superlative (attributive) vildeste)
Inflection
editInflection 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
editvild (singular definite den vilde, plural indefinite vilde)
- (dated or derogatory) savage, barbarian
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vild | den vilde | vilde | de vilde |
genitive | vilds | den vildes | vildes | de vildes |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “vild” in Den Danske Ordbog
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wiliþō, from *wiljaz; see vili.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvild f
Descendants
editSwedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editvild (comparative vildare, superlative vildast)
- wild
- not tame or domesticated
Declension
editInflection of vild | |||
---|---|---|---|
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.
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