vill
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin vīlla. Doublet of villa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vill (plural vills)
- (historical) The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
- (obsolete) A villa; a country residence.
- 1781, Richard Burn, Ecclesiastical Law, volume 1, page 61:
- Sometimes the kings in their country vills and seats of pleasure or retirement built a place of worship, which was the origin of royal free chapels.
Etymology 2 edit
From will.
Verb edit
vill
- Pronunciation spelling of will.
- 2011, Roberta C. M. DeCaprio, chapter 9, in A Rose in Amber, Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:
- “My calculations predict another day or so. Ve vill be docking in Liverpool.”
Usage notes edit
- Imitating certain accents, such as German.
Central Franconian edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vill (irregular declension, comparative mieh, superlative et mietste or mieste or mieschte or määste or määschte)
Usage notes edit
- The adjective is declined regularly after an article or determiner, otherwise it is uninflected.
- The superlative forms et mie(t)ste, mieschte are Ripuarian, the forms et määste, määschte are Moselle Franconian.
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *villa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ via Baltic.
Noun edit
vill (genitive villa, partitive villa)
Declension edit
Declension of vill (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | vill | villad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | villa | ||
genitive | villade | ||
partitive | villa | villu villasid | |
illative | villa villasse |
villadesse villusse | |
inessive | villas | villades villus | |
elative | villast | villadest villust | |
allative | villale | villadele villule | |
adessive | villal | villadel villul | |
ablative | villalt | villadelt villult | |
translative | villaks | villadeks villuks | |
terminative | villani | villadeni | |
essive | villana | villadena | |
abessive | villata | villadeta | |
comitative | villaga | villadega |
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German swil (“blister”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).
Noun edit
vill (genitive villi, partitive villi)
Declension edit
Declension of vill (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | vill | villid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | villi | ||
genitive | villide | ||
partitive | villi | ville villisid | |
illative | villi villisse |
villidesse villesse | |
inessive | villis | villides villes | |
elative | villist | villidest villest | |
allative | villile | villidele villele | |
adessive | villil | villidel villel | |
ablative | villilt | villidelt villelt | |
translative | villiks | villideks villeks | |
terminative | villini | villideni | |
essive | villina | villidena | |
abessive | villita | villideta | |
comitative | villiga | villidega |
Further reading edit
- “vill”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
References edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Dutch veel, English fele.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vill (masculine vill or villen, neuter vill or villt, comparative méi, superlative am meeschten)
Usage notes edit
- The positive forms are declined regularly after an article or determiner, otherwise they remain uninflected.
- The comparative form is indeclinable and cannot be preceded by articles or determiners.
- The superlative forms are declined in the normal way.
Adverb edit
vill
Manx edit
Verb edit
vill
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villere, indefinite superlative villest, definite superlative villeste)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “vill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villare, indefinite superlative villast, definite superlative villaste)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “vill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French edit
Noun edit
vill m or f
- rare form of ville
Old Norse edit
Adjective edit
vill
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Doublet of vild (“wild”), which is influenced from Middle Low German.
Adjective edit
vill
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
vill
References edit
- vill in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *villa, a loan from Proto-Baltic *wilˀnāˀ. Cognates include Finnish villa.
Noun edit
vill
Declension edit
Inflection of vill (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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nominative sing. | vill | ||
genitive sing. | villan | ||
partitive sing. | villad | ||
partitive plur. | villoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vill | villad | |
accusative | villan | villad | |
genitive | villan | villoiden | |
partitive | villad | villoid | |
essive-instructive | villan | villoin | |
translative | villaks | villoikš | |
inessive | villas | villoiš | |
elative | villaspäi | villoišpäi | |
illative | villaha villha |
villoihe | |
adessive | villal | villoil | |
ablative | villalpäi | villoilpäi | |
allative | villale | villoile | |
abessive | villata | villoita | |
comitative | villanke | villoidenke | |
prolative | villadme | villoidme | |
approximative I | villanno | villoidenno | |
approximative II | villannoks | villoidennoks | |
egressive | villannopäi | villoidennopäi | |
terminative I | villahasai villhasai |
villoihesai | |
terminative II | villalesai | villoilesai | |
terminative III | villassai | — | |
additive I | villahapäi villhapäi |
villoihepäi | |
additive II | villalepäi | villoilepäi |
Yola edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan.
Verb edit
vill (simple past felt, past participle ee-vilt or ee-felt)
- to fill
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, pages 100[1]:
- At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.
- That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English fille, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī.
Noun edit
vill [1]
- fill
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, pages 106[1]:
- At skelpearès an slaugheardhès mye leeigh aar oer vill.
- That the piglings and pigs may laugh their overfill.
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 18[2]:
- An thaar zit down an yux our vill,
- And there sit down and sob our fill,
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 75
- ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland