vill

From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin vīlla. Doublet of villa.

• Rhymes: -ɪl
• IPA^(key): /vɪl/

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vill (plural vills)

1. (historical) The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
2. (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.

From will.

vill

1. 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.”

• Imitating certain accents, such as German.

From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

• IPA^(key): /fil/

vill (irregular declension, comparative mieh, superlative et mietste or mieste or mieschte or määste or määschte)

1. much; many

• 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.

From Proto-Finnic *villa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ via Baltic.

vill (genitive villa, partitive villa)

1. wool

From Middle Low German swil (“blister”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).

vill (genitive villi, partitive villi)

1. blister, boil

• “vill”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

• vill in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognate with German viel, Dutch veel, English fele.

• IPA^(key): /fil/
• Rhymes: -il

vill (masculine vill or villen, neuter vill or villt, comparative méi, superlative am meeschten)

1. much, many

   En huet vill Frënn.

   He has many friends.

• 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.

vill

1. much, a lot

   Dat Hiem ass vill ze kleng.

   That shirt is much too small.

vill

1. past of mill

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪlː/
• Homophone: vil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villere, indefinite superlative villest, definite superlative villeste)

1. wild

• “vill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognates include English wild.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪlː/
• Homophone: vil

vill (neuter singular vilt, definite singular and plural ville, comparative villare, indefinite superlative villast, definite superlative villaste)

1. wild

• villdyr
• villmark
• villsvin
• viltlevande

• “vill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

vill m or f

1. rare form of ville

vill

1. strong feminine nominative singular of villr
2. strong neuter nominative plural of villr
3. strong neuter accusative plural of villr

• IPA^(key): /vɪl/

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From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Doublet of vild (“wild”), which is influenced from Middle Low German.

vill

1. (dated) lost (not knowing place or directions)

• vilsen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vill

1. present indicative of vilja

• vill in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From Proto-Finnic *villa, a loan from Proto-Baltic *wilˀnāˀ. Cognates include Finnish villa.

vill

1. wool

• IPA^(key): /vɪɫ/

From Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan.

vill (simple past felt, past participle ee-vilt)

1. 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.

From Middle English fille, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī.

vill [1]

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,