vill

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

• Rhymes: -ɪl
• IPA^(key): /vɪl/

vill (plural vills)

1. 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. Eye dialect spelling of will.

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 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.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪl/
• 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. Akin to English wild.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪlː/ (example of pronunciation)
• Homophone: vil

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

1. wild

• villdyr
• villsvin
• viltlevande

• “vill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

vill m or f

1. rare form of ville

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

• IPA^(key): /vɪl/

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vill

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

• vilsen

• husvill
• rådvill
• vild
• villfarelse
• vilse

vill

1. present tense of vilja.

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

Related to Finnish villa.

vill

1. wool