wiln
English
Etymology
From Middle English wilnen, wilnien, from Old English wilnian (“to wish, long for, desire, will, beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for, tend towards”), from Proto-West Germanic *welnōn, from Proto-Germanic *welnōną (“to desire”), from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish, choose”). Cognate with Icelandic vilna (“to hope, promote”), Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish, request, joy, delight, pleasure”). More at will.
Verb
wiln (third-person singular simple present wilns, present participle wilning, simple past and past participle wilned)
- (transitive, obsolete) To wish; desire.
- (transitive, obsolete) To receive willingly; consent or submit to; accept.
- (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; determine.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To have a desire; long (for); yearn or seek (after).
Anagrams
- LNWI, Lwin
Old English
Alternative forms
- wȳln
Etymology
A contraction of *wīelen; equivalent to wealh (“Welsh person, slave”) + -en (feminine suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiːln/, [wiːɫn]
Noun
wīln f (nominative plural wīlna)
- handmaid[2]
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wīln | wīlna, wīlne |
| accusative | wīlne | wīlna, wīlne |
| genitive | wīlne | wīlna |
| dative | wīlne | wīlnum |
References
- Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012), “English: The early period”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, DOI:, →ISBN, § 3.1, page 42..
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wiln”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.