woll
See also: Woll
English
Etymology
From Middle English wollen, a variant of Middle English wullen, willen, from Old English wyllan, willan. More at will.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɒl/
Verb
woll
- Obsolete form of will.
- Chaucer
- I love no man in no gise, / That woll me reprove or chastise.
- Chaucer
References
- woll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔl/
Adverb
woll
- (regional, colloquial, otherwise obsolete) Alternative form of wohl.
Derived terms
- jawoll
Interjection
woll
- (regional, Sauerland, occasionally elsewhere in NRW) right?, isn't it?
- Dann kommste so um vier, woll?
- So you’ll be here at four-ish, right?
Middle English
Noun
woll
- Alternative form of wolle
Verb
woll
- first-person singular present indicative of wollen
- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, verso, lines 15–18:
- Than ſpake ẜ Gawayne And ſeyde brothir · ẜ Aggravayne I pray you and charge you meve no ſuch · maters no more a fore me fro wyte you well I woll nat be of youre counceyle //
- Then spoke Sir Gawain, and said, “Brother, Sir Agrivain, I pray you and charge you move not such matters any more before me, for be ye assured I will not be of your counsel.”
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