wiln

W4I1L1N1

verb

To wish; desire.

OriginMiddle English wilnen ← Old English wilnian ← Proto-West Germanic *welnōn →
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Meanings

verbwiln (third-person singular simple present wilns, present participle wilning, simple past and past participle wilned)

present singular third person wilns · participle present wilning · participle past wilned · past wilned

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo wish; desire.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo receive willingly; consent or submit to; accept.
  3. obsoletetransitiveTo resolve; determine.
  4. intransitiveobsoleteTo have a desire; long (for); yearn or seek (after).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*welh₁-“to wish, choose”
  2. Proto-Germanic*wiljô“wish, desire”
  3. Proto-Germanic*welnōną“to desire”
  4. Proto-West Germanic*welnōn
  5. Old Englishwilnian“to wish, long for, desire, will, beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for, tend towards”
  6. Middle Englishwilnen
  7. Englishwiln

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.

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