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wiln

wiln verb: to wish; desire.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To wish; desire.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To receive willingly; consent or submit to; accept.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To resolve; determine.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To have a desire; long (for); yearn or seek (after).

Forms of wiln

third-person singular presentwilns
present participlewilning
past participlewilned
pastwilned

Origin of wiln

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.

Questions about wiln

What does wiln mean?
Wiln means to wish; desire.
What part of speech is wiln?
Wiln is a verb.
What is the past tense of wiln?
The past tense of wiln is wilned.

Words near wiln in the dictionary

  1. Wilms tumour
  2. Wilms' tumor
  3. Wilms' tumour
  4. Wilmshurst
  5. Wilmslow
  6. wiln
  7. Wilna
  8. Wilnecote
  9. Wilner
  10. Wilners
  11. Wilpinjong

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