English Explanatory Dictionary

wiln

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

wiln wilns wilning wilned

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.

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