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

1. Obsolete form of will.

References

• “woll”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔl/

Adverb

woll

1. (regional, colloquial, otherwise obsolete) Alternative form of wohl.

Derived terms

• jawoll

Particle

woll

1. (regional, Sauerland, occasionally elsewhere in NRW) right?, isn't it?

   Synonyms: ne, oder, wa; see also Thesaurus:nicht wahr

   Dann kommste so um vier, woll?

   So you’ll be here at four-ish, right?

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

woll

1. Alternative form of wolle

Etymology 2

Verb

woll

1. first-person singular present indicative of wollen
   • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., 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.”