vild

English

Etymology

As if the past participle of a verb *to vile. See vile (adjective).

Adjective

vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)

1. (obsolete) vile
   • Edmund Spenser

     Ye have rooted all the Relicks out
     Of that vild Race, and 'stablished my Peace.

Related terms

• vildly

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vild in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• liv'd

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vild/, [vilˀ]

Adjective

vild

1. wild
2. fierce, ferocious
3. (sometimes nominally) savage, barbarian

Inflection

Inflection of vild
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	vild	vildere	vildest2
Neuter singular	vildt	vildere	vildest2
Plural	vilde	vildere	vildest2
Definite attributive1	vilde	vildere	vildeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Old Norse

Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈvild/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiliþō, from *wiljaz.

Noun

vild f

1. will, liking, benevolence
2. favour, grace
3. reputation

Descendants

• Westrobothnian: vill-

• Old Swedish: vild, wild, wäldh
  • Early Modern Swedish: veeld, veld, vild
    • Late Modern Swedish: veld, väld
      • Swedish: väld (archaic)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Inflection of vild
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vild	vildare	vildast
Neuter singular	vilt	vildare	vildast
Plural	vilda	vildare	vildast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vilde	vildare	vildaste
All	vilda	vildare	vildaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

vild

1. wild
2. not tame or domesticated

Related terms

• förvilda
• vilde