vild
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
As if the past participle of a verb *to vile. See vile (adjective).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)
- (obsolete) vile
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book V, canto XI, stanza 18:
- Ye have rooted all the Relicks out / Of that vild Race, and 'stablished my Peace.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, cognate with English wild, German wild.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vild (neuter vildt, plural and definite singular attributive vilde, comparative vildere, superlative (predicative) vildest, superlative (attributive) vildeste)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of vild | |||
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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. |
Noun[edit]
vild (singular definite den vilde, plural indefinite vilde)
- (dated or derogatory) savage, barbarian
Inflection[edit]
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vild | den vilde | vilde | de vilde |
genitive | vilds | den vildes | vildes | de vildes |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “vild” in Den Danske Ordbog
Old Norse[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wiliþō, from *wiljaz; see vili.
Noun[edit]
vild f
Descendants[edit]
- Westrobothnian: vill-
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
Inflection of vild | |||
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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
- wild
- not tame or domesticated
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