"wiln" meaning in English

See wiln in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: wilns [present, singular, third-person], wilning [participle, present], wilned [participle, past], wilned [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wilnen}} Middle English wilnen, {{inh|en|ang|wilnian||to wish, long for, desire, will, beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for, tend towards}} Old English wilnian (“to wish, long for, desire, will, beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for, tend towards”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*welnōn}} Proto-West Germanic *welnōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*welnōną||to desire}} Proto-Germanic *welnōną (“to desire”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*wiljô||wish, desire}} Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“wish, desire”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*welh₁-||to wish, choose}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish, choose”), {{cog|is|vilna||to hope, promote}} Icelandic vilna (“to hope, promote”), {{cog|ang|willa||mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish, request, joy, delight, pleasure}} Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish, request, joy, delight, pleasure”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wiln (third-person singular simple present wilns, present participle wilning, simple past and past participle wilned)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To wish; desire. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wiln-en-verb-XIRq~1r- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 24 24 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 20 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 51 17 15 17
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To receive willingly; consent or submit to; accept. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wiln-en-verb--rrjLNOT
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; determine. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wiln-en-verb-F3xfXIzk
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To have a desire; long (for); yearn or seek (after). Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-wiln-en-verb-J-rubq05
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