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Webster 1913 Edition
Vild
Vild
,Adj.
Vile.
[Obs.]
“That vild race.” Spenser.
– Vild′ly
, adv.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vild
VILD
,Definition 2024
vild
vild
English
Adjective
vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)
- (obsolete) vile
- Edmund Spenser
- Ye have rooted all the Relicks out
Of that vild Race, and 'stablished my Peace.
- Ye have rooted all the Relicks out
- Edmund Spenser
Related terms
- vildly
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vild/, [vilˀ]
Adjective
vild
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. | |||
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse villr (“wild”) and Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
| Inflection of vild | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | 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 an attributive role. | |||
vild
- wild
- not tame or domesticated
Related terms
- förvilda
- vilde