wilde

wilde

1. Obsolete spelling of wild.

• WIELD, wiled, dwile, wield

wilde

1. attributive form of wild

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From wild.

wilde

1. inflection of wild:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

wilde m or f (plural wilden)

1. savage, uncivilized person
2. brute

• (savage): wildeman
• (brute): bruut, woesteling

• halve wilde
• wildenhorde
• wildenras

• Negerhollands: wilden (from the plural)

wilde

1. (dated or formal) singular past indicative/subjunctive of willen

• wou

wilde f (uncountable)

1. alternative form of weelde

From Middle Dutch wildi, a contraction of wilt gi (modern wilt gij).

wilde

1. (Brabant) contraction of wilt gij

The contraction is sometimes reinforced with an additional gij, giving wilde gij.

• dweil

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wilde

1. inflection of wild:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

wilde

1. first/third-person singular past indicative/subjunctive of willen

From Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wilde, Old Saxon wildi, Old High German wildi, Old Norse villr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwil.de/, [ˈwiɫ.de]

wilde

1. wild, savage
   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham (tr.), Hexameron of St. Basil:

     Hwæt ðā God ġeworhte ðurh his wunderlīċan mihte eall nȳtencynn on heora cynrynum, and ðā wildan dēor ðe on wudum eardiað, and eall ðæt fīðerfōte byð of ðǣre foresǣdan eorðan, and eall wyrmcynn ðā ðe crēopende bēoð, and ðā rēðan lēon, ðe hēr on lande ne bēoð, and ðā swiftan tigres, and ðā syllican pardes, and ðā eġeslīċan beran, and ðā ormǣtan ylpas.

     Then, through his wonderful might, God created all the kinds of animals according to their kinds, and the wild animals that dwell in the woods, and all the four-footed creatures of the aforementioned earth, and all the kinds of creeping reptiles, and the savage lions, which do not live here, and the swift tigers, and the marvelous leopards, and the fearful bears, and the huge elephants.

• tam

• wilddēor
• wilde fȳr

• Middle English: wild, wilde, wielde, wille, will
  • English: wild
  • Scots: wilth, wylde, wild, wile