different between vild vs eild

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?ld/

Adjective

vild (comparative more vild, superlative most vild)

1. (obsolete) vile

Related terms

• vildly

Anagrams

• liv'd

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??il?]

Adjective

vild (neuter vildt, plural and definite singular attributive vilde, comparative vildere, superlative (predicative) vildest, superlative (attributive) vildeste)

1. wild
2. fierce, ferocious

Inflection

Noun

vild (singular definite den vilde, plural indefinite vilde)

1. (dated or derogatory) savage, barbarian

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “vild” in Den Danske Ordbog

Old Norse

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiliþ?, from *wiljaz; see vili.

Noun

vild f

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

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

vild (comparative vildare, superlative vildast)

1. wild
2. not tame or domesticated

Declension

Related terms

• förvilda
• vilde

English

Etymology

See eld.

Noun

eild (uncountable)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Age.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso:
     • Book III, xxxv:

     His age was full of puissance and might, / Two sons he had to guard his noble eild.

     • Book IV, xliv:

     Mine uncle govern'd in my tender eild.

Anagrams

• Diel, IDLE, Idle, deli, diel, idle, lied

Scots

Alternative forms

• eld, eel, dever, eil, eill, ield

Etymology

From Early Scots ?eild, from Old English ?elde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?l/, /?j?ld/, /?jil/, /?jild/
• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /?ild/

Adjective

eild (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Barren or no longer producing milk (of a female mammal, especially a domestic animal).

Noun

eild (plural eilds)

1. (archaic) An animal which is barren or no longer producing milk.
2. (archaic) Cattle specifically raised for slaughter.