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English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").

Noun

willet (plural willets)

1. Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.

Derived terms

• Carolina willet

Translations

Further reading

• willet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tringa semipalmata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Noun

wille (plural willes)

1. Obsolete spelling of will

Verb

wille

1. Obsolete spelling of will

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

wille

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of willen

Noun

wille

1. (archaic) Dative singular form of wil

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch willo, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.

Noun

wille m or f

1. will, wish
2. want, desire
3. inclination, disposition
4. what one desires, wants

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: wil
  • Afrikaans: wil
• Limburgish: wil

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

wille

1. first-person singular present indicative of willen

Further reading

• “wille (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “wille (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Adverb

wille

1. (rare) Alternative form of wel

Old English

Verb

wille

1. first-person singular present indicative of willan
2. third-person singular present indicative of willan