Old English · verb

nyllan

Part of speech: verb
IPA: /ˈnyl.lɑn/
[ˈnyɫ.ɫɑn]
Syllables: ˈnyl · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: nill willan intend negation

Meaning

negation of willan: not to want, not to intend, etc.

Iċ nolde þās stōwe forlǣtan, ac iċ wisse þæt iċ belīfan ne meahte.

I did not want to leave this place, but I knew I that could not stay.
to refuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of nyllan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	nylle	nolde
2nd singular	nylt	noldest
3rd singular	nyle	nolde
Plural	nyllaþ	noldon
Subjunctive
Singular	nylle	nolde
Plural	nyllen	nolden

Non-finite forms of nyllan
	Form
Infinitive	nyllan
Inflected infinitive	nyllenne
Present participle	nyllende

Etymology

From a contraction of the particle ne (“not”) + willan (“to want”). The same development happened with nytan (“to not know”), nesan (“to not be”), nabban (“to not have”), and nāgan (“to not own”). Cognate with Old Frisian nilla, nella (“to not want”).

Descendants

nill

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