verb · transitive · rare

nill

nill · nills · nilled · nilling

To be unwilling; will notTo be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).

/nɪl/

» After the first half, Borussia Dortmund is leading two nill against Bayern Munich.

Nach der ersten Halbzeit führt Borussia Dortmund gegen Bayern München zwei zu null.

Meaning

3 senses

(auxiliary, modal, obsolete)To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
(archaic, intransitive)To be unwilling.
(archaic, transitive)To reject, refuse, negate.

Examples

1 sentences

After the first half, Borussia Dortmund is leading two nill against Bayern Munich.
deNach der ersten Halbzeit führt Borussia Dortmund gegen Bayern München zwei zu null.
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Origin

From Middle English nillen, from Old English nyllan (“to not want”), corresponding to ne +

From Middle English nillen, from Old English nyllan (“to not want”), corresponding to ne + will. Cognate with Old Frisian nelle. Not directly related to Latin nolo, which is an independent construction of the same manner, but the morphemes that compound both verbs are cognates.

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Forms

nills, nilling, nilled, nilled

Base form	nill · to nill
3rd person singular	nills
Present participle	nilling
Past simple	nilled
Past participle	nilled

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	nill
he, she, it	nills

Past simpleLesson

all persons

nilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have nilled
he, she, it	has nilled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will nill

Word family

1 related words

Derivedwilly-nilly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle