vilde

vilde (comparative more vilde, superlative most vilde)

1. Obsolete form of vile.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 35:

     With full intent t' avenge that villany / On that vilde man and all his family

• Devil, devil, divel, lived, viled

From Old Danish willæs. From Old Norse villa. See Danish vild.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋilə]
• Homophone: ville

vilde (imperative vild, infinitive at vilde, present tense vilder, past tense vildede, perfect tense vildet)

1. (archaic) to make (someone) wild.
2. (archaic) to confuse (someone), make (someone) crazy, insane

• forvilde

vilde

1. definite of vild
2. plural of vild

vilde

1. obsolete spelling of ville (past tense)

• “vilde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

vilde

1. (non-standard since 1938) past of vilja

Compound of vild (“wild”) +‎ -e (“-ie”). According to SO attested since 1750. In the political sense; according to SAOB attested since 1887.

vilde c

1. A savage, someone from the wilderness.
2. (derogatory, dated) A native, someone not part of western civilization.
3. (politics) short for politisk vilde (“independent politician”)

• inföding (“native”)

See their corresponding etymology section.

vilde

1. definite natural masculine singular of vild

• vilde in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vilde in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)