woll
See also: Woll
English
Etymology
From Middle English wollen, a variant of Middle English wullen, willen, from Old English wyllan, willan. More at will.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɒl/
Verb
woll
- Obsolete form of will.
References
- “woll”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔl/
Adverb
woll
Derived terms
- jawoll
Particle
woll
- (regional, Sauerland, Tyrol, occasionally elsewhere in NRW) right?, isn't it?
- Synonyms: ne, oder, wa; see also Thesaurus:nicht wahr
- Dann kommste so um vier, woll?
- So you’ll be here at four-ish, right?
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
woll
- alternative form of wolle
Etymology 2
Verb
woll
- first-person singular present indicative of wollen
- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, verso, lines 15–18:
- Than ſpake ẜ Gawayne And ſeyde brothir · ẜ Aggravayne I pray you and charge you meve no ſuch · maters no more a fore me fro wyte you well I woll nat be of youre counceyle //
- Then spoke Sir Gawain, and said, “Brother, Sir Agrivain, I pray you and charge you move not such matters any more before me, for be ye assured I will not be of your counsel.”