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willan

Pronunciation: /ˈwil.lɑn/

“willan” is an Old English word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to want, desire
  2. to intend
  3. to be willing
  4. used to express habitual behavior
  5. Used to express the future tense
  6. to want or intend to go (to or from somewhere)
  7. used in the subjunctive past to express hypotheticals, where Modern English would use "would"

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną.

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