VILL

Etymology 1

Noun

vill (plural vills)

(historical) The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.

(obsolete) A villa; a country residence.

Etymology 2

Verb

vill

Eye dialect spelling of will.

Usage notes

• Imitating certain accents, such as German.

Source: Wiktionary

Vill, n. Etym: [OF. ville, vile, a village, F. ville a town, city. See Villa.]

Definition: A small collection of houses; a village. "Every manor, town, or vill." Sir M. Hale. Not should e'er the crested fowl From thorp or vill his matins sound for me. Wordsworth.

Note: A word of various significations in English, law; as, a manor; a tithing; a town; a township; a parish; a part of a parish; a village. The original meaning of vill, in England, seems to have been derived from the Roman sense of the term villa, a single country residence or farm; a manor. Later, the term was applied only to a collection of houses more than two, and hence came to comprehend towns. Burrill. The statute of Exeter, 14 Edward I., mentions entire- vills, demivills, and hamlets.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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