nilt
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]nilt
- (modal auxiliary) Will not: form of nill
- Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, [1],
- Why nilt thy-selven helpen doon redresse, / And with thy manhod letten al this grame? / Go ravisshe hir ne canstow not for shame!
- Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, [1],