Nill vs Till - What's the difference?
nill | till |
To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive ).
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , III.v:
*:I here auow thee neuer to forsake. / Ill weares he armes, that nill them vse for Ladies sake.
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, lxi:
*:What I nill tell you ask (quoth she) in vain, / Nor mov'd by prayer, nor constrain'd by power.
To be unwilling.
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*:So the knight of Ireland armed him at all points,, and rode after a great pace, as much as his horse might go; and within a little space on a mountain he had a sight of Balin, and with a loud voice he cried, Abide, knight, for ye shall abide whether ye will or nill , and the shield that is to-fore you shall not help.
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*::Soo the knyght of Irelonde armed hym at al poyntes /and rode after a grete paas as moche as his hors myght goo / and within a lytel space on a montayne he had a syghte of Balyn / and with a lowde voys he cryed abyde knyght / for ye shal abyde whether ye will or nyll / and the sheld that is to fore you shalle not helpe
*1955 , , (The Lord of the Rings) (Appendices):
*:I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I nill .
To reject, refuse, negate.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , II.vii:
*:Certes (said he) I n’ill thine offred grace, / Ne to be made so happy do intend.
Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
Scales of hot iron from the forge.
To.
*, Bk.XVIII, Ch.vii:
*:Than the knyghtes parters of the lystis toke up Sir Madore and led hym tylle hys tente.
*1854 , Prof. John Wilson, The Genius and Character of Burns ,
*:Similar sentiments will recur to everyone familiar with his writings all through them till the very end.
Until, up to, as late as (a given time).
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until, until the time that
* 1582 , 2:7:
* 1846 , Edward Lear, The Book of Nonsense :
* 1912 , anonymous, Punky Dunk and the Mouse , P.F. Volland & Co.:
A cash register
A removable box within a cash register containing the money
The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift
(obsolete) A tray or drawer in a chest.
to develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc)
to work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops
* Bible, Genesis iii. 23
to cultivate soil
(obsolete) To prepare; to get.
glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
(dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
As a verb nill
is to be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive ).As a noun nill
is shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.As a proper noun till is
.nill
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) nillen, from (etyl) nillan, nellan, . Cognate with (etyl) nelle.Verb
Derived terms
* willy-nillyEtymology 2
Compare Irish and Gaelic (neul) star, light. Compare (nebula).Noun
- (Knight)
till
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)p.194 (Google preview):
Synonyms
* (until) til, 'til, untilConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
- that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.
- She twirled round and round, / Till she sunk underground,
- And the Mouse sat and laughed till he cried.
Synonyms
* (until) 'til, untilEtymology 2
From (etyl) tillen'' "to draw" from (etyl) ''-tyllan'' (as in ''betyllan'' "to lure, decoy," and ''fortyllan'' "draw away;" related to ''tollian ). Cognate with Albanian . Or alternatively from (etyl) tylle'' "compartment" from (etyl) ''tille'' "compartment, shelter on a ship" from (etyl) '' "plank."Noun
(en noun)- Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.
- My count of my till was 30 dollars short.
Etymology 3
(etyl) tilianVerb
(en verb)- The Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.