Obs. exc. arch. or dial. [f. as prec.] = VILENESS.
1597. J. Payne, Royal Exch., 35. What vyldnes and wyckednes is not fownd in many of you?
1600. Dymmok, Ireland (1843), 46. Enraged with a consideration of the vildenes of his men,… [he] brake from them in a fury.
1607. Markham, Caval., I. (1617), 22. His inward parts may retaine a secret vildnes of disposition, which may be insufferable.
1654. E. Calamy, Serm. 19 Oct. (1655), 2. The body of vildnesse shall then be a body of glory.
1866. Edmondston, Gloss. Shetland, 140. Vyldness, dirt, filth.
