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_Barbour._

It may, however, signify study; A. S. _will_. Teut. _willa_, studium.

WILL, _aux. v._

1. Be accustomed, make a practice of.

Still a common idiom in S.; borrowed from those whose native tongue is Gaelic.

2. It is often used for _shall_, S.

3. It is sometimes equivalent to _must_, S.

WILL, WYLL, WIL, WYL, _adj._

1. Lost in error, uncertain how to proceed, S.

_Wyntown._

_To go wyll_, to go astray, S.

_Douglas._

_Will of wane_, at a loss for a habitation.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _will_, Isl. _vill-a_, error; Isl. _vill-az_, to lead astray.

2. Desert, unfrequented.

_Douglas._

Isl. _ville_, ferus; Su. G. _willa diur_, wild animals.

~Wilsum~, _adj._ In a wandering state, implying the ideas of dreariness, and of ignorance of one's course, S. p.r.o.n. _wullsum_.

_Pop. Ball._

Sw. _en villsam vaeg_, an intricate road.

~w.i.l.l.yart~, ~Wilyart~, _adj._

1. Wild, shy, flying the habitations and society of men.