Part 973 (1/2)
_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.