An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 973

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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.

_Burel._

2. Bashful and reserved, avoiding society, or appearing awkward in it, S.

_Burns._

From the _adj._ and Belg. _geaard_, q. of a wild disposition.

V. ~Art~.

3. Obstinate, wilful, Loth. Berwicks.

WILLAN, _s._ The willow or saugh, S. B.

WILLAWINS, _interj._ Welladay, S.

_Ferguson._

A. S. _wyn_, infortunium; q. _wa la wyn_, eheu calamitas!

WILLICK, _s._ The puffin, or alca arctica, Loth.

_Neill._

WILLIE-POWRET-SEG, _s._ The name given by children in Fife to the Porpoise.

WILLIE WHIP-THE-WIND, a species of hawk, the Falco tinnunculus, or kestrel; in O. E. the _Wind-vanner_, Ang.

WILRONE, _s._ A wild boar.

_Chr. S. P._

Su. G. _vild_, wild, and _rune_, a young boar.

WIMBLEBORE, _s._ A hole in the throat, which prevents one from speaking distinctly, S.; in allusion to a hole _bored_ by a _wimble_.

_To_ WYMPIL, WOMPLE, _v. a._

1. To wrap, to fold, S.

_Douglas._

2. To move in a meandrous way, applied to a stream, S.

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