An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

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. pron. wullsum.
Pop. Ball.

Sw. en villsam vaeg, an intricate road.

Willyart, 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!