willyard

willyard
/wil"yeuhrd/, adj. Scot. and North Eng.
obstinate; willful.
Also, willyart /wil"yeuhrt/.
[1580-90; (earlier) wild, awkward, bewildered, deriv. of Scots, dial. will gone astray, perplexed (ME < ON villr), perh. with -ARD, though formation is unclear; later influenced by WILL2 and WAYWARD]

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