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weild, wil$, wil$er, wil$ness, wild, wildart, wilder, wilder, wildered, wildert, wildertness, wildfire, wild-fire, wildness, wile, wile-file, wilefire, wilefyre, wileness, wiler, will, willd, willder, willdness, willer, willness, wool-fire, wul, wuld, wuld, wuldart, wulder, wuldered, wuldert, wuldness, wul-fire, wull, wuller, wuller, wullness, wulness, wyl, wyld, wyle, wylefyre, wyleness, wyler, wylness,
wild [wɪld, wʌld, wəil(d)]
adj. Wild. Of food: rank, strong-tasting. Very great, in size or number etc. Tremendous, terrific.
comp. wilder
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
raise wild: To drive crazy.
wildert [ˈʍɪldərt, ˈʍʌldərt, -d]: Lost, astray, bewildered.
wilderness: Wilderness.
wildertness: An obscure, bewildering place or state.
wildfire: Summer lightning, lightning without thunder. MN. The lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula.
wildness: Wildness.
Wildcatgate, Wildcatyett,
Wildcatyett [ˈwɪlkətjɛt, ˈwʌl-]
pn. Wildcatgate (Borders).
quile, wile, wiley, wilin, wily, wily, wyle, wylie, wylie, wylin, wyling,
wile [wəil]
v. To get or bring by a wile. To obtain a thing from a person, coax, lure, entice. To beguile, deceive.
pt. pp. wile't [wəilt], wiled [wəild]
 
wiley [ˈwəile]
adj. Clever, sagacious, wise.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wilin [ˈwəilɪn]: Enticing.
$d, $ill, $ll, $twad, $ud, $ull, $ullsome, ee$d, ee$ll, gude-willie, gude-willy, guidwill, guidwill$d, guidwill$t, guidwilled, guidwillie, guid-willie, guidwillt, guid-willt, guidwilly, guid-willy, guidwull, guidwullt, gweed-wull, gweed-wully, id, ill-will, ill-will$d, ill-willer, Illwillie, ill-willie, ill-willied, ill-willt, ill-willy, ill-wull, ill-wulled, ill-wullie, ll, oonwullin, twa$d, twad, twid, twud, twuid, ud, ul, ull, ull-wull, unwillint, waad, wad, wad_$a$, wadda, wadda, wadna, wadnae, wadno, waed, wauld, wed, weel-willie, weel-willy, wid, wida, widd, widda, widn, widna, widnae, widnay, widne, widni, widni$, widnie, widno, widny, wido, wiiln$e, wil, wilesome, wilie, will, willantly, willed, willed, willen, willen, willer, willfu, willie, willin, willint, willintlie, willintly, willit, willna, willnae, willnay, willni, willno, willny, willsome, willt, willt, willy, wilnae, wilnie, wilno, wilsome, wilsum, wilt, wily, wina, winae, winna, winnae, winnie, winny, woud, woudna, wouldae, wouldn$e, wouldna, wouldnae, wouldnay, wouldni, wouldny, wud, wudda, wudna, wudnae, wudnay, wudny, wuhl, wuhllie, wuhlly, wuid, wuidna, wuidnae, wuil, wuild, wuildnae, wuillie, wuilly, wul, wulie, wull, wulled, wullfu, wullie, wullin, wullint, wullintlie, wullintly, wullna, wullnae, wullny, wullsome, wullt, wully, wulna, wulnae, wulsome, wult, wuly, wunna, wunnae, wunnie, ye$d, ye$ll, yel, yell, yi$ll, yid, yil, yill, yool, you$ll, yu$ll, yul,
will [wɪl, wʌl]
n. Wish, the power of choice etc. A request, command. Wilfulness, arrogance.
v. Will. Used in the 1st person to express mere futurity. Used in the 2nd and 3rd persons to express determination on the part of the speaker. In questions: do you wish me to? Should, ought. Contracted 'll.
pt. pp. wad [wad, wɪd, wʌd], contracted 'd Would.
 
neg. willna, winna [ˈwɪnə, ˈwʌnə, S. -nɛ, -nɪ, C. U. -ne] Will not, won't.
neg. wadna [ˈwadnə, ˈwɪdnə, ˈwʌdnə, S. -nɛ, -nɪ, C. U. -ne] Would not, wouldn't.
 
willy
adj. Willed, wilful, headstrong, obstinate.
 
willt [wɪlt, wʌlt]
adj. Willed.
 
willint [ˈwɪlɪnt, ˈwʌlɪnt]
adj. Willing, positively wishing, eager, deliberately intending.
 
willintly [ˈwɪlɪntle, ˈwʌlɪntle]
adv. Willingly, intentionally.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
guidwill: Goodwill.
guidwillt Goodwilled, zealous.
guidwilly: adj. Kindly, hearty, cordial, generous, open-handed.
ill-will: Bad nature, spite, dislike.
ill-willer: An adversary, one wishes harm upon others.
ill-willt: Bad-natured, spiteful.
ill-willy: Malicious, ungenerous.
it wad: It would.
no willt: Unwilling.
tak and ill-will at: To dislike.
the'll: there will/shall
wad hae: Would have, contracted to wad 'a' in colloquial speech.
weel-willy: Kindly disposed, ready, willing.
willfu: Willful.
willsome [-səm]: Wilful.
unwillint: Unwilling.
ye wad [-wad, -wɪd, -wʌd] contracted ye'd [jiːd, jɪd]: you would
ye will, you will contracted ye'll, you'll: You will.
$ull, bewild, bewilld, bewillt, come-o-will, come-o-wull, wall, wil, wilard, will, willan, willed, willin, willisome, will-like, willsom, willsome, willt, will-willin, willyard, willyart, willzart, wilt, wilyart, wuhl, wul, wull, wulled, wull-like, wullt, wullyart, wulsome, wult, wulyart,
will [wɪl, wʌl]
adj. Of people: astray, straying, lost, unsure of one's way or whereabouts, wandering. Of things: straggling, spreading unchecked. In a moral or intellectual sense: misguided, erring, wayward. Bewildered, crazed, perplexed, at a loss.
v. To go astray, lose one's way, stray.
pt. pp. willt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bewillt: To cause to go astray.
come-o-will: An illegitemate child.
will-like: As if lost.
willsome [-səm]: Of places: easy to get lost in.
willyart [-jərt]: Astray, bewildered, wild, undisciplined, wayward. Awkward, shy, bashful. Of an animal: wild, scary, backward, dul, unmanageable. Wilful, obstinate. A shy person. A timid suitor.
will-willin: Wandering in the mind.
willa, willae, willie, williewand, willie-wand, willy,
willie [′wɪlɪ̢ ˈwʌle]
n. A willow tree, usually the goat willow Salix caprea.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
willie-wand: A thin, pliable branch of willow.
willie-wallie, willy-wally,
willie-wallie [ˈwɪle ˈwale]
adj. (Nonse) Of people: delicate.
wilt, wullt, wult,
wilt [wɪlt, wʌlt]
v. To wilt.
ban$-win, band-one, bandoon, bandwin, banville, forewin, forewind, forewun, wan, win, win_awa, win_throu, winner, winnie, winnin, winnins, winny, winya, winyeless, winyo, won, wun, wun, wunner, wunnin, wyn, wyne,
win [wɪn, wʌn]
n. The quantity of standing corn that a team of reapers can cut while moving in one direction.
v. To win, beat, defeat, overpower. To earn, to gain by labour. To gather in crops, etc. To extract coal or other minerals by mining or quarrying. To fetch, deliver, drive home a stroke, blow, etc. To make or find one's way, to proceed, pass on, to succeed in arriving at some destination. To dry crops in the wind.
pt. wan [wan]
pp. wun [wʌn]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
baundwin [-wɪn, -wʌn]: A band of three to eight reapers served by one baundster.
forewin: The first strip of the rig to be cut, arrive first.
wan aff: Got off.
win aff: To leave, depart, go away, to get away, escape, to be acquitted, to dismount from a horse, to stop work, to come to the end of a task, to turn out, end up in a particular way.
win at: To arrive, reach.
win awa: To get away, go away, to leave, depart.
win by: To get past, to avoid, circumvent.
winner: Someone or something that wins.
win frae: Escape.
win free: To escape.
winnie: col. Good fortune.
winnin [ˈwɪnɪn, ˈwʌnɪn]: v. Reaching, achieving, earning, getting.
winnins: n. pl. Winnings, Earnings, wages, livelihood, profit, wealth, coalworkings.
win oot: To get out, escape, to escape from, get over or out of. Of time: to elapse, pass.
win ower: To cross or pass over.
win redd o: Get rid of.
win tae: To overtake, make up on, be even with.
win til: To arrive, reach.
win throu: To get through, pass. pt. wan throu.
win up: To rise to one's feet, stand up, with on: to prevail upon, win (someone) round, with tae or wi: to get as far as, catch up on, overtake, attain to.
winyeless: I.Ork. Frail, weakly, infirm or unwell.
winya: I.Ork. In the phrase gane tae ... destruction or ruin.
wun tae: Reached, arrived at.
lincy, linsey_winsey, linsey-winsey, linsey-wolsey, linsie_winsie, linsie-wincey, linsie-winsie, wincey, winceys, wincie, wincy,
wincey [ˈwɪnsi, ˈwʌnsi]
n. A cloth material woven with a woollen weft and a linen or cotton warp. A garment made of that.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
linsie-wincey [ˈlɪnsɪ-]: A cloth made from coarse wool and linen or cotton.

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