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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1456-1460
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Will, v.3 [ME will, wyl (both 14th c.), ON villask reflex. of villa to lead astray.] intr. To get lost, go astray; wander. — a1400 Legends of the Saints ii 838.
[He] fled allane owt of the towne, Willand in wastine vpe and done 1456 Hay II 4/4.
How he forvayit and willit in a wildernes 1460 Hay Alex. 5772.
The nycht was mirk … Thare mycht na fallow hald him with his feris Thay willit and thai wist nocht quhare thai ȝede
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