† goodwilly, a. Sc. Obs.
[f. goodwill + -y1. Cf. MDu. goetwillich (Du. goedwillig), MHG. guotwillic (G. gutwillig), ON. góðviljugr (Sw., Da. godvillig). Cf. also ill-willy, evil-willy.]
a. Volunteer. b. Liberal. Const. of. c. Cordial.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy iv. (1822) 391 Now wes..ane army rasit of gude willy knichtis, quhilk wes led to Veos be thir new tribunis militare. ? a 1700 D. Ferguson's Sc. Prov. (1785) 31 They are good willy o' their horse that has nane. 1706 J. Watson's Collect. Poems i. 58 But had I liv'd another year, If Folks had been good willie, I had had mair. 1788 Burns Auld Lang Syne iv, We'll tak a right guid-willie waught [otherwise guid willie-waught] For auld lang syne. |