† self-ˈwilling, ppl. a.
[f. self- + willing, after self-will. Cf. ill-willing.]
Spontaneous.
| c 1000 Lamb. Ps. lxvii. 10 Ren sylfwillendne, Pluuiam uoluntariam. 1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. li. 14 Y⊇ free and selfwilling [orig. vltroneum] spirit from which hee was almost quyte falne away. |
So † self-ˈwillingness, spontaneity.
| 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 8 'Tis enough there, for the freedom of the will to stand alone in spontaneitate ad bonum, or self-willingness to good. |