ˈill-ˈwilling, a. rare.
[f. ill adv. or ? n. + willing ppl. a. Cf. OE. yfel-willende, L. malevolens.]
1. Wishing evil to another; cherishing ill will; malevolent. In first two quots. as n. = ill-willer.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 6829 If þou find oþin ilwilland [v.r. ill⁓willand]..his beist ligand. a 1300 E.E. Psalter xliii. 6 In þe sal blaw with horn our il wiland. 1741 Richardson Pamela (1824) I. v. 240 This same ill-willing world might think it was. |
† 2. Unwilling; in quot. 1579–80 as adv. Unwillingly. Obs.
| c 1520 Barclay tr. Sallust 82 b, And compelled them that were frowarde and ylwillyng to labour. 1579–80 North Plutarch (1676) 281 The People went very ill willing, and they had much ado to keep them together. |
Hence ill-ˈwillingness = ill will 1.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxxiv. 20 Restore my saule fra ill willandnes of þaim. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Malveuillance, ill willingnesse. |